(I know you edited I just want to address this)
I'm not saying he gaffed himself to death (I don't know why you got that impression from what I said), I was saying that he had no chance of winning either of those primaries because he was a bad candidate then (in terms of voter appeal and campaign management) and is still a bad candidate now who's only in the position he's in now because he's drafting off Obama.
He's not clean here and figuring out how deeply he's involved is going to be critical.
The bigger issue I have with his line of reasoning is that we need to be concerned about the political consequences of this hurting his campaign rather than the actual illicit behavior itself (if and when it gets looked at during the investigation, which it will). I'm also not sure I at all understand why its ok for the investigation to look at Barr or anyone else mentioned but Biden should be off limits for some reason.
Because that's how the White House branded it. They are good at controlling the narrative.
It's a colossal load of garbage, but more than enough for the true believers. It's not about facts, but about creating a narrative that makes you feel good with your political choices.
I think he's hoping that his supporters think something along the lines of "politics is dirty but at least Trump's honest about it".
And what about the other things in the whistleblower complaint? Trump's always been a criminal conman. I wish I could believe this is what will stop him, but the republicans won't put country before power.
There is legitimately a gigantic corruption problem in Ukraine. The new President is planning on culling around a third of the current prosecutors (15K->10K) in an attempt at cleaning it up with higher standards, as "find guilt, pay off prosecutor" is apparently a standard norm there right now.
If Trump was the Riddler.
I don't think Pence goes anywhere. Any official action would require buy-in from the GOP, and they're sure as hell not going to let Pelosi ascend to the presidency.
