The Comey affair has, predictably, shown off many of Trump’s worst characteristics: most notably, his complete indifference to democratic norms. The question now is, what does it all mean? Will his base desert him? Will he be impeached?
The inconvenient truth is that this episode has only confirmed what everyone on both sides of the aisle already knew about Trump. To his detractors, it proves that he is utterly unfit to be president; to his base, it just shows how powerful and malignant his enemies within the “deep state” are.
He’s not going to be impeached or indicted–at least not over this. Where it matters is in the legislative process; if you’re, say, Susan Collins, and you’re told that you have to vote for AHCA because the GOP needs to win one for the Trumpster regardless of its impact to your constituents, you’re probably that much less likely to go along.