"Somethin's happenin' here..."

New ABC/Ipsos poll:

51% of Americans say Trump should be impeached *and removed*

58% say they're following impeachment hearings closely

70% say it was wrong to ask a foreign leader to investigate a political rival (i.e., the call was not "perfect")https://t.co/U4wSiRx26N

— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) November 18, 2019

I'm willing to accept that some of that 58% think they should be following the impeachment hearings closely.

Then I look at voter turnout in 2018, and in the two gubernatorial races in 2019, and I reconsider my cynicism.

These are not good numbers, no matter how your slice and dice them.  Will Trump be convicted and removed from office?  Nah.  That would be the defense of an abstraction (the Constitution) in the face of a concrete fact (primary opponents who love 'em some Trump!).  Will the GOP wish they had cut Trump loose come next November?

"Everybody look what's goin' down...."