Reply #18: The Feingold resolution is necessary public policy

[mdmc]

Censure should be framed in the context of establishing boundaries for the chief executive. If I was pitching this to a freeper (or an elected Senate Dem), I would say that impeachment is needed to establish the public policy in question (warrentless wiretaps). Either the program needs to change, or the law needs to change. The next chief executive might not be as popular or as powerful as George W. Bush, and we would be better off fighting the war on terrorism with clear guidelines and protocols in place.

Response to this resolution would in fact answer all those questions stated in the OP. Again, this is good public policy.

A party line loss would clearly define what an opposition party stands of and would offer a clear indication of what the Dems vision for the future of the country is.

Perhaps the GOP will see this not as bush bashing, but as policy enforcement.

We have a right to know where our elected leaders stand.