Reply #57: not really.she knows the republicans will not break [View All]

[bluedog]

rank and file and will stay the party line....





I read this from an interview with sheehan and Ray McGovern from

http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2007/07/362820.shtml

DAN GERSTEIN: Can I just respond to that point real quick? Because I think there -- this goes to the heart of my argument, which is that in 1998, as a matter of fact, that the impeachment effort by the Republicans, which did not have the support of the American people and was completely unjustified, helped galvanize and outrage the Democratic base and then the turnout, so that the first time, I believe, in history, that in the sixth year of a two-term president, the president's party picked up seats in a congressional mid-term election.


That just hasn't happened in American history, and most analysts attribute that to the fact that the Republicans went against the will of the American people and went on this witch-hunt against Bill Clinton.

So I think that historical parallel suggests to me that there's a real risk, if Democrats overreach and pursue of a quixotic impeachment process against George Bush, that it will help galvanize the Republican base in a similar way.



*********in my view he may be right.the base is splinted in the R party...but they just might unite....