Democrat House impeachment managers offered little new information, but instead relied on sanctimonious repetition of their past points during Wednesday’s Senate impeachment trial.

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Their comms have been very good up to now. But they are sliding into a redundant recitation of formerly interesting data. There are only so many times you can see the immediately former president speaking at the rally, so many times you can watch rioters forcibly enter the capitol, and so many times you can see Hill staffers and elected officials scurrying to hide, before you get the picture. However, by repeating the information ad nauseam it loses power. It becomes usual and hackneyed.

As for the play by play, it was generally a bore. Raskin was less treacly than he had been on previous days. Neguse tried emotion and it didn’t work, though his Holmes fire in a theater lines did work. Castro, after a factual error, greatly relied on partisan press to make his case. His pitch to veterans was powerful. Lieu was brief and weak. The rest were nondescript.

An interesting note on message, the accepted Democrat term for the rioters has switched from “insurrectionists” to “insurgents”, which is strange because Democrats usually love insurgents. Oh, I forgot, only the communist kind. Anyway, as soon as the insurgent tag got bandied about by House managers the media picked it up immediately. I mean within 30 minutes the reference had changed from channel to channel and across social media. Gotta admit, nice coordination.

The best of the day was Raskin. He’s a good speaker and uses his bag of tricks to great effect, though some of his arguments fell flat. Raskin said Trump’s first amendment rights were like that of a teacher. Thus he said a teacher could be held accountable for what he termed seditious speech. Really? Has he been in a classroom lately? For decades the worst manner of seditious Bolshevik vitriol has poured forth from the festering gobs of American educrats. Held accountable? Nope, they usually get tenure.

Raskin’s explanation of the Brandenburg decision was sharp, as was his fire chief metaphor comparing the immediately former president to a fire chief who sets blazes then refuses to answer calls to put out the flames.

His best line was quoting the late conservative Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia when the great jurist said, “You can’t ride with the cops and root for the robbers.” Raskin was comparing Trump’s presidential responsibility for upholding the law and the democratic process with the Trump-inspired goons who invaded the capitol. It was a solid argument.

So the third day ended and we look forward to Friday’s session. Apparently Republican Senators like Ted Cruz and Mike Lee have had a talk with Schoen and Castor. So hopefully we can expect a better performance from Trump’s lawyers, especially from Castor, than the flop we witnessed on Tuesday.