The impeachment rustle

The whisper of "impeachment" is wafting on the political wind. Bush has finally gone too far. Even Republicans admit he has comitted unpardonable sins, the latest possibly being his failure to uphold existing non-proliferation treaties by offering a deal to India.

But the timing is wrong. Don't the political realities intervene?

There's nothing I'd like more than to see the shrub impeached, convicted, disgraced, and run out of town on a rail.
But there's nothing that would disturb me more than to see an impeachment attempt fail, leading him and his handlers to believe that his actions, to date, have been vindicated - that he has a new mandate.

The political reality is that the GOP has a majority in both houses. The stark reality is that Shotgun Dick Cheney is next in line.

The first order of business for the Democrats is to win a majority in Congress and then evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of impeaching the shrub during the next session.

I tend to agree with Franken: impeach him between the 2008 election and the inauguration.

There is another danger of premature impeachment: giving the GOP a rallying cry as we approach the midterm elections - "Protect the republican president, right or wrong."

I think impeachment should wait but that the Congress should be exhorted to protect us from the President.