It goes without saying to me tho, that if this sorta thing is going to be the new breed of partisan politicking, that all investigations should reach a thorough a complete conclusion. Let the subpoenas fly. Let's find out who these assholes really are. I'm totally fine with that.

I don't recall it being used for political gain prior to the week before the 2016 election, but frankly i think it's part of the game now. If you're not hammering your opponents with investigations you just aren't US politicking correctly.

The impeachment inquiry itself is literally just a means to investigate, which is in line with both parties' BS investigation politicking. Had trump cooperated with subpoenas originally we probably would still just be at the point where they're investigating the fluff out of him, which again is just status quo now.