[Hulka]

““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.”

Argh.

That is for removal by the Senate.

The HOUSE impeaches.

The Senate removes by 2/3 vote.

Senators do NOT impeach.

[Lou L]

Ok, Hulka...thanks for the civics' lesson. I'm aware of how the process works, and I'm aware the House "impeaches" and the Senate carries out the second part of the process. In my exuberance to reply to post, I did not choose my wording as carefully as I should have.

Regardless, I'm not interested in simply a political statement of President Obama by the House for impeachment; I want him impeached and removed, but knowing how spineless the Senate would be for such tastes, I doubt it could happen.