If the House impeaches Obama - he is still President. The Senate would never vote to remove Obama so your scenario of Biden assuming control is highly unlikely although even Biden might be preferable to Obama.
Whether Obama stays or goes is not the reason to impeach. The House should hold impeachment hearings to evaluate the evidence. If there is sufficient evidence then the rationale for impeachment is for Congress to do its job - nothing more / nothing less. Yes a spin-off benefit is thhat impeachment is added to Obama’s “accomplishments” in the history books and there is a record of his wrongdoing. But the real motivation should be for Congress to simply adhere to the Constitution.
...and if there is clear and convincing evidence of impeachable offenses and the Senate doesn’t convict, then it’s up to THE AMERICAN PEOPLE to throw the bums out who voted against conviction. The ONLY language politicians understand.
But the real motivation should be for Congress to simply adhere to the Constitution.”
Absolutely agree. These guys who keep mixing up impeachment with removal from office are missing the point: Impeachment is the way to get the evidence of wrongdoing in front of the American people in simple, easy-to-understand language that shows the laws of this country are not being followed. Will not depend on the MSM.
It is NOT about removal, which is unlikely to happen.
When Clinton was impeached it demonstrated a clear disregard for the laws of this country as a sitting President lied to a federal judge.
With Obama, there would be a lot more ammunition to deliver, and the American citizenry would make up their minds on the evidence of fitness for further duty.