Just dropped · Trial Balloon · Ep. 192
November Surprises
“Republicans started out saying he didn’t do it. Then he said he did it, but there is no quid pro quo. But then they said there might be quid pro quo, but it’s not an impeachable offense They are just trying to provide enough of smokescreen, so when the Senate doesn’t convict they can say he shouldn’t have been impeached in the first place.”
— Political strategist Robert Shrum, quoted by the Wall Street Journal.
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