If politics were regulated the way that consumer goods are, Nancy Pelosi might be charged by the FTC with deceptive packaging for her ridiculous announcement yesterday that an "official" impeachment inquiry is underway.  It is pure theater, designed to appease the radicals like Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, who two days ago denounced the failure to impeach as worse than Trump's "crimes."  With radical primary challengers and a San Francisco constituency given to backing lunatic schemes and politicians, she fears for her political career. The only way that impeachment begins is with a floor vote of the House, after which time subpoenas can be issued and the facts assembled for Articles of Impeachment to be presented to the House, and, if voted by a majority, submitted to the Senate for trial, which requires a two-thirds majority for conviction.  What Pelosi offered was deceptively packaged...(Read Full Post)