Democracy Is Not About Protests. Democracy Is

Obviously, Donald Trump Won't Be Impeached Or Removed So Long As The Republicans Hold Even One House Of Congress. And Even Should They Lose Both In November Of 2018, Launching An Impeachment - As The Republicans Discovered With Bill Clinton - Is Very Dangerous To The Impeaching Party. Unless You Have A Highly Credible Set Of Extremely Damning Facts, You Turn A Constitutional Crisis Into A Political Crisis. You Rally Potential Supporters Of The Impeached President To Him. You Make His Base Bigger. So I Imagine That He Is Likely To Serve Out The Full Term.

Yet When The Hour Of Decision Arrives, It Turns Out That Many Conservatives Care As Little As Ever About Administrative Skill And Executive Accomplishment. Our Party And Our Movement Overwhelmingly Respond To Symbolic Cues. Sarah Palin Is Exciting And Appealing. But What Kind Of Executive Is She? None Of Us Have Even The Remotest Idea.

The Great Power The President Has Is That He Is The Most Prominent Person In The Biggest Media Event On The Planet. He Has The Attention Of The Nation And The World. When He Speaks, Everybody Listens.

Democracy Requires You To Learn How To Lose As Well As How To Exercise Power When You Win. And That Requires Restraint All Around. One Of The Reasons It Works Is Because When You Win You Don't Do Things That Are So Upsetting To The Losers That They Feel Like They Have Less, They Have More To Gain By Turning Over The System.

Republicans Have To Move To A Point Of Greater Unity.