I am kind of wondering, if slick Willie would have been re- elected, if he been impeached in his first term? I think he would have been, but I guess we will never know for sure.
That was back when Republicans operated by the ol-boy-network “it’s-his-turn” system, so they were determined, no matter what, to nominate Bob Dole - nice guy, but also the most beatable of candidates
But an earlier impeachment might have woken up the Republicans to some of Bill Clinton’s incompetence, like letting North Korea start building nuclear reactors or Pakistan getting the Bomb
Slick Willie was elected because of Ross Perot.