Guarding the Gate
In yesterday’s post, Devvy Kidd stated that she hasn’t participated in the efforts to impeach Bush, because she knew it would never happen. I haven’t participated in efforts to impeach Bush, because the numbers aren’t there. For Democrats to start a fight they can’t win, would be costly politically for the party and financially costly for taxpayers.
Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi has said: “I ruled out impeachment before the election in terms of priority for the new Congress. Impeachment is always on the table, depending on the behavior of the President of the United States. I said impeachment was off the table, for the following reasons. Our country has serious problems, some of it springing from this president’s backward-looking policies. Pursuing impeachment would have further divided the country, which is not a good idea, right now.”
Pelosi believed that the country had significantly higher priorities for Congress to address, which included the minimum wage, the cost of college, and benefits for veterans from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
House Democrats have worked to challenge Republicans, but Senate Democrats appear to have caved on issues like the war and FISA. However, the rules of the Senate and the House are very different. In the House, the power rests with Pelosi, who sets the agenda. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid needs 60 votes to get anything accomplished. Those 60 votes are hard to achieve, because the Republicans in the Senate are guarding the gate for their president. They have perpetuated the war in Iraq on behalf of Bush. Republicans recognize that forcing Bush to veto bills pertaining to Iraq or FISA would be very damaging to their Party.
With Obama as president, the Senate Republicans will no longer need to guard the gate and it’s anticipated that the Senate could enjoy much more bipartisanship.
Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi has said: “I ruled out impeachment before the election in terms of priority for the new Congress. Impeachment is always on the table, depending on the behavior of the President of the United States. I said impeachment was off the table, for the following reasons. Our country has serious problems, some of it springing from this president’s backward-looking policies. Pursuing impeachment would have further divided the country, which is not a good idea, right now.”
Pelosi believed that the country had significantly higher priorities for Congress to address, which included the minimum wage, the cost of college, and benefits for veterans from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
House Democrats have worked to challenge Republicans, but Senate Democrats appear to have caved on issues like the war and FISA. However, the rules of the Senate and the House are very different. In the House, the power rests with Pelosi, who sets the agenda. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid needs 60 votes to get anything accomplished. Those 60 votes are hard to achieve, because the Republicans in the Senate are guarding the gate for their president. They have perpetuated the war in Iraq on behalf of Bush. Republicans recognize that forcing Bush to veto bills pertaining to Iraq or FISA would be very damaging to their Party.
With Obama as president, the Senate Republicans will no longer need to guard the gate and it’s anticipated that the Senate could enjoy much more bipartisanship.
posted by Jim O'Leary | 12:00 AM
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