Given his analyses over the years, one would expect him to challenge the leadership's impeachophobia.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2007/07/03/BL2007070301366_pf.html">Obstruction of Justice, Continued
By Dan Froomkin
Special to washingtonpost.com
Tuesday, July 3, 2007. . .The Framers, ever sensitive to the need for checks and balances, recognized the potential for abuse of the pardon power. According to a Judiciary Committee report drafted in the aftermath of the Watergate crisis: "In the
convention George Mason argued that the President might use his pardoning power to 'pardon crimes which were advised by himself' or, before indictment or conviction, 'to stop inquiry and prevent detection.' James Madison responded:
"f the President be connected, in any suspicious manner, with any person, and there be grounds believe he will shelter him, the House of Representatives can impeach him; they can remove him if found guilty. . . .
"Madison went on to contrary to his position in the Philadelphia convention, that the President could be suspended when suspected, and his powers would devolve on the Vice President, who could likewise be suspended until impeached and convicted, if he were also suspected."
Impeachment is off the table for congressional Democrats. But the political toll of Bush's choice could still be considerable. Besides Iraq, corruption was probably the one issue that most hurt Republicans in last year's election. And what is more corrupt than using the powers of the presidency for personal benefit? Back in 2005. . .
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2005/07/06/BL2005070601211_pf.html">The Impeachment Question
By Dan Froomkin
Special to washingtonpost.com
Wednesday, July 6, 2005. . .Nevertheless, could there be anything that 42 percent of Americans agree on that the media care about so little?. . .
But the jaw-dropper was that 42 percent said they would favor impeachment proceedings if it is found that the president misled the nation about his reasons for going to war with Iraq.
Zogby noted: "While half (50%) of respondents do not hold this view, supporters of impeachment outweigh opponents in some parts of the country.. . .
Shailagh Murray of The Washington Post made the poll results the third item in the paper's Sunday politics column: "Even the pollster couldn't believe his eyes. 'It was much higher than I expected,' John Zogby said of the 42 percent. . . .
"By comparison, in October 1998, as the House moved to impeach President Bill Clinton over the Monica S. Lewinsky scandal, a Zogby poll found that 39 percent of voters supported the House action, while 56 percent opposed it. . . .
"Zogby said the hypothetical question 'reveals just how badly divided this country is over the war,' but also that people may be more comfortable with the idea of throwing a president out of office. . .