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So a new guy (communications director Scaramucci) comes in and, without apparent consequence to himself, quickly starts a public feud with the chief of staff (Priebus). Can you think of a parallel situation in any organization of any kind (government, business, non-profit service, social group...

OK. I get your point. Congress passes laws. The executive branch enforces them. That said, Congress also has the power to investigate, as is demonstrated right now by the various congressional investigations that are underway.

Correct. For impeachment proceedings to begin, a high crime(s) or misdemeanor(s) must be cited (or treason or bribery). For those wishing to impeach, it will be wise to make a credible case. But ultimately, impeachment is a political act. If the will to impeach develops in congress, it will...

While one congressman has already introduced an article of impeachment that cites obstruction of justice, most House Democrats consider this to be premature. The article does answer your question. In this case, the cited grounds are obstruction of justice. Numerous commentators and scholars...

Distraction from what? Distraction for what reason?

Burn the constitution completely to ashes? I don't get your meaning. Numerous special counsels and special prosecutors have been deployed over the years under various acts of law, have they not?

That might be Trump's hope but I do not think it would play out that way. Trump has done terrible damage to himself in recent days by treating Sessions as he did. Remarkably, he continues it today with yet another tweet. If Trump fires Sessions and then gets Mueller booted, lawmakers would...

How's that working for Trump? Sessions is digging in. Now what will Trump do?

We see Trump himself publicly proclaiming his disappointment in Sessions. We see him driving that point home with repeated tweets. We see him demonstrating phenomenal public disloyalty and disrespect toward one of his earliest and most loyal supporters. We see Trump oblivious to the support...

As expected, the House voted on this bill today. It passed 419-3.

I happened to see part of John McCain's speech today while eating a late lunch. It is one of the most moving political speeches I have heard in a very long time. It literally brought tears to my eyes. The president delayed his White House press conference today to wait for the speech to be...

If there is no rational explanation for Trump's treatment of Sessions, that leaves the irrational. What he's doing makes little sense to most people but it makes perfect sense to a super-narcissist. His behavior is thereby explained.

I'm not alone in believing that Trump is doing himself no favors by kicking Sessions around like a stray dog. There is no master plan and Trump is not crazy like a fox. In this case, he's just crazy to work against his own best interests like this. "President Trump’s decision Tuesday to attack...

Have you noticed the relative media silence regarding Jared Kushner? Yesterday, ahead of his voluntary appearance before the Senate Intelligence Committee, Kushner released a long statement explaining many of the things the press (and investigators, I presume) are looking into. The statement was...

Great news!!!

Trump's recent comments and tweets about Sessions leave me confused. Sessions was the first U.S. senator to back Trump. Now Trump is openly critical of Sessions for recusing himself from the Russia investigation and further critical because Sessions "... has taken a VERY weak position on Hillary...

I see it otherwise. Time will tell which of us has the better Trump insight. Both of us see him signing the bill (or letting it become law without signature). You see him accepting the result and moving on. I see him resenting the result and lashing out.

Since we're on the topic, let's have some fun with the Trump super-narcissist notion. It appears that the House will take up the Russia sanctions bill this week and both houses are likely to place a veto-proof bill on the president's desk for him to sign. This bill expresses the deep concern...

In reply to you and Turtle, no, I did not copyright the term. Until Turtle mentioned it, I did not know super-narcissist is in an urban dictionary. For me, the term came to mind and I started using it because it expresses my view. It does not surprise me a bit that others see fit to use the term...

Perhaps so. When musing aloud about his power to pardon, perhaps he's doing it with his family in mind. But there too would be an implied admission of guilt. Using the powers of the presidency to pardon a family member would be problematic also.