It's political theater. Talk is indeed cheap. I have no faith in any of these fools.
Within two years we will clearly see who in Congress has the Warrior mentality (my prediction: WarriorCount = 0).
The evil Federal leviathan will be reigned in somehow -- but it will NOT be from any elected officials at the national level.
You are SO right.
Napoleon said, "If you are going to take Vienna, take Vienna". When the Democrats decided to get rid of Nixon, every single thing they did - every speech, every committee, even every question at a hearing, was designed for one single purpose - to discover, AND TO SHOW THE PEOPLE THAT THEY HAD DISCOVERED, evidence of crimes of State sufficient to justify the removal of a President who had, 18 months before, received 61% of the popular vote and 520 electoral votes.
And they pulled it off. Not with blazing speeches. Not with gotcha questions. Not with harassment of obviously minor officials.
They had a clear goal, they were united in their pursuit of that goal, and they were relentless.
None of this exists among the House GOP today. Half of them would shit their pants at the thought of a process that could actually send moving vans to #1600.
So, they posture and preen, they investigate in 100 directions, they speak with 100 different voices, and the inevitable result will be that Obama gets stronger.