Wait a minute. Do you live in an alternate universe where Bush didn't lose support over the Iraq war? If I remember 2006 correctly, THAT is the primary reason the Republican got shellacked in the mid-terms.
As for the reason Castle voted the way he did, see the Powerlineblog article I posted just upthread. They quoted the liberal group that was pushing for Bush's impeachment, that were mistakenly encouraged by Castle's vote - thinking that Castle was now supporting impeachment too. Apparently, they also don't understand parliamentary procedures. But, they were set straight when they called Castle's office at the time of the vote...
First I called Senator Carper and was told that they would not support Impeachment at this time. I also called Congressman Castle's office and was completely shocked. I was told that the Congressman would not support Impeachment because they believed there weren't any crimes committed by the Bush administration.emphasis added
I'm not listening to the Limbaugh show, but It's pretty clear from some of the comments here, that he's talking about it. Sometimes, just sometimes, Rush gets things wrong.
There are plenty of reasons to oppose Castle, but this isn't one of them.
I could maybe buy the argument that every damn body else on this thread is wrong except Olddeckhand. But you add Rush Limbaugh and seriously guy...
I;m jes' sayin'. ...
I wouldn’t be so sure that Rush is agreeing with them. Rush could be talking about Castle’s discussion with Bush about losing support for the war, and they could be mistakenly think he’s talking about the impeachment vote.
Rush usually realises when he’s wrong, corrects it, and moves on. I’d be surprised if he was still saying Castle voted for impeachment, when it is so obviously false.