173d        Does this stop any judges getting confirmed?  I'm not a Constitutional expert, so I may not have all the facts. I've read articles suggesting the Senate doesn't need to wait for Nancy, they can start the trail anytime they want. I'm not sure about that fact though.  What I do know is that once a trial is started, the Senate cannot do any other business until the trial is over, and Senators cannot campaign during the trial. So Nancy is between a rock and a hard place.  If Nancy sends the articles of impeachment to the Senate, Sanders, Warren, Booker, and Klobuchar will all have to suspend their campaigns. With that kind of exodus of candidates, it could open the door for HRC. What if RBG is sicker than we know and steps down due to health concerns, or dies? Then Nancy can send the articles of impeachment to the senate so they won't be able to confirm a replacement until after the trial is over. It looks to me like it's a classic case of the dog catching the car. She just doesn't know what to do next. She's hoping a strategic move will drop in her lap, but I just don't see that happening. For a while now I've been wondering if President Trump, the master troller, baited Nancy and the Dems. Over a year ago there were stories about a "leak-hunt." Push 2 or 3 versions of anything around the office, keep track of which version went to which person, and when the story is leaked to the press, voila, you know who the leaker is. So what if President Trump allowed a fake transcript of his "perfect" phone call to leak out? Remember Schiff claiming to have seen the transcript and then making outrageous claims, and Nancy backing him up, claiming to have also seen the transcript. They ran with it, until the real transcript was released. But by then it was too late. So Pelosi, Schiff, and Nadler all jumped on what they thought was the proverbial smoking gun and made haste with their impeachment hearings. Before they know what hit them, everyone was talking about Burisma, Hunter, and Creepy Uncle Joe's Quid Pro Quo video. Now they realize all they have is a nicely wrapped shit sandwich, and they want to leave it in the bag as long as they can. Not one witness actually witnessed anything, it's all 2nd and 3rd hand hearsay. Not one witness offered any evidence regarding "Abuse of Power" or "Obstruction of Congress." Nancy and her minions had quite the dog-and-pony show, but they know that if the Senate engages in a real trail, they all suffer a humiliating defeat.