[Don Corleone]

Without the 67 votes necessary to convict, Obama feels he is golden, (and he is). Unless the Pubbies can convince enough moderate Democrats that their future is in peril if Obama continues along his anti-constitutional track nothing can or will happen. I am even somewhat suspect of a few of the RINO Republicans when it comes to voting for conviction. BTW, how many votes does it take to impeach, say, an Attorney general? Anyone know?

[dandiegirl]

Obama is one man with a massive ego. With the losses from the election, the immigration issue has become about his defiance, like a petulant child. He will not listen and not do what's good for the country because he is not capable. He won't back down for any reason except maybe impeachment solely because of his ego. He wants to show that he's a big boy despite the wishes of the American citizens. It's all about him and his ego-one man against the American citizens. Too bad they have taken impeachment off the table.He's very immature.

[Cboldt]

Impeachment is the "charge" or "indictment, and it takes 50% +1 of the House to impeach.

Conviction on impeachment takes 2/3rds of the Senate.

Those rules play for all impeachments and convictions, be they for an executive (president, AG, SoS) or a judge.

[MacNaughton]

3 Without the 67 votes necessary to convict, Obama feels he is golden, (and he is). Unless the Pubbies can convince enough moderate Democrats that their future is in peril if Obama continues along his anti-constitutional track nothing can or will happen. I am even somewhat suspect of a few of the RINO Republicans when it comes to voting for conviction. ...

Blue Dog Coalition

The Blue Dog Coalition, commonly known as the Blue Dogs or Blue Dog Democrats, is a caucus of U.S. Congressional House Representatives from the Democratic Party who identify themselves as moderates and conservatives.

It was formed in 1995[8] during the 104th Congress to give more conservative members from the Democratic party a unified voice after the Democrats' loss of Congress in the U.S. Congressional election of 1994.[9] Blue Dog Coalition membership experienced a rapid decline in the 2010s, now having 19 seats in the 113th Congress. The 2014 mid-term election saw that number in the U.S. House reduced to 11.

The term "Blue Dog Democrat" is credited to Texas Democratic Rep. Pete Geren (who later joined the Bush Administration). Geren opined that the members had been "choked blue" by extreme Democrats from the Left.[12] It is related to the political term "Yellow Dog Democrat," a reference to southern Democrats said to be so loyal they would even vote for a yellow dog if it were labeled Democrat.

Map of caucus members during the 111th Congress

Map of caucus members during the 113th Congress

Getting the U.S. Senate to vote 67% for conviction on articles of impeachment and removal is an extremely high bar. We are witnessing the near extinction of the Blue Dog Democrats in the U.S. House during BHO's watch. I cannot envision 15 Democrat Senators, who are statesmen, who would cross the aisle and vote for BHO's conviction. And that is ASS-U-ME-ing that the RINO Senators all vote for conviction.