[Publius]

The trick is to get the people to support impeachment by the House, and conviction and removal by the Senate. I see only two things that will tip the people toward removal.

1. A great epidemic scare should the illegals unleash one or more plagues upon the populace.
2. The involuntary quartering of illegals in the homes of citizens. This is not asking for church members to volunteer their homes, but FEMA assigning illegals to homes with "excess capacity".

If either of these happens, all bets are off on impeachment. Gov. Palin will look like a prophetess.

[kingattax]

very good points

[bigbob]

Agree that a black swan event could change everything. But I see the charge and trial in the House as a separate issue from removal from office upon conviction in the Senate.

Impeachment is such a serious charge that it must never be made frivously, and if if it is warranted, the charge should be brought and the case argued in the House without regard for what might happen in the Senate. This is too serious a matter for amateur lawyers to play “plea bargain” games as per a previous thread today. It debases the Congress and the nation as a whole if high crimes and misdemeanors have been committed, and the House is afraid to bring the charge of impeachment just because someone is trying to second-guess what might happen or how it might impact the upcoming election.

I guarantee you if the tables were turned and it was a Republican president, there would be no hesitation whatsoever. None.

[Mark17]

The involuntary quartering of illegals in the homes of citizens. This is not asking for church members to volunteer their homes, but FEMA assigning illegals to homes with "excess capacity"

Ah yes, the old quartering act. It went over like the proverbial screen door on a submarine, in the colonies.

[Theodore R.]

People so support Obama in practical ways that many would not mind an illegal forced to live in their own home if the government pays them a subsidy to house the dispossessed one.