mystery wrote:
"I believe this is exactly what the RATS want...Trump's acquittal in the Senate so they can blame the Repubs for letting him off...."
Hmmm...
Consider...
If the Republicans in the Senate vote quickly to end the trial and acquit Trump, won't they be going "all in" on him? That is to say, they WON'T be able to claim "we are independent, we don't support him".
In other words, by voting to acquit, they "join the Trump team" whether they like it or not. And in the future, it will do them worse to try to deny that, than to simply acknowledge it, and "run with the team".