This is the best Republicans have got?

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By James Downie

Opinions editor

Last week, I wrote that Democrats worried about public support for impeachment hearings should not be scared — moving ahead with the hearings would likely be followed by an increase in public support. And so it’s proved to be true — thanks in no small part to how lazily Republicans are defending the president.

A new CBS/YouGov poll finds that 55 percent of Americans now support an impeachment inquiry, including a remarkable 23 percent of Republicans. An ABC/Ipsos poll found that nearly two-thirds of Americans think the Ukraine scandal is somewhat or very serious, with about 40 percent saying the latter. Even 32 percent of Republicans think the issue at least somewhat serious. As for impeachment itself, writes the New York Times’s Nate Cohn, in four polls an average of 46 percent of Americans already support impeachment to 42 percent against, a 10-point swing in favor of impeachment from the previous installments of those four polls.

So why the jump? As mentioned earlier, it’s not the first time that support for steps toward impeachment has increased after the start of an inquiry. The same thing happened during Watergate. But there’s another factor: When Republicans’ defense is being defined by people like White House senior adviser Stephen Miller and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), it’s no wonder that even a sizable chunk of GOP voters are deeply concerned by the president’s behavior.

Appearing on “Fox News Sunday,” Miller offered nothing but wild accusations, and when confronted with facts simply opted to repeat those accusations.

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1. That's all they've ever had

So far it’s worked for them.