Seriously though, this administration does need some investigating. It is totally ridiculous that it hasn’t happened yet, despite all the crazy BS they have been pulling. While investigation of the administration may be seen by many as a dividing event, it should not be. Everyone in this country should be demanding accountability from this administration. The fact that some (mostly who happen to be Repubs) are not is, in my opinion, the thing that is more polarizing than anything else that has been happening in the last few years.

Checks and balances must be used in order for them to work properly, and if we don’t use them, it will be an invitation for a future administration (from any party) to abuse power in a similar fashion.

I think this is a safe agenda and stops the whining far-right from saying Democrats have no agenda. To me, it’s a noble effort to move forward.

The republican congress has basicly abdicated this in toadying up to the White House. A democratic congress is either going to have to walk down the impeachment road, or ceed a large amount of power to the executive branch.

Basicly we already have a constitutional crisis that the Bush administration is engineering by claiming the right to answer to noone on a host of issues. The only constitutional remedy for congress in this situation is impeachment. As a result, wether you like it or not, a democratic congress means impeachment hearings are going to be inevitable.

It’s not a matter of “revenge”, its a basic conflict between an overreaching white house and a congress that isnt ok with being ignored willy nilly. If congress continues to balk, the white house will continue prosecuting the war in Iraq (and I hope not a war in Iran too) without change, because it will simply ignore congress as it already has hundreds of times.

Well if the arsonist was still outside throwing molitov cocktails around, dont you think arresting him would be the first order of business?

The Bush administration is the source of the problem. We can try and fix the symptoms, but as long as this administration continues to act without regard to the law, their has to be a congressional reckoning. That means impeachment.

There may be some, but it sure is getting hard to sell that line. What people are seeing on their televsion screens is crashing British helicopters and large crowds appearing to cheer and throw rocks at it, and these are the people our troops are dying to help. That’s what could have the most impact on elections, not some baloney about impeachment that won’t happen and everybody knows it.

The impeachment stuff is an attempt to get the right-wing base fired up to show up at the polls. Given Bush’s approval ratings it doesn’t sound like a great stategy.

As for your post….. quite correct. We have a pretty good idea where almost any investigation of the Chimperor will wind up-telegraphing the intent isn’t necessary and may well get Dirbold to work on preventitive measures.

At about 33% approval ratings and falling, I dont see how saving or protecting Bush is going to play much with the middle.

And the Republican base isnt going to go nuts on this one, especially if Goss gets pulled into the Hookergate scandal and Rove gets indicted.

As for the republicans pulling out the dirtiest of dirty tricks, on what planet have you been on? Thats been Rove’s MO, you cant really get too much dirtier. And if they do, well that may actually backfire, as it will come off as too transparently cynical and dishonest. The republicans are facing a credibility crisis, pushing too hard could just end up getting them ignored.

Besides, I dont think the White House has any illusion what will happen if the Democrats take a single congressional body. Pelosi could say theyd bever do that, but the White house would see through it.

Either way, as the litany of smear ads and outright lies plays across my television screen, I’ll half-jokingly ask myself once again if representative government is really worth it.