My one (small) hope that the Senate will vote to remove Trump...

[Silent3]

...is not the damning evidence against Trump (after all, why should mere evidence bother a Senate Republican?), but all that might transpire between now and the time, many weeks from now, when Trump's removal is finally up for a vote in the Senate.

It's certainly possible that the stress of the impeachment proceedings, especially when the moment comes that the House almost inevitably passes articles of impeachment, will cause Trump to really flip out, and behave in ways that are extremely bizarre even by Trumpian standards.

Being stupid and nasty and whiny obviously doesn't bother "the base", but if Trump breaks down in a way that appears weak that might be the one thing that could start a few cracks running through his otherwise stubborn support.

Besides the impeachment, there are plenty of other possible stressors for Trump that could happen between now and a Senate vote. Trump's taxes could come out by then, for one thing. And who knows how many other unpleasant surprises and revelations await him, especially when they keep dropping at one or two per week?

[RockRaven]

1. GOP Senators are in too deep. They won't do it. They will go to their graves/retirements/defeats

convinced that they can con the red-voting rubes one more time.

In many if not most cases they are going to be entirely correct. In a handful or possibly a whole bunch of cases they will pay the penalty. In no conceivable universe branching off of the current moment will most of them reverse their course to date.

[lastlib]

5. As I said in another thread.....

They can be on the right side of infamy--or they can be buried by it.

Choose wisely..........

[NanceGreggs]

2. I have a feeling ...

... we ain't seen nuthin' yet.

[diva77]

3. I've decided to hold out with hope. After seeing the 5-dimensional game played by Adam Schiff & Co.

I think there's yet room to maneuver.

[BigmanPigman]

4. I think the odds are better that he'll stroke out or something

before the Senate would grow a spine.

[lastlib]

6. Or he could get....

the polonium sammich from Apparat-Chik-Fil-A.....(Does the White House have 4th-floor windows?)

[BigmanPigman]

7. He'd need to fall from a higher floor

since he has so much padding he will bounce a bit.

[Buns_of_Fire]

8. I'm thinking the Special Sauce on his Big Macskys.

Or that side order of extra "gravy" with his KFC (Kompromat Fried Chicken).

[FakeNoose]

10. We should all start praying for this

I mean this sincerely, even the atheists among us. We can all recognize the power of prayer even though we choose to pray to different entities. Chump has to go, and the sooner the better. The fate of our country and possibly even the world depends on it.

[BigmanPigman]

11. The Pagan Group does binding spells once a month.

The next one is Sat. As an Atheist I hope and wish for someone or something to put him out of commission ASAP or else this will be our country's mascot

[FakeNoose]

12. I hear you, friend

I feel the same way.

[Buns_of_Fire]

9. When they find out he's been having hot-n-sweaty snugglebunnies

with their wives. Alphabetically. (Isn't that what his "executive time" is for?)

[Arazi]

13. The only small hope is if #MoscowMitch makes the vote secret. Otherwise no way

[lastlib]

14. No can do.

Constitution, Article I, Sec. 5--if one fifth of the members want the vote recorded, it's recorded. I cannot imagine the losing side in a conviction vote NOT wanting the votes recorded.