Reply #40: Inventive thinking, but...

[galloglas]

I think we should stick to principle on this and let the cards come down as they will.

After all, since the GOP burgled the Presidency in 2000 and 2004, why should we curry them about losing the Presidency? Pelosi can stand down for the office of Speaker and let the Democratic caucus choose a different speaker. Then there is no conflict of interest on her part.

If we screw with the intended apparatus of Impeachment at thhis stage of the game, as Bush tries to set up his fiefdom, we will set a precedent to fudge and "play it by ear" the next time an emergency arises.

I feel it is better to let this drama play itself out with the intent of the Founding Fathers playing the role of rule maker. If we monkey with the works now, I think, we will show that we have no real faith in the Constitutional system we are battling to save.

Not only that, but Dubya would interpret the offer to let him nominate Lugar as inherent weakness (I know, it sounds like I'm Bush talking about Al-Qaeda) and he would use that to try a coup.

Let's trust to the plan given us 218 years ago. The Constitutional solution.

PS. But here is an A- for your original thought and ingenuity