This is kind of an offensive way to frame the response of some of us, as is the “fanboi” thing you threw at @Ryuthrowsstuff. Please chill.
Pelosi and Congress have jobs to do, not necessarily exactly the same job. Congress’s job is to impeach if they are convinced that there is a successful case against him; quite evidently they do not, not even the Democratic members. The Majority Leader’s job is not to convince her flock to rally impeach, it is first to make a decision about the issue, based both on her own political read of the situation (eg, what are the political ramifications?) and of her read of her caucus (eg, is it what her members want?) Then, if she decides that impeachment is the right decision and if that isn’t what her members seem to want, then (and only then) does it become her job to whip them.
In this case, she has neither pressure from a majority of her membership nor a personal political conviction of the value of impeachment, so her job is to do as she has been doing.
Now, for those who support impeachment, there are options. One can try to convince the majority of Democratic legislators, perhaps through calls and letters, to support it. One can try to convince Pelosi that it is a politically correct decision whatever her members think, perhaps by making her read BoingBoing. One can try to replace Pelosi as leader by someone who has made a different political calculation, and that would also be a good test of her political acumen, though personally I can’t think of anyone in position to beat her, an opinion based on looking at past attempts and not on being a fanboi.
For some of us, impeachment is not the big prize. Hobbling Trump for the next 2 years and removing him afterwards is the most important goal. Throwing his ass in jail would be great, but it won’t require impeachment if he loses the next election. (I come from Illinois, a state which happily throws governors into the hoosegow after they leave office.)
A good argument can be made that impeachment hearings today would help in the “hobbling” goal. I probably agree with that. However, Pelosi evidently doesn’t, and I’m not in a position to say that because she’s wrong and I’m right that she’s not doing her job by not favoring my opinions over hers. She and Mitch McConnell are currently the two most successful politicians in Washington, and until some young gunslinger bests them in a shootout there is no reason for either of them to elevate anyone’s opinion over their own.
