Keith Burgess-Jackson, J.D., Ph.D.

Donald Trump's approval rating is 48%. Barack Obama's approval rating at the same point of his presidency (5 February 2012) was 48%.

Even a broken clock is right two times a day.

Renée Graham’s “Hey Dems: Fight Trump, not each other” (Ideas, Jan. 19) should persuade Democratic candidates and supporters to stay focused on the objective that unites them: defeating Donald Trump. As Graham alludes to the “morally bankrupt . . . party-over-country” Republicans “still buckled into Trump’s corrupt and sinking ship,” she reminds me of another equally important objective. We have no certain date for this ship’s sinking, and this makes the second objective—electing a Democratic House and Senate—crucial.

Imagine a second Trump term, with both houses of Congress controlled by Mitch McConnell and his ilk. Now imagine a Democratic president, facing Republican control of one or both chambers. How many qualified, non-ideologically driven judicial nominees would have their nominations voted on? How many Democratic proposals—for health care, climate action, voter protection, etc.—would get a hearing?

Now imagine a Congress with both House and Senate led by Democrats. This Congress could fight back effectively against Trump, and this Congress would be essential to any Democratic president’s proposals. If we—Democrats, socialists, liberals, moderates, progressives—don’t work as hard to elect Democratic congressional majorities as we work to defeat Trump, we won’t undermine Trumpism or have hope for real change.

Robin Riley Fast

Malden

Note from KBJ: Overuse of long dashes is the mark of disjointed thinking. Good work, Robin!

“The Democrats want to run a Country, and they can’t run a Caucus.” Brad Blakeman @FoxNews Iowa is a complete disaster for the Dems. They should bring in Mini Mike Bloomberg ASAP!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 5, 2020

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When Nancy Pelosi ripped up her copy of President Trump's State of the Union address, she was saying, "I hate this fucker! He's beating us at every turn!" Don't you love it?

It puzzles me that the Republican senators who are part of "the world’s greatest deliberative body” are not able to act as such. How can two people, President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, have such bullying power over them? Doesn’t anything matter anymore? What happened to our Pledge of Allegiance? What happened to the oath they took before this trial? Unfortunately, witnesses were not called. Even calling former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter, even though they are not relevant to the case, would have helped to bring closure to this matter of impeachment.

Now that this is nearly past, perhaps censure of Trump is in order. It is the duty of all the senators to make their judgment in accordance of their oath of office and their sworn oath to judge impartially.

I am worried for our democracy and the future of our country for my children and grandchildren, and all of my fellow Americans.

— Joan Tedesso, Harwood Heights

Note from KBJ: Censure for what? President Trump did nothing wrong, much less illegal. Get a life, Joan.