Originally Posted by
tgull
What non history readers have no clue on with regards to Watergate is first there was no impeachment, Nixon resigned.
Second, the reason Nixon resigned was because there was 1) 60 Democratic Senators and 2) Nixon's support fell below the 50% watermark with Republicans nationwide so it was over for him. He had about 8 Senators defect and that was that, he quit
Today, there are 53 Republican Senators. You need 20 Senators to peel away from that margin for a Senate conviction.
You are have Trump hovering in the 80-90% range with Republican voters. Not to mention is he is about 50% with Independents.
The Democrats need to peel away not only moderate Republicans such as Romney, but deep south Red State Republicans, the latter never going to happen.
Another thing people forget is in 1974, there was only the mainstream media who hated Nixon. There was no Rush, Levin, Hannity or especially the Internet. It was just the networks and Washing Post and NYT.
Not going to happen. Look at the fabric of the Senate makeup and see who will defect. You'll stop counting around 7 or 8. Those 7 or 8 will never defect unless they have 20 so the count is 0.
Trump versus Liz in 2020. LOL