WILL EVEN MATTER TO VOTERS. TO ME, THIS PARTICULAR INDICTMENT IS BY FAR THE MOST IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT REALLY STRIKES AT THE HEART OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY. BUT WILL THESE CHARGES ON TOP OF THE CHARGES, THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS ALREADY FACING BE A HURDLE ON THE ROAD TO THE OVAL OFFICE? THAT’S A TOUGH QUESTION. I THINK DONALD TRUMP’S OPPONENTS ARE ALREADY SHOWING THAT THEY DON’T HAVE THE WILLPOWER TO STAND UP AND CRITICIZE HIM. THEY ARE AFRAID OF HIS VOTERS. THEY’RE AFRAID OF HIS BASE AND THEY’RE AFRAID OF HIM. THERE ARE, OF COURSE, OTHER REPUBLICANS VYING FOR THE NOMINATION. THE ANALYSTS SAY THOSE CANDIDATES ARE PARALYZED FROM SAYING ANYTHING AGAINST TRUMP BECAUSE THE HOLD HE HAS OVER THE BASE AND THE ONES WHO HAVE SPOKEN OUT ARE SHOWING UP AT THE BOTTOM OF THE POLLS. INSTEAD OF CRITICIZING DONALD TRUMP, THEY’RE CRITICIZING THE JUSTICE SYSTEM, WHICH I THINK IS UTTERLY ABSURD. THE ANALYSTS SAY THE DECISION OF WHOSE NAME WILL APPEAR ON THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE OF NEXT YEAR’S BALLOT WILL FALL ON THE VOTERS AND NOT THE TRUMP FAITHFULS OR THE ANTI-TRUMP, BUT THE VOTERS STILL ON THE FENCE, UNSURE WHICH WAY TO GO. WILL THOSE VOTERS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PARTY BE WILLING TO ABANDON TRUMP BECAUSE OF THIS? SO FAR, THERE’S NO EVIDENCE THAT THAT’S THE CASE. AND AS FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY OVERALL, THEY SAY IT’S HARD FOR THE PARTY TO CUT TIES WITH THE FORMER PRESIDENT BECAUSE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, HE’S BECOME THE FACE OF THEIR PARTY IN CUTTING TIES NOW, COULD HAVE NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON NEXT YEAR’S