by Sergey Strokan

Is Bush’s impeachment realistic? Several years ago, after the Monica Lewinsky scandal, Congress tried to begin impeachment proceedings against Bush’s predecessor Bill Clinton. But even as the Republicans tried to unseat him and the press fanned the flames of scandal, the American public never understood what the president did that was so bad. In the November 1998 elections that they expected to win thanks to Lewinsky, the Republicans lost. Average Americans still liked Clinton. And then passions died down fast, and the new Congress rejected impeachment, allowing Clinton to finish out his term in peace.

Bush’s rating continues to fall, however, placing him in a different situation. America is paying for his geopolitical mistakes with daily bloodshed and huge monetary outlays. This is no melodrama with female aides in the pages of the yellow press. Potential 2008 presidential candidate Joseph Biden sounded convincing when he warned Republicans that supporting the president’s new plan will be political suicide. The case of Iraq differs from the Monica story, and Bush will have much more trouble shaking off its consequences.

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