As a result of the House voting to send the issue to the Judiciary Committee last week, the potential passage of articles of impeachment against Vice President Dick Cheney has most definitely become a more interesting topic of discussion. Although not everyone in the Democratic leadership is thrilled about the new turn of events, it appears as though Congressman Jim Moran is taking it quite seriously. Not only did he reportedly sign on as a co-sponsor of Rep. Kucinich’s bill back in July, but he has also now sent out an email asking people to take a survey regarding their position on impeaching Cheney.
According to the results as of 8pm tonight (Wednesday, November 14) almost 70% of the respondents believe he committed an impeachable offense with the vast majority (61% of the total respondents) of them believing that impeachment hearings should begin. On the other hand, only 21% of the respondents believe that Cheney has NOT abused his power as Vice President. For those of you who are wondering about the remaining 9%, they believe he has abused his power, but not enough for it to be an impeachable offense.
The results here are pretty much right in line with those of a recent survey conducted by the American Research Group (and, interesting enough, four of the six questions are phrased exactly the same). In other words, these sentiments are not just held by people receiving an email from a Democratic Congressman representing a district right outside Washington but are shared by voters across the country.
As the Democratic leadership sees these numbers, I believe they should remember that people went out to the polls last year and sent a clear message — we need people to stand up for the Constitution and the American public. Not people who won’t do what’s write because they’re afraid future opponents might use it against them in a re-election bid. Essentially, they need to reassure the American public that the Bush Administration will be held accountable for its actions and can no longer continuously ignore the Constitution. Having the Judiciary Committee begin conducting hearings will go a long way in providing that reassurance.
Filed under: Dick Cheney, Impeachment, Jim Moran, Politics, Virginia, Virginia Politics
If he is, he needs to get off the weed, man.
We’re already having a hard time getting anything done in Congress. Why tie everything up COMPLETELY with an impeachment trial?
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Get as many people to make these phone calls.
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