Impeachment of Trump reveals Pelosi's masterful touch

Unless you have been under a rock for the last week you know, as well as the postman, that President Donald Trump has been impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives; a move that was urged by progressives, and those from the left of the Democratic party, but was not an A-1 target by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, reluctant to imperil those moderate Democrats in district that love him, but also as a veteran of the Clinton Impeachment, as she saw a surge of support for the embattled president as he took a second term, and did not want to see the same for Trump.

With the whistle blower's alarm about the July 25 call to Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky it no longer become an option, but a requirement, for the 79 year- old lawmaker as she not only steered the ship, but also a course carefully crafted to not only protect moderate Dems but also to show that the Party could legislate, as well as bring charges against an errant and egregious president, as he tried to arm twist the young president of a U.S. ally in the cold war to contain Russian aggression.

Joined to the mandate of the U.S. Constitution, and with requisite patriotism, the now delay in serving the papers of impeachment to the Senate have showed the mettle of the Speaker and the fact that she is the lady of the hour, shoring up a reputation, that months before seemed at risk, and now, underscores that she is the master of the game with her adroit handling of the process; forcing both the president and Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in the Senate to put up or shut up - on a process that she is dictating; or in other words, she has them in a vise.

“I was one of them; I thought it was time for new leadership,” said one of those freshmen, Representative Dean Phillips of Minnesota. “And I’ve got to tell you, thank goodness. Thank goodness that we have Nancy Pelosi speaking for the House of Representatives because I do not think there is a better, more qualified, more principled person for these circumstances,” reported The New York Times.

As they added, “When news of Mr. Trump’s pressure campaign broke, and Ms. Pelosi decided she could hold off no longer, she involved herself in every aspect of the impeachment inquiry. She met nearly every day — sometimes twice a day — with the leaders of the six committees that were already investigating the president on an array of matters.”

Some in the media have advocated for a blitzkrieg of ads about Trump across the country, but Pelosi’s methods are cheaper, and offer a more targeted away of attack.

Trump’s rages are also part of the plan: puncture his well-known ego, and damage his legacy, since he will always have impeachment on his record. The idea that he will be remembered, as “Oh, yea, he was the one that got impeached,” must hover over him, even as he beds down in the Executive Mansion each night.

The republican majority in the Senate seems to be as worried as rattlesnakes in a bag writhing to be free, as Pelosi pokes the bag with another stick, making them shiver.

Trump, who wants a short trial, is obviously worried, even as he creates rallies across in his strongholds, to shore up the base and denigrate Pelosi, all the while showing nervousness, towards her, with angry rhetoric blared from Twitter, and the now infamous letter to the Speaker, that seemed to have not been vetted.

While Pelosi governs on principle, she is crafty enough to know when to end the stalemate, and call the game. Pundits meanwhile are pondering if her actions can lose the majority in the House, or have it in the Senate. Standing on principle and past accomplishments, she has said that matters like health care are more important.

Taking a closer look, there is also this quote from the Times, ““We don’t get to choose how history remembers us,” said Representative Gerald E. Connolly, Democrat of Virginia, who compared Ms. Pelosi to Diogenes, the Greek philosopher who was said to have wandered Athens with a light, searching for an honest man. “Of course she’s going to be an inspiration because of this. Somebody had to be that person with the light — even if it was a lonely challenge.”

Some may have missed an underlying motive from the Speaker: push independent, or undecided voters, in the direction of the Democrats, and show them that while the impeachment occurred, they could also rule, and notable on the reformulated NAFTA, now the USMCA, and protect, and this is equally important, union workers and farmers, both groups that Trump won over in 2016.

While no observers, or lawmakers expect that the Senate will move to remove Trump from office, McConnell’s statements that he will work hand in hand with Trump reveals that this is not going to come even remotely close to a fair, if not valid trial, despite statements otherwise.

“And in fairness, when I heard that I was disturbed,” Lisa Murkowski, Republican lawmaker from Alaska, said to KTUU, in her home state, before describing that there should be distance between the White House and the Senate in how the trial is conducted. “To me it means that we have to take that step back from being hand in glove with the defense, and so I heard what leader McConnell had said, I happened to think that that has further confused the process.”

The cries of “witch hunt “rebound around the Senate, showing tremors, if not fault lines in  the Senate chambers, and hovering in the background, like Richelieu, is Attorney General Barr, who has shattered any semblance of subjectivity, and giving support to those members who feel that the tripart character of American rule of law is truly imperiled.