[Paine in the Neck]

Obama should be impeached and convicted. But, there is an old and valid saying "If you strike the king, you must kill the king. [Note to NSA: I speak metaphorically - metaphorically]" Impeaching, but not convicting, Clinton just made him immune for the rest of his tenure. In fact it invigorated him in a Churchillian way - "Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result." [Again, NSA, I speak metaphorically].

[Mr. K]

I would not call Clinton’s impeachment useless OR emboldening... By the time he left office Newt Gingrich had him cowed into a balanced budget and significant welfare reform.