Pat at Brainster has been closely following the move by the some within the Democratic Party to not only re-take Congress this fall, and following that accomplishment, begin impeachment proceedings again President Bush. The charges will center on Bush's "lies" about pre-war Iraq intelligence, and the recent revelations over NSA eavesdropping.
Five state Democratic state committees have voted to petition Congress to start the impeachment process against the president. Those states are Vermont, Nevada, North Carolina, Wisconsin and New Mexico.
Even if the Democrats take control of Congress after this fall's elections (but I don't think they will), impeachment faces an uphill battle.
Illinois Congressman Rahm Emanuel, head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, is strongly against impeachment.
Among other members of the Illinois congressional delegation, only three have come out in support of impeachment. There among the most liberal members of the House: Jesse Jackson, Jr., Danny Davis, and my own congresscritter, Jan Schakowsky.
Schakowsky, whose politico husband Robert Creamer was sentenced last week to five months in prison for bank and tax fraud charges, is a co-sponsor along with Davis, of a House impeachment resolution.
Melissa Bean, a Democrat who represents Northwest Suburban Chicago in a Republican-leaning district, faces a tough re-election battle this fall. She's against impeachment.
South of Bean's district is the 6th, where Democrat (and Iraq war vet) Tammy Duckworth faces Republican Peter Roskam for the open seat being vacated by retiring Republican Henry Hyde. After an exhaustive internet search, I couldn't find out what Tammy's position on impeachment is, but I believe she opposes it. Roskam is certainly against it.
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