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45-46 is debatable (4.00 / 2)

But there is no excuse for leaving Cheney untouched. 

Actually, if we impeach Cheney, Bush will have to appoint a replacement and that replacement will simultaenously become

1) the GOP nomination front-runner in 08

and

2) permanently linked to the policies of Bush's failed presidency, thus making him (and I say him because the neanderthal GOP will never support a woman for national office) incredibly ulikely to win the general election and all but assure a Democratic victory for POTUS.

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by: Roatti @ Sat Jul 07, 2007 at 05:39:34 AM UTC

Interesting nugget (4.00 / 2)

By comparison, at the height of the Lewinsky scandal, just after Bill Clinton made his televised mea culpa to the nation and the House Judiciary Committee was deliberating the case, an October 4 CBS opinion poll found only 38% of Americans favored a course that would begin impeachment proceedings against the president.

http://www.iraqslogg...

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by: Roatti @ Sat Jul 07, 2007 at 05:48:44 AM UTC

Impeachment (4.00 / 1)

Matt Stoller gave a speech today at NOI, and he says impeachment just isn't actionable, given the fact that only ~11 house members are co-sponsors.. according to him, there's just not an effective coalition in place to move forward.

Peter King writes me Nasty Letters.

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by: tzfoley @ Sat Jul 07, 2007 at 07:45:15 AM UTC

Maurice Hinchey's office sez.... (4.00 / 5)

Maurice is not a sponsor (although you would perhaps expect him to be, given his views) that Nancy Pelosi has "taken it off the table" at the beginning of her tenure as Speaker.  So, he is not bucking leadership.  I think that is the case for a lot of potential sponsors. 

Our Dem leaders have to learn that "stay the course" is a losing strategy.  Times change.  It's "time" to impeach-- it would truly help in re-establishing our nation's standing in the eyes of he rest of the world, if nothing else.  Complicity is embarrassing.

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by: robinia @ Sat Jul 07, 2007 at 11:40:13 AM UTC

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i don't disagree with matt (0.00 / 0)

but that's all i'm gonna say at the moment as i pledged to post this "without comment".

TODAY is day one. It always is.

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by: phillip anderson @ Sat Jul 07, 2007 at 15:52:19 PM UTC

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54-40 -- let's fight (4.00 / 2)

Cheney well deserves the black mark of impeachment, even if conviction seems unlikely now.

And the Democrats in Congress must understand that their supporters, now a majority of the country, actually like it when politicians fight for issues that have majority support.

And when political criminals are held accountable for their crimes.

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by: devtob @ Sat Jul 07, 2007 at 16:59:49 PM UTC