2016 Postmortem

before he was sworn in as President. Post that, he could simply pardon himself, and most of the GOP will refuse to impeach, and they'll continue to rewrite the narrative.

Of course, I have no idea what the mechanism for not seating a President is. I don't think there's any law that says you can't be President if you are convicted of anything, and that goes for having been accused of treason, or am I wrong on that?

Yes that's a high crime and an impeachable offense, but we have a large chunk of the government that has decided laws don't apply. So, maybe it does call for this being brought to the Supreme Court and having the court rule in an unprecedented fashion, (4to4 on the court by the way, if I'm being cynical).

I don't want him in that office any more than you do, but I'm still struggling to see the path to an alternative...and worse, doesn't that alternative still look like Mike Pence unless we prove vote machines were hacked? Can the court really demand a whole new election due to no confidence in the outcome? Maybe in theory, but again...4 to 4.

I'm not trying to talk you down by the way, I'm trying to talk me up. Is there a way that I'm not seeing?