Since there is no realistic hope of removing Trump from office through the impeachment process, the objective has to be to sway enough open-minded voters to win the upcoming election. The principal ways of doing that are:
- Convince the public that they should care about what happens in Ukraine; and
- Establish through the testimony of credible and independent witnesses that this is not just a partisan witch hunt.
I think the Democrats are doing a good job on the second point. As to the first one, it’s harder to say. Some of the witnesses have put the issue in its correct context, but I’m not sure the public is convinced the security of Ukraine is really important to them. We’ll see as the process rolls on.