Is there a downside for Pelosi not sending the Articles to the Senate?

[redstateblues]

I’m not seeing one

[yortsed snacilbuper]

1. No,

none.

[LakeArenal]

2. For Nancy, there's a down side to every decision she might make.

That’s what makes her great at what she does.

Big decisions are her job.

[empedocles]

10. Correct. There's always risk and downside. Some decisions may not turn out well,

however, we cannot ask for better than Pelosi has done. The Speaker is the best.

[dewsgirl]

3. I don't see one, no. Trump is going to be more unhinged

as time goes on, which slightly worries me about, what he may do.

[pwb]

4. No. Especially if Republicans want them to.

Republicans live in opposite world ....

[mucifer]

5. repubs are evil geniuses at messaging so for me it's wait and see...

[Efilroft Sul]

6. Bill Clinton was impeached 12/19/98. His articles of impeachment were sent to the Senate 1/6/99.

All this squawking by the Republicans right now is their typical, hypocritical horse shit.

[kentuck]

14. Right on!

Why doesn't someone mention this?

[StarfishSaver]

16. The Articles were actually presented to the Senate Secretary on 12/19/1998, the day they were passed

They were presented to the Secretary and not the full Senate because the Senate had already adjourned sine die. When the Senate of the 106th Congress convened on January 6, 1999, the House notified the Senate that it had reappointed the managers and on January 7, 1999, the House managers presented the articles of impeachment to the full Senate.

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CDOC-106sdoc4/pdf/CDOC-106sdoc4-vol2.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwjD7sOK183mAhWQU80KHfgPAeEQFjASegQIAxAB&usg=AOvVaw3QpKH7O3IKtto0IaES085x

[Efilroft Sul]

17. Thanks!

[Stinky The Clown]

7. Yes!!!!

The right will be mad at her. Pooooor Nancy.

LOL

[kimbutgar]

8. No, it's a thing that is not going away until it goes to the senate

Mf45 will die by a thousand cuts.

And it will delish to watch him implode.

[H2O Man]

9. No.

The decision was reached as a group effort. Pelosi has gathered the best legal team for dealing with a White House that refuses to release requested information (as she did with W), Nadler is the best mind for impeachment, and Schiff is the best at communicating. They know what they are doing, and all three favor this approach.

[empedocles]

11. The skilled, experienced Pelosi team, v. trump the one man, genius decision maker.

We have to like that

[MichMan]

12. What if they never get sent at all because neither side gives in?

[Qutzupalotl]

13. Then it hangs over Trump's head in November.

[madville]

15. I see two possible negatives

The public loses interest, attention spans are shorter than ever.

The media gets bored waiting and starts trying to manipulate the process.

[Marengo]

18. Yes, the perception that the articles are weak. I've noticed talk of this in the workplace.