Stephanie
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how lovely..so instead we have a party and thug as President who just runs all over Congress, and the people he was elected to Represent....this is shameful
links and video in article at site
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posted at 2:41 pm on January 14, 2014 by Allahpundit
Shes asking rhetorically, not egging him on. The obvious logistical problem, as many a Republican officeholder has noted when asked about this by an angry constituent, is that impeachment is DOA in the Senate as long as its controlled by Democrats. The House can force a Senate trial but whats the use of that when we all know what the verdict will be? (For that reason, this question is better aimed at Boehner than at McConnell.) And no, retaking the Senate next year doesnt solve the problem. You need two-thirds of the chamber to convict an impeached president; Republicans wont be remotely close to 67 seats, no matter how big this years November wave is.
The political problem is that Republicans fear impeaching O would do more to hurt them than it would the president. Not only did Clinton weather the storm, so did his approval rating. If youve got a weak president in office like Obama whos facing a debacle from his signature legislation between now and the next presidential election, why make any sudden moves to mess with that dynamic if youre a Republican? Theyre probably going to get a good result from SCOTUS on Obamas NLRB power grab; if they want to push back against executive overreach, court battles might be fruitful high-publicity ways of doing it with minimal political risk certain difficulties notwithstanding.
ALL of it here
Megyn Kelly to Mitch McConnell: If Obama?s executive power grabs are so terrible, why not impeach him? « Hot Air
links and video in article at site
SNIP:
posted at 2:41 pm on January 14, 2014 by Allahpundit
Shes asking rhetorically, not egging him on. The obvious logistical problem, as many a Republican officeholder has noted when asked about this by an angry constituent, is that impeachment is DOA in the Senate as long as its controlled by Democrats. The House can force a Senate trial but whats the use of that when we all know what the verdict will be? (For that reason, this question is better aimed at Boehner than at McConnell.) And no, retaking the Senate next year doesnt solve the problem. You need two-thirds of the chamber to convict an impeached president; Republicans wont be remotely close to 67 seats, no matter how big this years November wave is.
The political problem is that Republicans fear impeaching O would do more to hurt them than it would the president. Not only did Clinton weather the storm, so did his approval rating. If youve got a weak president in office like Obama whos facing a debacle from his signature legislation between now and the next presidential election, why make any sudden moves to mess with that dynamic if youre a Republican? Theyre probably going to get a good result from SCOTUS on Obamas NLRB power grab; if they want to push back against executive overreach, court battles might be fruitful high-publicity ways of doing it with minimal political risk certain difficulties notwithstanding.
ALL of it here
Megyn Kelly to Mitch McConnell: If Obama?s executive power grabs are so terrible, why not impeach him? « Hot Air
