How bad is the Senate Trial for the Sanders and Warren campaigns?

[madville]

They are going to be stuck in the Senate now, 6 days a week, for the foreseeable future. It’s a real possibility that if many witnesses are allowed that this trial could last 8+ weeks, through Super Tuesday and possibly longer.

Tin foil hat thought***** What if Collins, Murkowski, and Romney are going to vote for as many witnesses as possible in order to assist Biden getting the nomination so he can go on to crush Trump in the general election. They can play both sides by supporting prosecution and defense witness requests and that pool could be virtually limitless **** Tin foil hat off

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. All of the senators will have their surrogates in Iowa and elsewhere,

and no doubt they'll be doing videos and tv appearances when they can. As to the rest of it, your tinfoil hat is on way too tight.

[madville]

5. There's always a conspiracy :)

Of course they’ll have their surrogates but they don’t draw anywhere near the crowds to rallies and media attention like having the candidate headlining does. I think at a minimum the trial is going to cost Sanders and Warren their shots they had at prevailing in Iowa.

[choie]

2. as bad as it is for Amy Klobuchar's

n/t

[madville]

3. She's not currently competitive

So didn’t include her or Bennett, feel like there’s another one though even though Booker is pretty much out.

[Recursion]

19. Booker's officially out as of last week (nt)

[RDANGELO]

4. It may not be as bad as the media and even the candidates make it out to be.

They will get to make statements on breaks or at night after the hearings which will put them in the spotlight. That's especially true if some new information comes out that is embarrassing to Trump.

[Hoyt]

6. Exactly. If they can't make the best of this situation -- working hard for Democracy --

maybe they aren't the best candidate.

[judeling]

7. I'm not sure it hurts Klobuchar or Sanders or Warren in Iowa

At all.
If it drags on it could be a real problem.
Immediately it probably helps because their surrogates will get a bigger boost of importance and when the do show it will be much bigger news. That may actually play to Klobuchar's advantage as she can bus in the neighbors and having the Governor or LT Governor from next door show up...

After Iowa depending on how it goes it is less clear. f for example if Klobuchar surprises and will be big news and as a former prosecutor available to the national press and a big news story all her own she could dominate free media. At least for a time.

[hay rick]

8. It will make it harder for the media to continue overplaying the Sanders/Warren tiff.

[George II]

9. You left out Klobuchar and Bennett.

[lapucelle]

10. Maybe they don't quite fit with this:

Tin foil hat thought*****

https://upload.democraticunderground.com/1287433460

There's always a conspiracy

https://upload.democraticunderground.com/1287433460#post5

[madville]

11. I purposely didn't include the lower tier candidates

They don’t really matter for this discussion, those two will be out by SC or NV regardless of how the trial goes.

[Dopers_Greed]

12. Bernie Bros will start to complain...

That impeachment is a plot by the DNC to sideline Sanders during the campaign

[madville]

13. Pelosi is obviously in on it too

Why else would she delay sending the articles except to time it to hurt Bernie and Liz as much as possible in IA and NH, it’s so obvious she is in camp Biden

[JGug1]

16. Pelosi

Not just BS. BULLSHIT. Pelosi held the documents to gain traction. She did the exact right (and unexpected) thing, by the way.

[Cha]

18. ...

Link to tweet

[JGug1]

14. Tin foil Hat

Neither of those women is going to do anything that they think will hurt Trump. They may not like Trump (who would?) but Trump is giving them the governance they want. PERIOD.

[getagrip_already]

15. They can appear anywhere via video....

So with a little creativity they can still be heard.

And if the state is close, like nh or sc, they can do midnight rallies and be back to catch a few z's during the hearings.

They may not be that hindered.

[Happyhippychick]

17. Yes, they will have to do the job they were elected to do

That's the way it goes