“All but certain”? I’d like to think so, but even if the R’s take seven or eight seats to make it 52-48 or something like that, they still would need more than a dozen Dem senators for the 67 needed for impeachment.
This is just “sky is falling” fundraising rhetoric.
And now that I re-read the article carefully, I remember that “impeachment” is not the same as removing him from office. They’re not saying anything at all about that.
Majority of House for impeachment. 2/3 of Senate for conviction and removal from office.
Agree that this is mainly rhetoric to inflame the low information voter - after all why would anyone ever find fault with this President unless it wasn’t simply because they didn’t like him or losing an election to him. Couldn’t possibly have anything to do with absolute dereliction of duty and taking actions that have repeatedly been found unconstitutional by a Supreme Court including votes against him by his own appointees.
The R’s may not have enough votes in the Senate to convict, but the House could still impeach. And while the current lawsuit approach should proceed to whatever conclusion is ultimately reached, the House should go forward with articles of impeachment based on many of the tyrannical actions this President has taken. While it appears the analogous defense to Clinton’s crimes as “just lying about sex” will be “they just hate him because he won the election” and “they’re racists” - a full trial on the merits laying out all his crimes and going piece by piece - a few days of trial on each so the full extent of his acts can be aired - will show the constitutional crisis we are truly facing. Can a dozen or more D’s be won over? Huge hurdle - but at some point they are going to find him not worth defending, simply a lame-duck president with no ability to pass any legislation. They’ll take Biden with the wacky hope they can turn him into a contender for 2016.
That's exactly what I thought. Without some video evidence of Obama in a compromising position with a 12 year-old boy or farm animal, thee's no way the Republicans would get anywhere near enough Dems to impeach.
I suppose if somehow the November election results bring huge losses for the Dems, perhaps they would be willing to get rid of the baggage...odds are unlikely.
Hillary wants to be President. Have you noticed all the stories lately about the feud between the Obama's and the Clinton's ? Hill and Bill would love for Obama to be out of the picture. So it is not an impossible task.