Think impeachment is impossible - think again

[Ugnmoose]

Here is a very plausible scenario under which The Chimp could be impeached.

First, additional indictments come down on Rove and Hadley. Both resign - nor more Bush's brain! More and more information points to a Bush Cheney led consipiracy on Plame outing. Chimp's poll numbers hit the skids. Bad news keeps dripping all over the White House and all through the summer the drum beat starts getting louder. The MSM starts wading in and even Bush loyalists are running for the exits. Internal polls show armageddon for the Repukes in the mid-terms and full blown panic takes over Washington.

Congress comes back from summer recess. Repuke members, especially those in Blue States and some Pink States who once thought they were safe bets for re-election are now aware that the Titanic is sinking and they are going down without a life boat.

RNC and major corporate backers get together and realize that they have three choices. Choice one is to take one for the team and hope to fight another day. Not likely. Choice two is to ask Bush/Cheney to resign for good of the Party. These arrogant shits will not go willingly. Choice three is to impeach the "dynamic duo" before the mid-terms and hope they will score points with constituents to eke out enough wins to maintain control. It is very risky, but about the only play they will have. Unless of course they can somehow manage to fix the vote again.

[Jack Rabbit]

1. At least choice three leaves a Republican in the White House

That might be the good news for them.

The bad news is that it's Dennis Hastert.

[Independent_Liberal]

2. Somewhat plausible...

I'll think about it some more.

[Patsy Stone]

3. Until Rove is indicted

all he's working on is fixing the vote.

[rooney]

4. impeach

I am with you 100%. Can't 911 be brought into the mix of all of the crimes?

[stepnw1f]

5. Quite Plausible

I do not think impeachment before midterms. Afterwards their hand will be forced and eventually shamed into going along with the Dems for real Congresional reform. We'll be working hard when that comes.

There will be plenty of pain to come though. Maybe a Re-awakening for the US....

[Independent_Liberal]

6. I agree.

If impeachment doesn't happen before the midterms and it happens after the Dems take back Congress, I think many Republicans will vote with the Democrats on it. Once they're no longer in power, they probably won't feel the need to act as greedy and arrogant as they have been. So many of them we'll have probably jumped ship, that they won't feel as though they have to go along party lines like they used to. There may even be enough votes in the Senate for conviction if everything that comes out is damaging enough.