Reply #113: Not parsing anything [View All]

Read the very next paragraph of that article:

"In an interview with The Washington Post last week, Pelosi said a Democratic-controlled House would launch investigations of the administration on energy policy and other matters. She said impeachment would not be a goal of the investigations, but she added: 'You never know where it leads to.'"

That last is imo a VERY clear statement that the door is NOT shut. What it does is counter the Repub message to their dissaffected base that if they don't turn out to keep Repubs in office, the Dems will take over Congress and bring down the President.

The message we need to get out, especially in red districts, is that Democrats will try to ferret out the truth of what has been going wrong, but not with the express intent of impeachment. Most Repubs (and even a lot of Dems and indies) are not yet ready to believe that Bush is a criminal, but are receptive to the idea of finding out exactly what he has and hasn't done. They are for the most part unhappy with the administration and vaguely aware of how secretive it is.

Once we have control the Judiciary Committee, the House agenda, and most importantly, supeona power, the chips can fall where they may.