Article snippet: The TAKE with MaryAlice Parks There are some topics (and faces) we know animate voters on both sides: immigration, health care and President Barack Obama. In the last few days, some top Republicans appear to think impeachment might as well. President Donald Trump’s lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, told a crowd Thursday that the 2018 midterms would be a referendum on the issue, encouraging Republican voters to make sure Democrats don’t gain the majority in the House and the chance to pursue it. During an interview with ABC News earlier this week, conservative strategist Matt Schlapp, dropped a similar line. "Losing a majority means he gets less things done, means the Democrats will move to impeach [the president] in the House." Many in the Democratic leadership have said it’s politically risky to talk about the issue on the trail and that it is not what voters care about. Others say it's a reality. "My question for the Democratic establishment is, 'How corrupt is too corrupt for you?'" Tom Steyer, a Democratic organizer who started a petition to impeach the president, told a crowd of progressives Thursday. Asked about Giuliani’s comments during an interview with ABC News, Steyer laughed out loud and called Giuliani absurd. "This is not the thing that excites the Republicans base," Steyer said. He talked about how Democratic turnout has been "terrible" the last few cycles and the real task at hand, in his opinion, is not talking to a base but expanding it... Link to the full article to read more