A related thing that disturbs me is that whenever the Republicans throw around the idea of impeachment (which they do with absurd regularity), the news analysis

A related thing that disturbs me is that whenever the Republicans throw around the idea of impeachment (which they do with absurd regularity), the news analysis is always about what the poll numbers say and whether it will help or hurt the Republicans, rather than whether the charges are actually impeachable. The way the media covers legal issues related to politicians -- by analyzing how it affects the politician's favorability rating, rather than whether the charges are serious or absurd--contributes to what the author of this piece is talking about.