Not firing the “impeachment” shot till seeing the whites of their eyes. IOW, pulling the impeachment trigger when it may be too late for the Repugnican’ts to choose some other alternative and letting them sit there w the Trump albatross around their necks. Because after all, the key strategic issue is capture of the Senate and so the courts.
Frankly, I think this may have been part of Pelosi’s calculus. Or am I giving her too much credit here? Was she counting on something like this when she said Trump was “self-impeachable”? Nancy certainly hit fast and hard on this whistleblower deal.
Consider the timing. If Articles of Impeachment are drawn up and then voted on just after or before the Tgiving break, now the hot potato falls to Moscow Mitch to chew on before Xmas. Lots of conversation about what happens after Congress comes back from holiday break. Meanwhile, Benedict Donald gets to sit in Mara Lago wondering what’s next. He’ll crash the Twitter server.