The Trouble with Impeachment

This is an excellent article outlining some good reasons for Nancy Pelosi to keep impeachment off the table for the time being: The Trouble with Impeachment. Fox Noise warning: it's posted on a known liberal, left-wing website!

However grudgingly, I have to agree with Meyerson that impeaching Bush and Cheney is simply too encumbered by partisanship to possibly succeed. I certainly didn't want to accept that, as it really just illustrates the inadequacy and ignorance of the people who elect our representatives, but hey, nothing new there.

But how about something a little more pragmatic? Impeaching Dick Cheney alone would be a show of force against executive malfeasance, and could very well be an achievable scenario. As Meyerson mentioned, Cheney's not the most popular kid on the Republican playground at the moment, and his political capital, along with his credibility, is more than likely completely spent by now.

Congressional Republicans would save some face by spinning Cheney as a lone bad apple, they'd keep their president, and most importantly for them, Nancy Pelosi, a woman Republicans scorn as the epitome of tax and spend, welfare state, morally bankrupt, left-wing nutjobs, would not assume the presidency. They'd probably filibuster to keep Darth Vader in power if San Fransisco Nancy was the only alternative.

So while I agree with Meyerson's assessment, I think Cheney's currently the low hanging fruit (rotted out, to be sure), and should be picked the next time he proposes we attack Iran.