How do these pundits come to say that Unindicted Co-Conspirator is winning?

[Cary]

Has he won over democrats? No. Is he gaining approval? No.

So there is no impeachment, yet, that certainly would die in the Senate. That's their measure?

Will these people ever have some discipline? Badmouthing Democrats is for Republicans.

[maxsolomon]

1. How muddy is the water becoming? How loud is the counter-narrative?

How tuned in or out is the average American flibberdigibbet? If you ask 50 random people on the street, how many would even know that Asshole's in Japan right now?

He's emboldened. The Mueller report didn't cause a massive outpouring of protest, or move Asshole's approval ratings up or down.

The more disinformation he spews without any discernable cost gives him confidence that the US Constitution simply isn't up to the task of stopping an Authoritarian who knows how to make TV. He can thumb his nose at 2 branches of government and there's no price to pay. In fact, you get applause.

The 5th estate is effectively co-opted as well, handcuffed by their ethics on one side, and utterly corrupt in the RW propagandist press.

That's where they're coming from.

[triron]

2. I am flabbergasted (and that is an understatement).