First, note this: "In a new HuffPost/YouGov poll, 45% of Americans say President Trump should be impeached, and 42% that he should not be. Those numbers are identical to a survey conducted a week prior."  Literally zero movement.  Beyond that top-line finding, there are some positive and negative signs for President Trump.  On the darker side of the ledger, a small plurality remains in favor of his impeachment and removal, including a slight plurality of independents (although nearly a quarter of this cohort responded with "unsure."  On the brighter side, a majority -- 57 percent -- either say that Trump did not engage in a quid pro quo involving the withholding of military aid until the Ukrainians announced an investigation into the Bidens, or that they weren't sure if this happened.  This is the most serious misconduct being alleged, and after weeks of public hearings, only 42 percent of voters say they're convinced that it occurred.

And perhaps most importantly, as we've seen in other surveys, alternative options offered by pollsters elicit responses that demonstrate less enthusiasm for impeachment than binary yes/no choices.  In the data above, even if the worst quid pro quo were confirmed by evidence (I think it remains somewhat unproven, and at least partially rooted in supposition, yet still likely), just 40 percent of the public would deem it impeachable -- a lower percentage than those who say they favor impeachment in the same poll.  Forty-two percent responded that it would not be impeachable (though more than half of this group said that conduct would be "inappropriate," including a plurality of Trump voters).  The rest -- including nearly one-third of independents, third party supporters and non voters -- said they weren't sure.  I'll add that very, very few people buy the whole "perfect call!" song and dance.

All in all, the numbers we're seeing in the wake of Adam Schiff's impeachment hearings indicate that not much has changed.  And the thus-far-non-deteriorating previous status quo, while certainly not good for the president, is politically survivable, particularly in battleground states and districts.  Some Democrats insist their impeachment momentum is stronger than ever: