Opinion by: Saagar Enjeti

We have three TVs in our offices here at The Hill, and they are all tuned into the major cable networks.

Almost always without fail, in the middle of the day, stories about impeachment are splashed across all three chyrons. Every network has a congressman or correspondent live from Capitol Hill breathlessly reciting their latest takeaway from a transcript or scrap of information that they coaxed out of a friendly staffer.

Now, establishment Democrats see this and they decide they must of course pounce, this is the most important story of their lifetimes after-all right? Wrong. Literally nobody on the campaign trail cares about impeachment from the candidates to the voters, so much so that even people in the mainstream media are beginning to take notice and marvel at what they think is the ignorance of the American public.

Listen to this from a CNN dispatch via Wisconsin.

You can just see how puzzled they are. I mean look at this tweet from Caitlin Huey Burns of CBS News.

Who attended four presidential town halls over the last two days where the issue of impeachment did not come up once. She notes that two weeks ago while she was in Iowa and attended three at that time, impeachment also did not come up. It's almost like voters are trying to send a message, they don't give a damn about impeachment.

And yet, Democratic leaders and their media allies in Washington have of course responded in kind by focusing on nothing but impeachment. The next presidential debate is 15 days away and Rachel Maddow Rachel Anne MaddowGOP lawmakers distance themselves from Trump comments on transfer of power Schiff urges Trump administration members to resign: 'You cannot maintain your silence' Michael Cohen: Trump hates Obama because he's everything he 'wants to be' MORE is moderating. Who wants to bet that we're stiffed a substantive 15 or so minutes again to dither around on impeachment?

The Atlantic is also getting in on the action.

With a new story about how nobody on the campaign trail cares about how, you guessed it, nobody cares about impeachment

The reporter notes that at a recent major political event in Iowa, over the weekend, only one candidate mentioned impeachment during his speech, that candidate's name is Tom Steyer Tom SteyerTV ads favored Biden 2-1 in past month Inslee calls Biden climate plan 'perfect for the moment' OVERNIGHT ENERGY: Trump administration finalizes plan to open up Alaska wildlife refuge to drilling | California finalizes fuel efficiency deal with five automakers, undercutting Trump | Democrats use vulnerable GOP senators to get rare win on environment MORE. He quotes presidential candidate Andrew Yang Andrew YangBiden's latest small business outreach is just ... awful Doctor who allegedly assaulted Evelyn Yang arrested on federal charges The Hill's Campaign Report: Biden weighs in on police shootings | Who's moderating the debates | Trump trails in post-convention polls MORE saying, "we have to face facts where not a single Republican crossed the aisle to support the impeachment vote, adding, that would certainly suggest that impeachment's going to run aground in the senate and this is going to wind up with Donald Trump Donald John TrumpFederal prosecutor speaks out, says Barr 'has brought shame' on Justice Dept. Former Pence aide: White House staffers discussed Trump refusing to leave office Progressive group buys domain name of Trump's No. 1 Supreme Court pick MORE claiming innocence and vindication."

Weird, Yang must be watching Rising, or maybe he just has some common sense. The media and establishment Democrats insistence on not only pursuing impeachment, but thinking it is worthy of bringing the issue at the top of the American people’s mind, is maybe why things are not going so well right now in the 2020 race.

The New York Times came out with a fascinating new poll yesterday.

Of six swing states including Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, Florida, Arizona, and North Carolina showing only Joe Biden Joe BidenFormer Pence aide: White House staffers discussed Trump refusing to leave office Progressive group buys domain name of Trump's No. 1 Supreme Court pick Bloomberg rolls out M ad buy to boost Biden in Florida MORE and Bernie Sanders Bernie SandersSirota reacts to report of harassment, doxing by Harris supporters Republicans not immune to the malady that hobbled Democrats The Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by Facebook - Republicans lawmakers rebuke Trump on election MORE capable of beating Trump by an extraordinarily low margin in the required three out of six states. Warren did not beat Trump in a single one of the battleground states, the best that she could even come up with was Arizona. Guess which candidate has been talking about impeachment the most?

Why is it that establishment Democrats love talking about impeachment so much? It's because that way they can conceptually get rid of Trump and not actually do anything about the issues that drove millions of people to switch their vote from Barack Obama Barack Hussein ObamaDemocrats ramp up pressure on Lieberman to drop out of Georgia Senate race The Hill's Campaign Report: Biden on Trump: 'He'll leave' l GOP laywers brush off Trump's election remarks l Obama's endorsements Trump pledges to make Juneteenth a federal holiday, designate KKK a terrorist group in pitch to Black voters MORE to him in 2016. They get to continue their business as usual.