What's smart of this is that if the Democratic leadership grows maybe just one additional testicle and ovary and at least permits it to go forward, it immediately puts pressure on the Vice President's Office to prepare a defense, which historically how impeachment hearings have been used to hamper Presidencies.
What's also smart is that after the Clinton impeachment debacle, and with Bush's much more rigorous plausible denial mechanics and puppet-like reputation, no one series expects he could be impeached, and no one wants to waste the Electorate's goodwill by going there.
On the other hand, everybody but a core uninformed, alcoholic, obstinate and wingnut constituency actually fears and despises Cheney, and there would be no tears in making him go. We Americans want him out, and we feel the world will be much safer without him in power.
There's a pretty brilliant clip here of Kucinich by live feed up against Tucker Carlson on that blowhard's show. Kucinich handles Carlson deftly, with the once bow-tied one slipping misleading throwaways like calling impeachment proceedings "overthrow", and Kucinich catching and correcting him on it.
The ambush-style interview actually turns out to make me think that impeachment hearings against Cheney are possible, that due to a public buzz and call for the hearings, the Democratic leadership might ease its docking of the bill.
Some are optimistic, but I can't get there yet. The establishment Dems against it are looking for a clean path to Tuesday 11/04/08, enough of an agenda passed to run on, constant veto-doomed votes to withdraw from Iraq to make their base think that they're at least trying, more GOP implosion and maybe even a Ron Paul 3rd Party run.
What I do imagine is that if there's any public airing of Cheney's actual deeds and those of his Libby-like subordinates, things could snowball fast. Imagine how excited the Democratic electorate would be, and a lion's share of independents. Maybe even Ron Paul?
How fast could things start happening?
All I know is that in his role as Vice President, Cheney has a pit-bottom 23% approval rating, and a punishing 60% disapproval rating. Those have to be record numbers for an American Vice President.
Just do it.
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