With every day that passes, the whole thing seems less and less relevant. The House will indict, no matter what the testimony is and no matter if the branding changes from collusion to quid pro quo to the current bribery.

And just as certainly, the Senate will not convict. We will hear many sermons pointing to the onrushing election and saying the issue should be decided by the voters. Various Democratic presidential candidates will need to sit unhappily in their seats like kids in detention, while looking out the window at the electoral playground.

It’s hard to see any changed minds ensuing from this disruption of daytime TV schedules.