NewsHour Impeachment Coverage: Analysis and Commentary – Starr’s Performance

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JIM LEHRER: And to some analysis and commentary about this day from Stuart Taylor, columnist for the National Journal and Newsweek, and author/journalist Elizabeth Drew.

JIM LEHRER: Elizabeth, what, in your opinion, was the most important thing that happened today?

ELIZABETH DREW: I think the most important thing that happened today was that it was a very large and dramatic example or showing that this is a very troubling precedent. Now, Zoe Lofgren was talking about the lack of dignity and sobriety. She was part of – she was on the staff of someone on the Impeachment Committee in 1974. I covered it. Now, you know, you don’t want to bathe in nostalgia, say those were the great old days and it should be like that, but this struck me as not particularly thoughtful. Most people made up their minds, and –

JIM LEHRER: So you would agree with me that it’s still 21 to 16?

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