A partial victory came for the Democrats during the midterms they got to take the House of Representatives. And yes, I said partial. They obtained the House but lost seats in the Senate, which, due to its filibuster rules, is usually the make-or-break chamber for what bills make it into law.
However, the Democrats have all the abilities they need to frighten and effectively worsen the broken state for current-day American politics in a manner that could best be described as a politically nihilistic, self-invested operation if they use these powers to both damage themselves and the political state.
With the new House, they will have the power to open up aggressive investigations on the president and push for his impeachment.
They also have the opportunity to go for a more coherent approach at best and become the voice of bipartisanship in morally acceptable scenarios, and the voice of a heroic aviator when the governing party proposes something that is clearly damaging and not in line with what Americans need.
There is no shred of doubt in my mind that Democrats are going to choose the former, but not without reason. By opening up cases against Trump, their notoriety in the news can grow, and they can look like the victorious fighters for those who voted for them and try to open up the opportunity for re-election.
The masthead of the Democratic opposition, under their attacks, could be beaten into political shackles. Or better yet, be hurled out as an ungraced villain who's selfishness destroyed him in the head of the electors.
But if Trump goes down, he doesn't go down as a villain. He goes down as a martyr. An (albeit flawed viewpoint) representation of how Democrats view the Republicans. How they will converge onto destroying whoever crosses their path of way. A representation of their combative diligence and a representation of the exact reason why Republicans would have to do whatever it takes to make sure they never hold such immense power again. Or earn enough power in a liberal scenario to fight to treat them with the same medicine.
Inevitably, with that track, any president that comes into office will have to be seen of their behavior as a constant state of mind, live with the expectation of being hurled out and provide party or national influence at the shell of the level they may now.
If Trump doesn't go down, if nothing is found or — as expected — the Republican-held Senate will choose not to impeach him, two disastrous outcomes will occur.
The first being that impeachment's independence of partisanship will be no longer. For the Democrats, this will hold a symbol of shame of what it is that they spent their time pursuing — an unarmed witchhunt who's time could have been better spent introducing new gun legislation, to name one subject.
That's not to say that Trump should not be investigated, he very well should be. But making that the masthead of the party's agenda is one that is self-destructive and will end in anger, hurt and a hostile perspective of the party that would have gone in blind without heed to warning or situation. Acting in a level of self-interest that, to the everyday voter, will best appeal to either disgust or their sense of revenge.
Of course, along with that comes the move of scapegoating, which will most certainly be expected come 2020 as a less productive Congress is something the live opposition will gleefully point out to compare to their own Congress. Which was unappealing enough to get replaced, was not coming in as divided as it is right now.
For the President, that also means he needs to shape up to be able to lead through a Congress that will most likely introduce itself as broken. With both parties approaching the borders of extreme, he has one duty to help fulfill his position to the best and it's the same as the Democrats. To govern as a team, not as two enemies.
