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First, a reality check: The Republicans currently control only 45 seats in the U.S. Senate and would therefore need to persuade 22 members of the Democratic caucus to vote to oust a president of their own party in order reach the two-thirds majority the Constitution requires. The possibility of winning these votes is, simply, non-existent. The last time Republicans forced a Senate vote to convict a president of "high crimes and misdemeanors," they didn't win a single Democrat to their cause.
In fact, all three of the serious impeachment drives (against Andrew Johnson in 1868, Richard Nixon in 1974 and Bill Clinton in 1998-99) occurred when the president's opponents controlled both houses of Congress by hefty margins.
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We only have the House
Nope. I read it. Can the House start impeachment proceedings, do some investigating, and then stop the proceedings? Sure they can. You are playing checkers and it’s a chess game with the Democrats. The Law Of Effect works with politics, too. Here it is.....
“You generally receive more of the behavior you reward and less of the behavior you punish.” Obama is our employee. If he has been doing wrong things, and he is not punished, then the rest of our employees will see this and we will have more of them doing wrong things.
I understand the importance of defeating the Democrats in 2014 and 2016. You, however, cannot guarantee that the Republicans will win big in 2014 and 2016 if there are no impeachment proceedings.
I want a fair, disciplined and thorough investigation into these accusations. I want to hear the Obama administration explain, in front of television cameras, their decision to overthrow the government of Libya. I want to hear them explain why they could send no one to Benghazi. I want them on record.
You and Medved seem to believe that an impeachment proceeding is nothing other than a Senate vote to determine whether to retain or dismiss the President. That is absolutely wrong. Do some studying on our impeachment proceedings and then you can be snide with me.