So
Zogby's latest poll shows a surprising amount of popular support for impeaching Bush. And a lot of people here have been pushing for the same thing, arguing that impeachment proceedings would be a good opportunity to expose all of Bush's failures and lies. But I think that popular support like this actually
weakens the political value of impeachment: It shows that the case against Bush has already effectively been made, and that it's time to start shifting blame onto the Republicans in Congress.
Here's the frame we use to do it:
Bush's failures stem in large part from Congress' failure to exercise its constitutional role of advising and overseeing the administration. An executive branch run amuck is the inevitable consequence of a legislature that has abandoned its obligation to act as a balancing power.
If we can succeed in framing Bush's failures in this way, it will be the Republicans in Congress pushing for impeachment in an attempt to exonerate themselves.