Ready... Set... Wonder!
We are free (at last) from wondering when on earth House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was going to free the two articles of impeachment from purgatory and actually send them over to the Senate. And we're free from wondering who'll be the House managers who will present the case against the president. In addition to the obvious (if tainted) Committee Chairs Adam Schiff, who's 59, and Jerry Nadler (72), we've got five others, who, according to this Politico article, reflect Pelosi's
desire for geographic, racial and gender diversity... and draws from the Democratic Caucus' wide swath of legal and national security-related experience.The five:
- Zoe Lofgren, 72. Like Schiff, she represents California and is a lawyer. She was a Judiciary Committee staffer for Nixon's impeachment, and was in the House for Clinton's. She was first elected in 1994.
- Hakeem Jeffries, 49. He represents folks in New York State (as does Nadler), and is chair of the House Democratic Caucus. He's also a lawyer, Trump critic, and Pelosi supporter.
- Val Demings, 62. She represents Florida, and was previously the Orlando Police Chief. Demings is on both the Intelligence and Judiciary Committees, but is not a lawyer.
- Jason Crow, 40. The first-termer from Colorado doesn't sit on either Intelligence or Judiciary, but on the Armed Service Committee. He's is one of the "national security freshmen" in the Caucus, he's a lawyer, and is a veteran of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
- Sylvia Garcia, 69. The Texas freshman is a member of the Judiciary Committee, is a lawyer and a former municipal judge in Houston, a city she served as controller.
There's plenty to wonder about here, including what the Trump nicknames are going to be for these folks. I mean, it won't be possible for him to resist the urge, right?
What else is wonder-worthy tonight?
Well, there was the debate last night, which was generally serious, and the moderators were pretty specific with their questioning. There was less of the 'you get a question and you get the same question, and you get the same question" thing that we've seen in previous debates. Some have even said it was the most 'debate-like' debate we've had yet, which is not saying much, but at least we're making progress, I guess.
I wonder what Iowa voters think about all of this? Did they learn anything new last night, or was it just more of the same, convincing them that they've made the right choice - if they've made up their minds already? And more importantly, what did the majority of them, the ones who haven't made up their minds or can be swayed to change their minds - what did they learn last night?
And finally, with Tom Steyer representing the billionaire class on the debate stage, the billionaire who wasn't on the stage was representing the 'meatball' class on Twitter during the debate. Seriously.
And that was just one of the goofy tweets Team Bloomberg put out there for entertainment during the debate. You can read more of them in this NY Post article.
I can't help wondering what folks in the Bloomberg ad states think about all of this? And what the Bloomberg team was really trying to do here?
What else is wonder-worthy tonight?
Well, there was the debate last night, which was generally serious, and the moderators were pretty specific with their questioning. There was less of the 'you get a question and you get the same question, and you get the same question" thing that we've seen in previous debates. Some have even said it was the most 'debate-like' debate we've had yet, which is not saying much, but at least we're making progress, I guess.
I wonder what Iowa voters think about all of this? Did they learn anything new last night, or was it just more of the same, convincing them that they've made the right choice - if they've made up their minds already? And more importantly, what did the majority of them, the ones who haven't made up their minds or can be swayed to change their minds - what did they learn last night?
And finally, with Tom Steyer representing the billionaire class on the debate stage, the billionaire who wasn't on the stage was representing the 'meatball' class on Twitter during the debate. Seriously.
And that was just one of the goofy tweets Team Bloomberg put out there for entertainment during the debate. You can read more of them in this NY Post article.
I can't help wondering what folks in the Bloomberg ad states think about all of this? And what the Bloomberg team was really trying to do here?
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