Good Monday morning. I'm Anna Palmer and welcome to your Politico Playbook audio briefing. Stay tuned after the show for a message from the American Beverage Association.

And I'm Jake Sherman. The New York Times on A1 has a piece up about how 2020 Democrats are beginning to game out Trump's impeachment.

Senator Elizabeth Warren has gone the furthest calling on Trump to be impeached off the campaign trail and on Capitol

Hill, this is a reality, not a theoretical exercise for people looking to curry favor with a narrow

electorate. This issue will come to the fore today. Speaker Nancy Pelosi is gathering House

Democrats on a conference call to discuss the Mueller report. Inevitably, whether it's brought up directly or not, the impeachment issue will be top of mind for many Democrats.

Of course, Pelosi has been exceedingly cautious about the prospect of impeachment,

partially as a tool to help her lawmakers fend off endless questions about removing the president.

The Times lays out in their piece the practical and political considerations for 2020 candidates,

and there's a similar incentive structure for Democrats on the Hill as well.

Practically, there's next to zero chance Congress will be able to remove President Trump from office.

We already know what's in the Mueller report and not a single Senate Republican seems

put off. 20 of them would need to have their hair on fire to remove Trump from office.

Politically, impeachment would be a messy, all-consuming process that would grind legislation to a halt.

Democrats have said on repeat that they were not elected to impeach the president, but rather to lower

prescription drug prices and enact other policies to help working Americans.

All of that would go nowhere if Democrats were impeaching Trump.

Here's who to watch. Outside of Pelosi and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, there are a couple

of voices on this that will carry a lot of heft. House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler, his committee

would conduct impeachment, House Oversight Chairman Elijah Cummings. Cummings is one of the most

measured and well-respected members of the caucus. He's a public face, but not a television blowhard.

Number three, House Democratic Caucus Chair Hakeem Jeffries. Jeffries is seen by some as a

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