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Coyotl

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Mon Oct 21, 2013, 12:49 AM Oct 2013

Backdoor Impeachment-- Republicans Real Strategy?



Oct 19, 2013
"The dance over the debt ceiling and the fight over the government shutdown are nothing less than impeachment on the cheap: a chance to negate the will of the majority by ostensibly placating the letter of the law. Unable to win the last two presidential elections or to persuade a Supreme Court majority that the Affordable Care Act was unconstitutional, House Republicans have arrived at a point where default and closure are the next best things. This combustible brew of race, class, and economic anxieties bubbles all too closely to the surface."* The Young Turks hosts Cenk Uygur breaks it down.
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Backdoor Impeachment-- Republicans Real Strategy? (Original Post) Coyotl Oct 2013 OP
The last guy they impeached is more popular than ever.... Historic NY Oct 2013 #1
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