Article snippet: Progressives Fan the Impeachment Flames Most Democrats still won’t quite admit it, but they are attempting a stealth impeachment of Donald Trump. Of course, it’s not stealthy if everybody knows about it—and therein lies their problem. sniped, “They want to have impeachment without saying the word.” You see, on the subject of impeachment, the Democrats are half in, and half out—and that could get awkward for them, as they seek a unified message for the 2020 elections. In fact, this year, as well as next, could become an impeachment saga, in which the Democrat presidential candidates are overshadowed. Interestingly, the topic of impeachment did not come up at all in the first round of the Detroit presidential debate on July 30; in the second round, on the 31st, impeachment was endorsed only by two lower-tier candidates, Julian Castro and Bill de Blasio. So we can see: Almost all the Democrat White House hopefuls don’t think the issue helps them. In the meantime, over on Capitol Hill, for months now, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has opposed impeachment, reasoning that it would distract Democrats from the ’20 elections and, in particular, put House Democrats representing red or purple districts in a tight spot. So yes, it’s an intra-party power struggle between pro-impeachment progressives and more cautious moderates (relative term). One such moderate is Rep. Jeff Van Drew, a freshman who last year won a Trump-friendly Republican seat in New Jersey. Van Drew likes bei... Link to the full article to read more