The important thing will be *why* they plan to impeach him. The articles of impeachment would have to include many things that would appeal to Democrat senators, as reasons for impeachment, as well.
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WVa) has already suggested he should resign over tapping the phone lines of the AP and FOX news.
Other Democrat senators in Red states could have pressure applied to them over Holder’s Fast and Furious and other BATF&E scandals.
Five senate Democrats were upset by “a secretive DEA unit passing NSA information to agents in the field, including those from the Internal Revenue Service, the FBI and Homeland Security, with instructions to never disclose the original source, even in court. In most cases, the NSA tips involve drugs, money laundering and organized crime, not terrorism.”
Granted, Democrats in the house walked out during the vote just to censure Holder. But if house Republicans agree, just a simple majority vote would impeach him. The hard part is reaching the 2/3rds vote in the senate to remove him from office.
Republicans would need to get 22 Democrat and independent votes (total 67) to remove Holder from office.
As you said,
“...The hard part is reaching the 2/3rds vote in the senate to remove him from office...”
Indeed!
Do we want to waste time, money and reputation on an admittedly FUTILE gesture — or do we want to actually take control of the Senate? And THEN, actually remove Holder from office?
Has onyone looked into whether this so-called “impeachment” is a Democrat dirty trick, designed to SAVE Holder’s job?