. . .it is so critical that we challenge each and every member of Congress to introduce or co-sponsor articles and make the case. Bush and Cheney are committing war crimes in plain sight. They are committing their criminal surveillence program in plain sight. Their public claims to "unitary" power trash the principle of consent -- the sole moral principle on which our Constitution is founded.
If the Congressional leadership gets serious about impeachment, we might see Bush and Cheney out by President's day.
From
http://journals.democraticunderground.com/pat_k/12. . .Republicans are likely to be VERY motivated to pressure Bush and Cheney to take the resignation "exit strategy."
Republicans may not be willing to defend the indefensible for long. When Bush nullified McCain's anti-torture amendment (which passed with over 90 votes) he slapped them in the face. They would be hard pressed to defend Bush for abusing signing statements nullify the overwhelming will of the people in order to keep torture "on the table." Warner, Graham, McCain, and Collins (may have been others I'm not recalling) came out against the "War Criminals Protection Act." The "compromise" they got was not much of one, it just shifted the responsibility for actually approving torture to Bush (as opposed to approving it themselves and becoming War Criminals). Specter dismissed the WH defense of the criminal surveillance program as absurd. There are some other "rational" Republicans (Snowe, Hagel, and Lugar).
Repubs will certainly try the "Un-Patriotic to attack the President in War time" bit (the only "attack" on impeachment we have heard out of them) but that doesn't go far if Repubs aren't willing to defend against the indefensible charges (which they aren't even doing now).
Bush and Cheney are an albatross that many Republicans would be happy to get rid of. . .
http://journals.democraticunderground.com/pat_k/12">More. . .
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