"It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities," said Dumbledore.  
from "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets"  -- J.K. Rowling

Joe Manchin is calling for a resolution to censure Trump.

Checks and balances have legally collapsed.  
We have an imperial president.
Our government and politics are totally broken.

Republican Senators who call Trump's behavior "shameful and wrong" say they will vote to acquit.

They believe he's been chastened.

He hasn't learned a thing.

How embarrassing for Chief Justice Roberts to twice be approached by Trump - both before and after - at the State of the Union.

Doug Jones is a profile in courage.  
He felt the weight of history to protect the Constitution.
(He faces re-election in November.)

Doug Jones says, "It was a matter of right and wrong."

Doug Jones has moral courage.  
We should all hope politicians can imagine life outside of politics.

Mitt Romney is a man of conscience; he takes "an oath before God as enormously consequential" - he has moral courage and was compelled to do impartial justice; he wrestled with his conscience to do his job and do the right thing - to do impartial justice. I stand with Mitt's children and grandchildren to honor him. He has my enduring respect. History will look kindly on Mitt Romney: he is the first U.S. Senator to vote to convict and remove a president of his own party.  
Mitt Romney is an American patriot.  
Lamar Alexander, Rob Portman, Susan Collins, Marco Rubio, Lisa Murkowski sit dangerously on a fence, character deficient to do the right thing.

Joe Manchin, Kyrsten Sinema, Jon Tester took tough votes too.

Donald Trump was not convicted,

but he was exposed.

Now we are the jury.

Republican Senators may feel a lot of camaraderie today, 
but outside their caucus they stand alone with bad facts.

We do not need an Entertainer-in-Chief, 
we need leaders who put country first.

Mitt Romney you showed your mettle today.  
There are lots of us who have your back.

Monday night may be the last first in the nation Iowa caucus we see,
but last night may well have been the last State of the Union as well.
Thomas Jefferson warned of the danger of such a spectacle a'la Trump.

Janis, what prediction of Thomas Jefferson were you quoting? Do you really believe that last night's was the last State of the Union Address?  There is hurt on both sides.  We need to move on, drop the vindictiveness and work for the good of the country.  We will all live to see another day.

Paul, I am not sure I understand your message...
Do you mean to echo Mitch McConnell?
"Prediction" is your word, not mine.

Nothing in the Constitution requires an annual personal speech by the president to a joint session of Congress.  
Thomas Jefferson, our third president, deliberately abandoned the precedent of annual speeches set by Washington and Adams. He disliked the monarchial pretentions of the State of the Union address.
Not 'til Woodrow Wilson was the practice revived.
In recent administrations The State of the Union has become an infomercial,
last night we saw the spectacle of a campaign rally.  
Theatrics is what concerned Jefferson,
not to mention, the absence of decorum.

Presidents today have no problem communicating with Congress or with the public. In fact, Trump communicates with the world at all hours of the day and night.

As to moving on, it is my understanding Ron Johnson and Chuck Grassley have launched an investigation into Hunter Biden.

At a national prayer breakfast this morning, on the dais with Nancy Pelosi, Trump said he doesn't like people who use their faith as justification for doing wrong... undoubtedly a veiled slap at Nancy Pelosi and Mitt Romney both public officials known for their profound faith.

John Bolton would not sign an affidavit for the House managers during the Senate Impeachment hearing.  
What is he about? 

Appalling to watch Trump rally his troops...
all about what the country put him and his family through.

What a bunch of bobble heads guffawing with their leader...
no evidence of the lesson Susan Collins thinks Trump learned...
just Trump flexing his power...   very scary.