I don’t understand why so many in the Republican party are hesitant to go along with or even entertain the notion of impeachment.
We Impeached Clinton for a HELL of a lot less.
This President has REPEATEDLY overstepped his authority and his lies are brazen and well documented.
If you can’t impeach Obama, we might as well strip the Congress of any and all authority to do so, because it’s useless for them to have this power if it won’t be used under these circumstances.
You know good and well that the racial politics that have built up over the last century prevent impeachment.
This President has REPEATEDLY overstepped his authority and his lies are brazen and well documented.
Yes, he has.. but the numbers in the Senate aren't remotely close to reaching the level of even an infinitesmally small chance of removal from office. All the dems and many repubs would sooner have their legs chewed off by piranhas before voting to boot Obama. It's simply not in the cards.
Clinton was easier to impeach because he was caught, dead to rights, committing personal crimes then using the power of his office to obstruct justice and cover it up.
Obama may have abused the powers of the office, but it was to the furtherance of policies, partisanship and ideology. Not to his direct personal benefit, as was the case with Clinton (and Nixon, for that matter).
The arguments Dems will make in defense is that Obama 1) wasn’t exceeding the parameters of the office and 2) was only doing it for the public good.
That’s a heck of a tough defense to beat, particularly in front of a highly apathetic public.
Understand, I’m only speaking here from the perspective of political mechanics. And impeachment is an inherently political act. It should only be done if there’s good evidence that the good done by it (and good can be done, even if there aren’t enough votes to remove) will exceed the harm.
Right now, I don’t see that kind of return. I think Impeachment would be an absolute disaster for Conservatives, mobilizing a somewhat demoralized opposition and ticking off a wary/apathetic public that would be receptive to arguments based on economics/bread and butter issues.