Reply #10: First, we don't have the votes to remove them from office [View All]

I forget the distinction between impeachment and removal. Impeachment is doable since we only need a majority in the House. It would send a message to Bush and Cheney and forever further blemish their places in history. Removal from office, though, is impossible. We would need 67 votes in the senate to achieve that and we simply do not have the votes.

The reason I think doing either would not be wise politically is it would divert attention from the debacle in Iraq, would generate some sympathy for them as they claim they are victims of a "witch hunt", and would look petty since we would not have the votes to actually remove them from office. Impeachment of Clinton was a great gift to him. It caused his approval ratings to rise into the stratosphere and helped Democrats actually gain ground in off year elections in 1998, a rare occurrence. *, Cheney, and the GOP are on a sinking ship. Let's not throw them a life preserver.