A common comment by cynics, including many Democrats, goes like this:
"It takes two thirds of the senate to vote to convict to get the bastards out- it ain’t gonna happen. I have no interest in impeachment unless the bastards are out."
That sentiment, like Pelosi's fiat taking impeachment "off the table," expresses no faith in our Constitution and seems not to understand the process. In what follows, I am assuming that the process would start with the impeachment of Dick Cheney, because that is the resolution presently on hand in the House Judiciary Committee (H. Res. 399/799). But at a whole number of points, Cheney and Bush were joined at the hip (e.g., in the outing of Valerie Plame). A thorough impeachment of Cheney will inevitably lead to Bush. He could be named as an unindicted co-conspirator. The evidence uncovered in the process of impeaching Cheney could uncover clear evidence of felonies committed by Bush that could force his resignation. So, let's take a look at what an enlightened leadership could do, if they thought strategically.
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