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<\/p>\nRUSH: I mentioned Charlie Cook. The Cook Report is the Bible, gospel inside the Beltway.<\/p>\n
He\u2019s a political analyst, polling analyst, all this stuff, and he\u2019s out there saying (paraprhased), “I don\u2019t think these Democrats should be doing this,” meaning impeachment. “I think it\u2019s very risky.” This is a guru they listen to. This is from an interview that happened Tuesday, and this is Charlie Cook. The question he was asked, “Impeachment inquiry, what impact do you think it\u2019s gonna have on the 2020 campaign?”<\/p>\n
COOK: If I were Democrats, I don\u2019t think I would do this. To me, it sucks all the oxygen out of the room. If I were a Democrat —<\/p>\n
RUSH: You are.<\/p>\n
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COOK: — I would want every bit of energy to be focused on winning a November 3rd election and not on this, regardless of what the merits may be, because I think having a focus on the election and impeachment are somewhat contradictory. And, you know, I\u2019m not sure how great an idea if you\u2019re a Democrat for the president to have a victory, uh, to be acquitted by the Senate.<\/p>\n
RUSH: Yeah, see, that\u2019s why it\u2019s not gonna get that far. It\u2019s why this is a campaign strategical event. They\u2019re not gonna let it get to the Senate. There\u2019s never gonna be articles of impeachment written. There will not be a case made and a trial in the Senate because if Trump\u2019s acquitted, that\u2019s it! The Democrats would have failed. That\u2019s not what this is. It\u2019s never intended to get there. But Cook\u2019s point still remains. They\u2019re trying to make everybody think they are engaged in impeachment, that it is real.<\/p>\n
His point here is it\u2019s sucking all the oxygen out of the room, and it\u2019s focusing on trying to win an election by getting rid of your opponent. Through impeachment? This is not how people view impeachment and in the process they\u2019re ignoring the campaign, they\u2019re ignoring the issue, they\u2019re making it look like they don\u2019t care about the people of the country. And that is exactly right. They won\u2019t listen to Cook. I just wanted to share his opinion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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