Nonetheless, those in favor of impeachment have been asking House Democrats to get the ball rolling. To this end, the Los Angeles Times published a piece yesterday (link here) with the title "House Democrats don’t have a majority for impeachment, but support is growing."
Likely a lot of them are listening to public attitudes and watching opinion surveys. They also likely don't want to appear like they're trying to impeach to score political points and instead of appearing like they're acting because of criminal President.
I can't say I disagree with this attitude. It's better to be ready and not go, than to go and not be ready.
Some of this lack of enthusiasm can also be linked to the fact that Democrats presume the Senate will not vote to remove Trump, so the whole endeavor would be for naught.
To this end, the distinguished legal scholar Laurence Tribe wrote a thought-provoking piece for the Washington Post yesterday (link here) with the title of "Impeach Trump. But don’t necessarily try him in the Senate."
He makes some interesting points. The House could score both political points and also seriously wound Trump, thus rendering him much more powerless, without the matter ever going to the Senate.
An innovative solution like this might be the best course moving forward. Hopefully, enough Democrats on the House side will see this piece so that it stimulates their creative juices.
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