If the House Managers...

Heard from several GOP senators tonight in the last break. They are not challenging the Dems' facts on what Trump did:

ERNST: "The president held onto funding for approximately two months," but "Russia invaded Ukraine in 2014" and Obama failed to send aid "for two years."

— Eli Stokols (@EliStokols) January 25, 2020

...had only talked about Obama more, or

And they think his calls for Ukraine to investigate the Bidens were reasonable:

GRAHAM: "President Trump had no corrupt purpose. He believes to this day that someone should look at the Bidens, and so do I."

SCOTT: "I don't believe anything they've said so far is impeachable."

— Eli Stokols (@EliStokols) January 25, 2020

shown that anything Trump did was wrong, or...

And they said the Democrats' case was thin but also too long:

LANKFORD: "It was the same content over and over again."

BRAUN: "There is not one new thing, other than exaggeration...You're not going to win this by time of possession."

— Eli Stokols (@EliStokols) January 25, 2020

had talked less and been more convincing.

Of course anything Trump's lawyers say will match the perorations of Solon and be as if the skies had opened and the voice of God spoke.

Would coulda shoulda. If only the fix wasn't in.