That was the most obviously bullshit no-effort impeachment attempt just to appease the public and make it look like they tried something. It's like when a shitty spouse just pours bleach on the entire pile of laundry to show they shouldn't be given that chore again, because doing laundry is beneath them.
Eh, not sure what to tell you then aside from as far as I heard (and granted that while I 'know people who know people' it's not like I know any of them personally) that really was their best effort.
Edit: I should clarify that "best effort" is not the same as "best possible job." I do think they made some mistakes. But I also think they never really had a chance given the Trump cult of personality / revenge machine on the R side, which more or less ensured minimal 'defections' from Republicans.
Nah, I don't believe it. Democrats are perfectly capable of wielding power effectively, and you only need to look at how they respond to leftist insurgency for examples.
I believe the truth is Democrats hate being in power. They don't want to win, or to deal any true damaging blows to Republican dominance. They like to sell the underdog narrative to the public, rake in the extra "Defeat ___ at all costs!!!" hysteria fundraising, and fall back on voter-shaming (which is just a clever form of class warfare propaganda)/complaining that they have no power to do anything about it when Republicans fuck everyone over. But what do Democrats do with their positions? 90% the same stuff, with some identity politics soothing balm thrown in. Like requiring that debt collection agencies have 40% female representation on their executive boards or whatever. Or they literally just promote legislation written by right-wing think tanks.
If there was one thing I liked about Obama, it's that he didn't even try to hide it. He would openly state in interviews that he considers his positions to be moderate Republican by Reagan-era standards, and that his overlap with modern Republican positions is about 70%. Actual words from his own mouth.
So in terms of public perception, when Democrats are the underdogs, they can simply fail to be an effective opposition to Republicans, and mostly get what they want out of that arrangement. They can play up their public drama about how they're doing their best for the people but it's the left's fault that everything sucks because of their childish protest votes over ideological purity. But when Democrats actually occupy positions of power and do things.... like, for example, writing a $3 Trillion bill that bails out debt collection agencies and lobbying firms and offers on average $100k worth of tax deductions to people worth more than $1 million but then mysteriously can't afford to offer more than $1200 in aid to the average person?... it exposes the lie behind the roleplay, and makes the party's role in defending the status quo more difficult.