““I’ve always hoped that the defense in the Senate would be performed as an offensive action aimed at exposing and draining the swamp. But I think the current plan is to make it all go away.””
I respectfully disagree. The impeachment is a Dem offensive action. It should be shut down and disparaged. With that done, we can then open our own offense to drain the swamp, starting with the corruption of the Bidens, Pelosis and then the Clappers, Comeys et al. Doing this as part of the Democratic drama, impeachment, will muck things up.
I don't necessarily agree with this.
From the standpoint of political optics, it makes a lot more sense to launch an attack as a "counter-offensive." That's because ordinary people are generally sympathetic to someone who beats the sh!t out of someone while fighting back.
Notice how quickly public sentiment turned in favor of people like Clarence Thomas and Brett Kavanaugh once they came out swinging against vicious, slanderous allegations against them.
In Trump's case, the public reaction is likely to be much stronger because the stakes are so much higher and people can easily put themselves in a situation where they're facing LEGAL trouble over outrageous and unjust allegations.