Playbook: “Even though she’s widely expected to send the impeachment articles to the Senate this week — thereby starting the trial — no one has any idea what she’s going to do because she has not made her intentions clear. The speaker’s office said no decision has been made on when she will send the articles. One thing that is clear is that she doesn’t have a ton of leverage, because Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell doesn’t tend to give into pressure almost ever. So, how she gets out of this situation will be interesting to see.”
“Still, Democrats close to Pelosi believe the “delay” has been successful. They point to Trump’s erratic behavior on Twitter and the daylight between some of the president’s allies and McConnell over the push to change Senate rules to begin the trial without the House’s articles. These Democrats also say they believe they’ve gotten traction spotlighting the issue of fairness in the trial, something Rep. Adam Schiff pushed over the weekend and that Democrats will continue talking about this week.”
