It seems totally fitting that Brexit and the end of the impeachment trial are likely to take place on the same day. Both were battles between populists with little regard for the truth and the establishment; both generated plenty of heat at the time; both are ending in a fizzle; and both apparently are victories for the populists.
But not so fast! Most of the real Brexit battles lie in the future, as the devil still steadfastly remains in the details, while Trump’s acquittal is about as far from an exoneration as you can get. Additional details about the pain in Ukraine will probably continue to dribble out, and some GOP senators are going to admit that the president’s behavior was considerably less than “perfecto.” The absence of witnesses and the apparent acceptance of self-serving and autocratic behavior by the president will be a public relations problem for the GOP during the campaign. And so, the battle will go on, just in a different form.