So let's say the Democrats actually decide to follow through?

Well... so what? 

The reality here folks is that by now, there is not a single American who doesn't understand that our so called Congressional leaders are literally nothing but raging partisans who work 24/7 for their Parties and pretty much ignore the people.

Democrats used a set of arguments that by their own account has destroyed any actual meaning that impeachment holds. As we were all taught in Jr High, impeachment is the legal manner in which an office holder is removed from office. In the case of the President (who otherwise cannot be indicted while sitting in office) the impeachment replaces the legal process if it is determined that he commits and is guilty of a crime (High Crimes and Misdemeanors). The House has the responsibility of what would otherwise be known as the indictment, while the Senate actually holds a trial to determine innocence and guilt.

But Democrats have worked double time to create a new standard (that replaces the High Crimes and Misdemeanors) by declaring that impeachment is a now a political (not legal) process and therefor Congress can pretty much make any determination about what is and isn't an impeachable offense. As described in a post the other day, we have had actual elected Democratic office holders who have  demand that actions such as these were impeachable:

• Criticizing football players for kneeling during the national anthem
• Mocking someone 
• Creating chaos and division
• For being abnormal
• For calling some countries shit holes

Now clearly this is an attempt to "lower the bar" so to speak, in order to determine that they can simply decide to hold an impeachment hearing whenever the President does something that they do not like. They are making the case that breaking the law is no longer a requirement for impeachment. 

Now the problem here is that this is a lose/lose argument. For those who actually understand the Constitution and respect the rule of law, they will inherently see an impeachment hearing to be political fodder and a complete disrespect to our Constitution and rule of law. Those who agree that impeachment is not necessary "legal" openly lowers the bar to the point where an impeachment from the House and an acquittal in the Senate will be nothing more than political theater. Moreover the former will certainly not take kindly to the latter's flippant views regarding the constitution and our political process.

Let's be perfectly clear here. 

Nobody "actually" believes that the President committed a crime here. Plain and simple.  The idea that this phone call constitutes a crime is just plain silly. People can pretend differently all they want (they can even tell a pollster they believe it because they hate Trump)... but everyone deep down knows that they are just pretending. 

Moreover, it never really mattered if a crime was actually committed. 

When Pelosi stepped up to announce her decision to hold an impeachment inquiry, it was quite literally a day BEFORE we were going to see any of the evidence of the allegations in question. If Democrats believed that a crime had actually been committed and that this was necessary to hold an inquiry, then they most certainly would have waited the two days to see the transcripts of the calls and the whistle blower complaint. The fact that they wouldn't wait is an obvious indication that they pretty much "knew" that the complaint was going to fall well short of what was needed to show a crime. They had decided that this was the issue (right, wrong, or indifferent) to make stand on. Had they waited and tried to make the move after the transcript and complaint was made public, then they would have most certainly lost people. But doing so when they did, was basically crossing the bridge and burning it behind them. 

So here we are. The Democrats have shown their hand. They want to hold impeachment hearings (or whatever) in spite of knowing no crime was committed. They will pretend and they will lower the bar and they will concoct some silly theory that others will pretend to believe, all because they hate the bad orange man. 

And it will not matter one bit to the President or most of America. Because it won't mean what it used to mean and people will know it's a farce. The only thing that will be harmed in all of this is our Constitution and our inherent respect for the rule of law and likely the reputation of the Democratic Party.