Reply #48: I beg to differ

[never cry wolf]

There are many good dems, most do not crumble under. Men like Conyers being chairmen of the most powerful committees, setting the agenda, have the majority of committee votes and having supoena power is the only way to chip away at the damage this admin has done. Conyers would head Judiciary, where articles of impeachment start.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2199017

Should the Democratic Party regain control of the House of Representatives in the ‘06 midterms, members of the Progressive Caucus will find themselves in charge of committees with incredible power.

Ten members, at minimum, will become chairmen: Barney Frank will chair Financial Services; John Conyers will chair the Judiciary; Charlie Rangel will chair Ways and Means; Henry Waxman will chair Government Reform; and Louise Slaughter will chair Rules. Several more will chair important subcommittees.

That is the government.

Our agenda will be their agenda. Our ideas will become their policy proposals. Our demands for reform will become their causes, and they will, by the way, have subpoena power during the last two years of this administration.