Welcome to the Three Martini lunch.

Grab a stole next to Greg Carumbus of Radio America and Jim Garrity of National Review.

Three Martini's coming up.

And we're very glad you're with us for the Wednesday edition of the Three Martini lunch.

It's officially the kickoff of impeachment season, at least the public version of it.

So, uh, Jim, we're not really sure what to make of a

hearing so far other than that a lot of people know how to talk for really long

periods of time it's also fun to watch Twitter and the seemingly endless testimony of Bill Taylor and two people

ostensibly on the right that I see. One says, this is devastating testimony and the other says all this really means is

that he wishes he was running the Ukraine and US foreign policy instead of the

actual president who's tasked with doing so a lot of minds are being

changed here as far as I can tell.

Yeah, I'm hoping the visual aids for later this afternoon, Greg, include Rorschak tests.

So that way everyone can say, I see evidence that he's clearly got to be removed from office immediately.

And other people see, I see a puppy.

Well, we're going to have quite a few of these hearings over the next couple of weeks. I believe it was earlier today, Jim.

You're commenting on this on Twitter that somebody over on the Republican side of the Senate

thought that the trial, assuming it gets there, which it probably will, will take six to eight weeks and

run about six hours a day.

So all those people worried about certain senators not being on the campaign trail for up to two

months.

That could actually happen.

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