IF (yes "if") the President is re-elected, how soon after November 6th will the Right

[GordonGecko]

start talking "impeachment"?

A. <24 hours

B. <48 hours

C. < a week

D. < a month

E. six months or less

F. a year or less

G. two years or less (anything more than that is just plain silly to even ask. )

 

[Friday13]

They started in August, 2008...and have never stopped!

 

[imreallyperplexed]

GG,

Who do you mean by "the Right"? Do you mean the world of dittoheads/the right-wing blogosphere or do you mean Congressional Republicans?

Personally, I don't think that Congressional Republicans will go there even if they maintained control of the House. Even if they did maintain control of the House, I think that they would not pursue that route because they would need 67 votes to convict in the Senate and I think that the Senate Republicans would not want to be forced into a trial that it is pretty clear that they would not win.

start talking "impeachment"?

A. <24 hours

B. <48 hours

C. < a week

D. < a month

E. six months or less

F. a year or less

G. two years or less (anything more than that is just plain silly to even ask. )

 

[Corruptbuddha]

Who cares?

If (BIG IF) he is re-elected....he'll be a lame duck form the get-go with a hostile Congress.

So it really won't matter.

 

[Jen]

They'd better do it immediately.

 

[Cicero]

Yep. Currently the GOP is projected to rather handily win control of both houses and that means that Mr. Hope can spend all his time looking for spare Change under the sofa cushions.

 

[lupehernandezdepedajack]

Unless he comes out and admits he is really closet gay Kenyan it ain't gonna happen

 

[Cicero]

Ouch!

 

[imreallyperplexed]

Why? What (good) purpose would it serve?

They'd better do it immediately.

 

[degsme]

start talking "impeachment"?

A. <24 hours

B. <48 hours

C. < a week

D. < a month

E. six months or less

F. a year or less

G. two years or less (anything more than that is just plain silly to even ask. )

TALKING??? they are already doing it now.

But actually trying to do something about it? They won't. Because they know they can't win in the Senate.

 

[GordonGecko]

GG,

Who do you mean by "the Right"? Do you mean the world of dittoheads/the right-wing blogosphere or do you mean Congressional Republicans?

Personally, I don't think that Congressional Republicans will go there even if they maintained control of the House. Even if they did maintain control of the House, I think that they would not pursue that route because they would need 67 votes to convict in the Senate and I think that the Senate Republicans would not want to be forced into a trial that it is pretty clear that they would not win.

They can always find ONE nutter....Joe Wilson or some guy from a Red-Red-Red district in Texas or Mississippi.

 

[GordonGecko]

They'd better do it immediately.

Why? Don't trust democracy?

 

[JackDallas]

If we get 67 Senate votes it will be about 15 minutes.

 

[degsme]

If we get 67 Senate votes it will be about 15 minutes.

And then you have a violent revolution.

But since you are going to lose seats in the Senate, that's a pipe dream

 

[JackDallas]

That why we have an army.

 

[JackDallas]

Unless he comes out and admits he is really closet gay Kenyan it ain't gonna happen

That wouldn't make any difference to Liberals; in fact it would enhance his resume.

 

[imreallyperplexed]

You won't Jack.

If we get 67 Senate votes it will be about 15 minutes.

 

[JackDallas]

I don't think so either; but we could win 60 seats and if that happens then, if Obama does manage to steal the election, he will essentially start a lame-duck presidency on inauguration day.

 

[imreallyperplexed]

I wouldn't count on it. The Cook Political Report (which is pretty conservative in my opinion). There are currently 21 Democratic seats and 2 "independents" (Lieberman and Sanders) who caucus with Democrats and 10 Republican Seats. Democrats are "favored" in 15 races (all Democratic seats). Republicans are "favored" in 9 races (8 Republican seats and Ben Nelson's seat in Nebraska). 9 races are listed as toss ups (7 Democratic seats and 2 Republican seats - in Massachusetts and Nevada). Lets give 5 toss ups to the Rs and 4 toss ups to the Ds. That would be a net gain of 4 seats for the Rs which would give the Rs nominal control of the Senate with 51 seats. That is a far cry from 60. Even if the Rs won all the toss-ups, they would not get to 60.

http://cookpolitical.com/senate

I don't think so either; but we could win 60 seats and if that happens then, if Obama does manage to steal the election, he will essentially start a lame-duck presidency on inauguration day.

 

[degsme]

That why we have an army.

Oh goody, that's such a bright future for the USA, mobilizing the army to shoot at 20% -30% of the population. Just because a 13% political fringe wants paybacks for Nixon