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A Mike Pence Presidency Is No Longer Just Dinner Party Chatter in DC — Is He Up to the Job?
MSN News ^ | October 12, 2019 | Bill Powell, Newsweek

Posted on 10/12/2019 9:51:58 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

As House Democrats ponder the politics of impeaching Donald J. Trump, they are weighing the possible outcomes. An impeachment inquiry could weaken the president before next year's election and give the White House back to the Democrats, or it could backfire, the way the GOP's effort to oust Bill Clinton did in 1998. But there's a third option: impeachment could succeed. As a senior staffer on the House Judiciary Committee framed the dilemma, "What if we're left with President Pence?"

That scenario has seemed far-fetched — until this week. At the moment there don't seem to be enough GOP senators who would vote to convict Trump if the Democratic-controlled House passes articles of impeachment against him. But the president hasn't been able to quash "Ukraine-gate," the scandal that erupted after a White House whistleblower reported that Trump pressed Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky for dirt on Joe Biden and his son Hunter. Releasing the transcript of the call, which the White House apparently believed was exculpatory, only intensified the pressure. A recent Fox News poll showed a majority — 51 percent — now want Trump impeached and removed from office. That was the first major poll showing a majority in favor of Trump's ouster.

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TOPICS: Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: impeachment; pence
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Laughable.


41 posted on 10/13/2019 4:35:02 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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To: poinq

“Are they forgetting that there is a presidential election in 12 months. The American people are going to make a decision.Congress is not going to do anything between now and then.”

That’s exactly why the dems are in a big rush and pushing the hearings forward. They want Trump impeached by Congress (they know they won’t get the Senate vote ) to increase the possibility of a win by dems next year. The worse they can make Trump look between now & then, the better chance they have of people not voting for Trump in 2020.


42 posted on 10/13/2019 5:31:38 AM PDT by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: boatbums

Agree totally, 8 yrs of Trump, then of Pence. All that is left is old geezers and no brains youngsters like the Squad who will be middle age.


43 posted on 10/13/2019 5:33:11 AM PDT by GailA (Intractable Pain, a Subset of Chronic pain Last a Life TIME at Level 10.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

So these imbeciles are finally thinking their foolishness all the way through?


44 posted on 10/13/2019 5:37:26 AM PDT by jazminerose (Adorable Deplorable)
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To: boatbums

Sarah Sanders 2024!


45 posted on 10/13/2019 5:38:11 AM PDT by jazminerose (Adorable Deplorable)
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To: o-n-money

There are no Donald Trumps out there.

Yep, well, except for all of us. We are Donald Trump and he is us. That’s what is driving the Left crazy.


46 posted on 10/13/2019 5:39:20 AM PDT by TalBlack (Damn right I'll "do something" you fat, balding son of a bitc)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

If Trump truly thought impeachment and removal from office were probable, he should set the stage. Put Pence in some chi-chi cabinet position, and the appoint Sarah Palin as VP. Talk about exploding heads!


47 posted on 10/13/2019 5:49:56 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam ("I've read the back of The Book, and we win.")
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To: Viking2002

“I’m not 100% sold on Pence, as I really don’t know the real nuts and bolts of the guy “

I’ve felt a bit the same way since the beginning. The only thing that settles me down is that he seems to be a true Christian, not just a professing Christian. If so, the path he’s taken with Trump is the path a true Christian would take even without Trump. Then I don’t worry so much.


48 posted on 10/13/2019 5:52:39 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam ("I've read the back of The Book, and we win.")
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To: Viking2002

Pence was ESSENTIAL to Trump winning, especially with evangelicals. It helped prove him to that community. Like H.W. Buwh with Reagan, Pence has been more than 100% supportive of Trump.

He isn’t going anywhere, and he won’t be president, cuz Trump will win and serve out a full second term, and then the age of traditional pols is over.

My guess is we’ll see a Kanye/The Rock match in 2024. And, yes, I’m serious.


49 posted on 10/13/2019 6:07:40 AM PDT by LS ("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: bkopto

I share you distrust.
He was part of the Boehner, Cantor, Ryan leadership in the House.


50 posted on 10/13/2019 6:54:58 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

They are having wet dreams because they have decided Pence could be browbeaten into “compliance”...I have some misgivings about how tough he would be but everything he’s said and done indicates he may be more “polite” but still work toward much of President Trump’s goals.
Maybe we will find out in 2024 if someone else doesn’t “rise from the ashes”.


51 posted on 10/13/2019 7:15:58 AM PDT by trebb (Don't howl about illegal leeches, or Trump in general, while not donating to FR - it's hypocritical.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
What if turtles grow wings? 😆
52 posted on 10/13/2019 7:23:12 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: CJ Wolf
children of the corn

Love it. Describes the radical Left.

53 posted on 10/13/2019 7:23:31 AM PDT by VRW Conspirator (NuRulz)
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To: MuttTheHoople

>I see this as a harbinger of what’s going to happen next year in all of America.<

Please Lord let it be so.


54 posted on 10/13/2019 7:47:19 AM PDT by 353FMG
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Oh, shut up.


55 posted on 10/13/2019 9:53:28 AM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Exactly.

If their plan is to get rid of Pence, after Trump...in steps the wickedwitchofthewest.

It’s laughable.


56 posted on 10/13/2019 9:59:11 AM PDT by Daffynition (*I'm living the dream.* & :))
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To: Vendome

57 posted on 10/13/2019 7:32:54 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: grey_whiskers

58 posted on 10/13/2019 10:49:13 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB0ndRzaz2o)
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To: o-n-money; dfwgator; Clemenza

Coffee’s for closers.

(Arrec Bardwin is an a$$hole galore, but he DID deserve a supporting actor Oscar for that bit)


59 posted on 10/14/2019 1:00:30 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Who will think of the gerbils ? Just say no to Buttgiggity !)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

LOL, when you think about it, that scene really wasn’t all that much of a stretch for Alec, he was basically playing himself.


60 posted on 10/14/2019 6:53:00 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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