First, let’s start with the big picture.  We have a stubborn governor and legislature whose patience is running out.  Despite the House’s demonstration of working late last night, this is more than “a distraction.”

The Case for Waiting

From a House Republican: The report essentially boils down to allegations, however appalling they may be. We are hearing from the rank and file back home that they are still with the Governor and that this all sounds too much like what the liberal media is doing to Trump in Washington. There is also growing concern that impeachment frenzy is being driven by a group of consultants, lobbyists, and one clearly-biased newspaper who stand to benefit politically from removing Greitens. Members, especially conservative ones, aren’t interested in being a party to that.

More Calls for Greitens to Resign

At the bottom of this update is a list of all the elected officials (that I’m aware of) who are on the record saying that Greitens should resign.  Yesterday the two biggest additions to the list were Congresswoman Ann Wagner and Senate Majority Leader Mike Kehoe.

Attorney General Josh Hawley offered clarity compared to the confused and waffling response from the Republican state representatives: “The House Investigative Committee’s Report contains shocking, substantial, and corroborated evidence of wrongdoing by Governor Greitens. The conduct the Report details is certainly impeachable, in my judgment, and the House is well within its rights to proceed on that front. But the people of Missouri should not be put through that ordeal. Governor Greitens should resign immediately.”

Will the Missouri Republican Party coalesce behind their US Senate candidate on this issue?