text: One thing that could help Vice President Biden, Major Buttigieg, Tom Steyer, Michael Bloomberg, and Andrew Yang immensely is the House Democrats passing impeachment. Traditionally, the Senate would take over the impeachment case since the house has passed it, but with Speaker Pelosi slow-walking the bill over to the Senate, current Democratic senators running for president are now at a major disadvantage.
  
  H/T: Gregg Jarrett
  
  Pelosi impeachment maneuver puts presidential candidates in limbo
  
  
  
  (Via KSTP) "The impeachment trial is a big political problem for democratic senators who are running for president, including Amy Klobuchar, because they have to be present.” https://t.co/gsoNpuX8pH — John K. Siskoff (@JSiskoff) December 21, 2019
  
  He's right.
  
  
  
  Undermines so many of the Dem arguments over the last month // plus, the LAST thing swing-district Dems want is this process to go on indefinitely. https://t.co/COBzmuXAtM — Josh Kraushaar (@HotlineJosh) December 19, 2019
  
  What if just what if she's holding them back in order to hurt the progressives in the presidential race. One thing establishment dems hate more than repubs. Senators have to be off the campaign trail in order to be present for trial. #WallStreetPete and #sleepyjoebiden don't. — Brandon mozley (@bmozley539) December 22, 2019
  
  So Presidential candidates Senators Bernie Sanders, Cory Booker, Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar aren’t??
  
  
  
  Ruth Bader Ginsburg Implies Impeachment Trial Should Include Only Unbiased Senators https://t.co/eN0LDUo6jQ — 𝘼𝙕𝙉𝙢𝙖𝙣 (@50_hi1) December 22, 2019
  
  The Senate Impeachment Trial in January.
  
  How much will it hurt Senators Sanders, Warren, Klobuchar, and Booker not being in Iowa?
  
  How much will it help Biden and Pete, that they will be gone?
  
  You can bet McConnell will not help any with the scheduling. pic.twitter.com/n0546zhxDv — BetoMedia (@BetoMedia) December 15, 2019
  
  Background information from October 2019 Buzzfeed article: