The great thing about this show is it could still go any way ... and any way feasibly work! There is really no room left for the DS to derail things but they still have time + opportunity and I share this apprehension. You know there’s going to be one or two more “bombshells” but the votes seem set. The fact they’re not going into session tomorrow suggests to me that this is the plan ... for what reason exactly it’s not clear but the stage at SOTU offers opportunity. Conventional wisdom would be that POTUS go there and give the national version of his accomplishments list and say the state of the nation is good ... or he can also go there and note what he’s tried to do with trade & foreign aid, keeping us citizens + taxpayers from being screwed, and either finish setting the stage or drop the bomb.
In any event I am now totally of the mindset that the primary + immediate objective is to get the acquittal done and in the books. Then other clocks can start.
I saw two interesting things about the trial today
1) POTUS did wisely to have his counsel representing him and not house firebrands on the floor (they did media + strategizing part of team) ... the comment was that Senators saw them as the reasonable + respectable folks representing POTUS and the House Impeachment clowns as what they were but even more amplified because of the disparity.
2) There are videos of Pam Bondi’s presentation on Bidens & Burisma - they have huge view counts; one I saw already had a 1/2 million views.