no, they don't want to actually impeach Bush - they just want to hold the hearings, to use as a smear forum leading into the 2008 elections.
They certainly won't discard the opportunity to impeach Bush if EVERYTHING leading up to it falls in place for them, but THAT is a big IF! The last statement quoted by
Hinchey is very direct, but inherent in it is the full-court ends-justify-the-means strategizing so beloved by both Stalin and our Dems. The ultimate objective is to impeach Bush in Feb. 2007, and they lay out a foundation that must be built to get to that point, and make it possible. They of course have already started with Delay and Rove and whatever pseudo-scandals they can keep alive UNTIL they reach a court of law, and are proven to be "nothing". The fact is, they are already on a daily basis squeezing the potential damage out of these indictments/arrests and hoping that the mere IMAGE they've created of Delay,Rove, et. al. will stay in the public mind and prove to be enough to create a bad taste in the mouth even when the evidence or lack of it acquits everyone currently so demonized and stigmatized. I frankly have never hated the Dems more, and have never seen the partisan strategizing so naked, shameless, small, and dishonest. It's only about them, and the continuance of their party as a viable political force. It is sad what AMerican Politics has become. Can we survive the politicians?