1) The article believes the impeachment was just an attack by the Republican party on the Democratic party.
2. Democrats are building a case against the president in real time. It makes it harder to predict the public's opinion. Many Americans believed Clinton's affair was just a private matter, nothing too big. Because Trump's incident with Ukraine and being commander-in-chief, the public is less forgiving.
3. 48% of the public supported the decision to hold hearings. In mid-December, 40% of the public continued to think Clinton should be impeached. In mid-August 1998, 38% of Republicans believed Clinton should be impeached and removed from office. Clinton's approval ratings hit 67% at the end of December 1998.
4. The Democratic Party lost seats and the Speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich, resigned. Americans disapproved his handling of the scandal and questioned his integrity. This hurt the Democrats.
5. 31 moderate Democrats supported the impeachment inquiry but only 5 Democrats voted to impeach the president.
6. 10 GOP senator voted to acquit Clinton on at least one of the charges.
7. The Democrats' investigation into Trump could be seen primarily as an attack on a political adversary. The Republicans relied almost entirely on his findings, without trying to marshal evidence of their own. It was rushed. Much of the public wasn't convinced by the the arguments. The true motivation was seen to only hurt Clinton. Republicans and Democrats are divided about the president's conduct making it difficult to build a true consensus about the impeachment.
8. Democrats had an opportunity to frame an impeachment inquiry around a completed special counsel investigation after the exhaustive findings in Mueller's report became public, but only moved forward with impeachment after the Ukraine allegations presented a new scandal and an evolving set of facts to pursue. They van avoid the fact that they were looking for an excuse to impeach Trump.
9. Trump's case is more closely linked to his power as president, meaning that the public will be less inclined to dismiss it as human error. As Engel says, "Pressuring a foreign power to investigate a political adversary is a lot less relatable."
2. Democrats are building a case against the president in real time. It makes it harder to predict the public's opinion. Many Americans believed Clinton's affair was just a private matter, nothing too big. Because Trump's incident with Ukraine and being commander-in-chief, the public is less forgiving.
3. 48% of the public supported the decision to hold hearings. In mid-December, 40% of the public continued to think Clinton should be impeached. In mid-August 1998, 38% of Republicans believed Clinton should be impeached and removed from office. Clinton's approval ratings hit 67% at the end of December 1998.
4. The Democratic Party lost seats and the Speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich, resigned. Americans disapproved his handling of the scandal and questioned his integrity. This hurt the Democrats.
5. 31 moderate Democrats supported the impeachment inquiry but only 5 Democrats voted to impeach the president.
6. 10 GOP senator voted to acquit Clinton on at least one of the charges.
7. The Democrats' investigation into Trump could be seen primarily as an attack on a political adversary. The Republicans relied almost entirely on his findings, without trying to marshal evidence of their own. It was rushed. Much of the public wasn't convinced by the the arguments. The true motivation was seen to only hurt Clinton. Republicans and Democrats are divided about the president's conduct making it difficult to build a true consensus about the impeachment.
8. Democrats had an opportunity to frame an impeachment inquiry around a completed special counsel investigation after the exhaustive findings in Mueller's report became public, but only moved forward with impeachment after the Ukraine allegations presented a new scandal and an evolving set of facts to pursue. They van avoid the fact that they were looking for an excuse to impeach Trump.
9. Trump's case is more closely linked to his power as president, meaning that the public will be less inclined to dismiss it as human error. As Engel says, "Pressuring a foreign power to investigate a political adversary is a lot less relatable."
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