I'm sure I'm not the only one dairying this I'll delete it if there's enough suggestion that I should in the comments
HOLY CRAP!
Right now as I'm watching C-SPAN there's less than 30 republicans voting to table Kucinich's impeachment resolution.
Now there's no delusion in my mind that republicans are doing this for any other reason than to force democrats to debate impeachment on the record. And from the jumping of the democrats to table the resolution, it looks like they know it too. This is just too hilarious!
The incredibly frustrating thing is that this is a perfect example of why democrats are seen as weak and spineless. It might be a double bluff, they might not be switching back to support the resolution because they know the republicans will switch back if they think the democrats will put up a fight... we'll see. Weather the democrats realize it or not, the have public opinion behind them. Should the resolution make it past tabling, I would love to see them run with this, to see the democrats join together to bury the republicans on this.
Update:
Amazing how fast Democrats can kill a bill when they're motivated. Remember this next time we're told there was no way to kill acidic legislation.
It's not quite dead yet. It was sent to the Judiciary Comittie which is headed by John Conyers. It's possible that it could move through comittie, but Conyers has already expressed that he thinks impeachment is a waste of time.
Personally my biggest problem with letting Bush/Cheney go without impeachment is that this administration has set dangerous precedent, precedent that I don't want ANY president to have.
PLEASE contact Conyers.