The "I" Word

Congress seems to be getting a bit peevish (too) with the Prez's handling of the Iraq war. The following report is about whether Congress will vote to impeach or not: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070326/ap_on_go_co/us_iraq.

Whether or not he's acting like a "monarch", does that qualify for impeachment? We at the Handbook thought that Congress can only impeach a sitting president for criminal offenses. We're not defending him - we just don't know if the evidence justifies impeachment.

If, however, the obstruction of justice (see our earlier post: http://americanpoliticalhandbook.blogspot.com/2007/03/totalitarianism-and-solipsism.html) charge or charges arise from the terminations of the eight US attorneys, impeachment seems much more likely.

Sigh...wake up and smell the skatole.