Why Democratic leaders don't want to talk about impeachment

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11. If impeachment is off the table, are we saying that

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collusion with Russia to swing national elections and maintain an asset in the White House is acceptable?

Some things are beyond the next election. That's the responsibility that comes with leadership. If you can't recognize a clear and present danger to the republic, a danger to free and fair elections and a foreign policy that is free from interference and collusion, then you're not fit to be a national leader.

Leaving the talk of impeachment off the table is a failure to recognize the gravity of this moment. It's also an act of freezing out the impeachment propositions in your own caucus. Meanwhile, we have no idea if election interference will be reduced or neutralized.

No one who believes in democracy should be willing to accept the extraordinary set of grave issues set in motion by this presidency. The least we can do is have a meaningful public dialogue on these issues. But I doubt if it will come from the risk averse and strategically challenged current national leadership, unless they are consistently pushed by constituents and the few truly independent voices in the caucus.