PRICING.
PETE, OVER TO YOU.
PETE: THANKS, JED, 2020
DEMOCRATS ARE CATCHING A BAD
CASE OF IMPEACHMENT FEVER.
IT MAY WELL BE A TIME FOR AN
IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY TO
BEGIN.
>> THE ONLY WAY WE ARE GOING
TO GET ANSWERS NOW IS TO
MOVE FORWARD ON IMPEACHMENT.
>> THE TOOLS THAT WE ARE
GIVEN FOR THAT
ACCOUNTABILITY IS THE
IMPEACHMENT PROCESS.
>> THAT IN AND OF ITSELF I
BELIEVE CALLS FOR
IMPEACHMENT.
>> IT MAY BE A WINNING
MESSAGE FOR THE PRIMARIES.
HOW MUCH WILL THIS TALK OF
IMPEACHMENT HURT THE
EVENTUAL NOMINEE.
PETE: KELSEY BOWLER IS
SENIOR RIGHT FELLOW AT
INDEPENDENT'S WOMEN'S FORUM.
SHE JOINS US NOW.
GOOD MORNING, THANKS FOR
JOINING US.
IT MAY PLAY WELL ON THE
CAMPAIGN TRAIL IF YOU TRY TO
SET YOURSELF APART.
ALTHOUGH IF NINE OF THEM ARE
DOING IT.
IT'S KIND OF BECOME THE
NORM.
IS THIS HELPFUL POLITICALLY
FOR DEMOCRATS?
>> ABSOLUTELY NOT.
IT'S GOING TO END UP BEING A
BIG MISTAKE FOR DEMOCRATS
COME THE GENERAL ELECTIONS.
WE KNOW THIS BECAUSE RIGHT
NOW MOST RECENT POLLING
TELLS US THAT 65% OF
AMERICANS DO NOT SUPPORT
MOVING FORWARD WITH
IMPEACHMENT.
THAT IS NOT JUST
REPUBLICANS.
THAT INCLUDES A LOT OF
MODERATES AND DEMOCRATS,
TOO.
SO, IMPEACHMENT MIGHT BE
PLAYING TO THE FAR LEFT
RADICAL BASE, BUT IT'S NOT
CONNECTING WITH MODERATE
VOTERS WHO DEMOCRATS WILL
ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO WIN OVER,
ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY ARE
CAMPAIGNING AGAINST AN
ECONOMY THAT IS SO STRONG,
FOREIGN POLICY THAT IS
PROTECTING AMERICANS, ISIS
IS ON THE DEFENSE RIGHT NOW.
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS A LOT OF
WINS IN HIS POCKET DESPITE
THE INVESTIGATIONS AND NOW
IMPEACHMENT TALKS THAT HE
HAS BEEN UP AGAINST.
GRIFF: KELSEY, YOU KNOW, NOT
JUST THE ISSUES THAT
PRESIDENT TRUMP CARES ABOUT,
BUT YOU TAKE CLIMATE CHANGE.
THE ISSUES THAT ARE POLLING
AT THE TOP OF DEMOCRAT
VOTERS CONCERNS IS
IMPEACHMENT OF DISTRACTION
FROM CLIMATE CHANGE AND SOME
OF THE OTHER THINGS,
HEALTHCARE THAT THEY WANT TO
TALK ABOUT.
>> IT ABSOLUTELY IS A
DISTRACTION FROM REAL
POLICIES THAT AMERICANS WANT
TO HEAR.
AND IT'S HARD TO UNDERSTAND
WHY DEMOCRATS ARE GOING DOWN
THIS PATH, AGAIN, WHEN IT
ONLY PANDERS TO THE FAR LEFT
RADICAL BASE.
I THINK A LOT OF TRUMP
SUPPORTERS ARE GOING TO SAY
HEY, IF DEMOCRATS WANT TO DO
THIS, IT'S NOT GOING TO
HELP -- IT'S NOT GOING TO
HURT TRUMP IN THE LONG RUN,
SO, THEY MIGHT NOT COMPLAIN,
BUT WE DO KNOW WE HAVE A
PRESIDENT WHO HAS A LOT MORE
ON HIS AGENDA THAT HE WANTS
TO ACHIEVE AND IT'S GOING TO
BE VERY DIFFICULT TO DO THAT
IF WE CONCENTRATE ON
IMPEACHMENT.
AND THIS IMPEACHMENT PROCESS
IS BEING USED AS A POLITICAL
TOOL.
BY DEMOCRATS WHO DON'T
SIMPLY DON'T LIKE HIS
PERSONALITY.
HOW ABOUT DEMOCRATS TRY
CAMPAIGNING AGAINST TRUMP
AND COMPETING IN THE
MARKETPLACE FOR IDEAS RATHER
THAN USING IMPEACHMENT AND
INVESTIGATION.
PETE: WE WILL SEE.
KELSEY EXIT QUESTION DO THEY
GO TO THE MATT ON
IMPEACHMENT.
ONE THING TO TALK ABOUT THAT
AND ONE THING TO CONVINCE
THE SPEAKER TO DO IT.
DO YOU THINK THEY WILL.
>> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
BECAUSE IF THEY ARE ACTUALLY
GOING TO ACT ON IMPEACHMENT,
WHY HAVEN'T THEY DONE IT
ALREADY?
THE ANSWER IS, BECAUSE, OF
COURSE, THERE IS NO ACTUAL
GROUNDS TO IMPEACH PRESIDENT
TRUMP ON RIGHT NOW.
SO I THINK THAT'S MORE OF A
QUESTION FOR DEMOCRATS.
IF YOU REALLY THINK YOU HAVE
A CASE FOR IMPEACHMENT, WHY
HAVEN'T YOU STARTED THAT
PROCESS ALREADY?
GRIFF: WE SHALL SEE.
