Reply #10: I agree we need to fight for our rights, but we'd stand a much better

[alfredo]

chance of a restoration of rights with the Dems in power.

I remember how long it took to bring Nixon down? They had the time to gather the evidence, and build support in congress for his impeachment. It was partisan back then, but not to the degree it is now. There were member of the Republican congress who put the law above the person. Men of that caliber are far and few between in the ranks of the Republican party. Like it or not, we need them.

We have in power in the white house, people like Cheney who learned from the Nixon years how to stonewall, delay, and fight dirty. They will run out the clock and we will have nothing to show for it. They are ready to fight the impeachment fight. Let's go around that Majinot line. Let's not fight their fight.

We will not get the votes in the Senate. Let's fight a fight we can win. Going after the foot soldiers, the drones who carry out the orders is working. It also reinforces the perception that the GOP is corrupt to the core. It reminds the public that it was good to remove the GOP from power.

If we do not win in 2008 there will be no hope of constitutional restoration. If we win, we have leverage to force reforms and restoration. We should shift our push, once in power, for restoration of the balance of power between the branches. The impeachment is not a silver bullet that will fix what bush has broken. It's going to take you and me forcing our Democratic leaders to restore America.