Open Question

April 18: Current Mayor London Breed and former
Mayor Willie Brown at the ceremony remembering
the 1906 earthquake and fire. (MSN)

Democratic éminence grise Willie Brown: Impeachment would be suicide for Democrats.

Impeachment is a suicide mission that also puts the party on the defensive for supposedly doing an end run around the electoral process.

To be sure, ex-Assembly Speaker and former SF Mayor Brown, 85, is no fan of President Trump:

I say, plow on. Call for hearings. Go over every page, line by line, if for no other reason than to make everyone aware of every questionable act committed by President Trump and his entourage....

I’m betting Trump could still win re-election if the economy holds up, but I’m also betting Nancy Pelosi’s Democrats will hold the House and maybe, just maybe, the Democrats can flip the Senate.

Then, and only then, would Democrats be in position to take corrective action against Trump’s threat to our democracy.

Speaking of Nancy Pelosi, 79, she also urges House Democrats to go slow on impeachment:

Pelosi told Democrats on the conference call that it is important for the House to gather more facts before launching any impeachment effort. She also noted that at least a third of House Democrats are on committees that will be investigating the president.

Whether the young lions and lionesses of the Party will follow the advice of their elders is an open question.