Seven Theories of Why Nancy Pelosi Is Holding Back the Articles of Impeachment
- She thinks she has leverage to influence how the Senate goes about its trial.
2. She hopes that something else will emerge that will support impeachment.
3. If she were to pass it along to the Senate in proper fashion she would no longer have the spotlight, and she’s behaving like a bratty teenage.
4. She thinks that having the trial in progress during the run-up to the election will help the Democrats.
5. She thinks that the entirety of impeachment catastrophic for the Democrats, and is wondering whether there might some way to cancel or reverse the whole thing.
6. She’s hoping that her ploy will create a situation in which action by the Senate will somehow be such that a taint will be thrown over the dismissal or acquittal.
7. She is really a politically extremist, figures her days are numbered, and is now using her last inning to damage the US political order to her utmost.
Others?
The truth might be some mix of those, or others.