Republicans will inevitably insist impeachment is purely partisan, and our right-leaning media will buy it, or at least heavily promote that idea.

Good to get in front of that issue and insist that it's not something partisan

Corporate Media is driving the meme. When our Nations Attorney General is totally Compromised by the Federalist Society,tactics are in play.

me, and I’m guessing many of us — in fact, too many of us.

The time to fish or cut bait is already long past.

“not”.

They were softening up the ground for it from the day Clinton was inaugurated. They waited for him to slip up, then backed him into a corner on a perjury rap. I'm surprised the repubs didn't do dances of celebration around the Washington Monument when they finally got their chance, however iffy, to impeach him.

If we look (and even actually are) reluctant to impeach Trump, it won't look so nakedly political as the 'pubs desire to go after Clinton.

Conservative media will do what they always do: attack Democrats at every opportunity, and what they can't spin they will make up.

And speaking of appearances, what makes you think this great display of hand-wringing doesn't reinforce the cynical stereotype of "finger in the wind, waiting to see which way the wind is blowing before taking a position" politicians? A stereotype Republicans also use against Democratic pols.

I can agree that launching straight into impeachment proceedings isn't necessarily the way to go, that the ground needs more preparation. But displays of "reluctance" aren't preparation. Preparing the ground is daily, continuous stream of news, revelations, and spins on revelations. Go on the attack, push the story and drive the news cycle. Build up outrage, so enough people have a sense that something must be done.

Conservatives have done that for a quarter century time after time over bullshit "scandals". Why can't we do that with actual scandals? Some of the biggest in American history, for heaven's sake!

so reluctantly as we would rather do this with their cooperation. But do it we will.

I was going to post something similar, but you hit it right on the sweet spot.