I have about 34 “hard” acquits for Trump. About 15 wafflers, but pretty much “soft” acquits. I have Minion, Tom Collins, and MurCowSki as possible convicts.
However, once it’s clear Trump will survive, I think virtually all of the “soft” acquits move over, and probably even the three bozos come along.
It will be absolute political suicide for an R to vote to convict for anyone but Minion, and I think even he wants a job when he’s done in the senate.
It will come down to who the Clintons have ANY dirt on. They’ll use it.
The Senate was careful to avoid getting a majority convict (51-49) vs. Clinton. It will have no such restraint vs. Trump. It’ll be every man for himself. Collins, Murkowski will vote to convict, they are in DEM majority states or don’t care.
I wonder if they have any sense of actual -fear-? A sense that they can go too far? They seem very enamored with Ukraine. Do they remember those legislators fleeing the capitol as angry people poured in? Do they remember seeing them later taking some rule changing votes at gunpoint?
Do they believe that somehow that it just -can’t- happen to them?