Addendum: I hadn’t read Clyburn’s comments when I responded earlier, so I didn’t grasp the significance of the “one hundred days” comment.
Waiting 100 days would be a big mistake for proponents of impeachment for one reason, and for Democrats generally for another: First, I think there is a distinction to be made between impeaching a former officer and impeaching a current officer and then trying him after he leaves office. Waiting until after Trump leaves office gives opponents a stronger argument that the process is unconstitutional.
Second, and maybe I’m being contrarian here, but as a conservative, I would LOVE it if the Democrat Congress wastes a significant portion of the next term on impeaching Trump rather than their own legislative agenda. It will only serve to mitigate the damage Democrats can do in 2 years, and will help Republicans in 2022.
By the way, I don’t think “impeachment proponents” and “Democrats” are congruent. There are pro-impeachment Republicans, and while I think all Democrats will vote in favor of impeachment and removal, some at least privately would rather not.
That’s why I think this 100-days plan may be an attempt by the Democrat leadership to bury impeachment. I think the smarter Democrats realize impeachment is not a good move, and want to chart a course that placates their base while avoiding shooting themselves in the foot with an impeachment. 100 days is a long time, and the 1/6 fiasco will be old news by then.
Well thought out arguments and much appreciated. Hopefully the fervor of the get Trump lynch mob will dissipate in the coming weeks. The left is like a pack of wild dogs fighting over a bone, and that bone is Donald Trump. Once they drop the bone they’ll start turning on each other.