captain_spalding said:

Now that all the tumult and shouting has pretty much died away, many people are looking forward to getting some answers to some really nasty questions that have been hanging around for some time now.

Unless, of course, the Democrats decide to be deucedly ‘gentlemanly’ about it.

From Jeff Tiedrich’s pages:

I rather expected this. That polite, unwritten and unspoken agreement that seems to exist in politics everywhere.

“Tell you what, we won’t make any serious efforts to turn over any rocks that have your party’s really disgusting/criminal things under them, if you agree to not take any of the skeletons out of our cupboard and expose them to scrutiny when you have the chance, OK?’

Of course, there may be some ‘inquiries’ held where people get ‘grilled’ about some things, and there may be some red faces at which people can point and jeer, but, ultimately, no-one will suffer greatly, no-one will go to prison, and it will be determined that society is to blame.

I think congressional oversight will be a key focus of the Dems over the next two years.. People like Musk Witkoff and Kushner will be top of the list of people that will be hauled in front of committees.

I think they need to stay very focused on following the money and highlighting the corruption – leave the impeachment process to the people as the US public seems to be the one institution that has shown it’s ability to repudiate the administration’s agenda and actions.

Key legislative priorities need to be be related to limiting congressional member’s ability to make financial gains from their position through stock trading and boarding access to healthcare.

Do these things and they are a shoe-in for 2028.