–AZ-Sen: Jon Kyl
–AZ-01: Rick Renzi
–AZ-05: J.D. Hayworth
–CA-04: John Doolittle
–CA-11: Richard Pombo
–CA-50: Brian Bilbray
–CO-04: Marilyn Musgrave
–CO-05: Doug Lamborn
–CO-07: Rick O’Donnell
–CT-04: Christopher Shays
–FL-13: Vernon Buchanan
–FL-16: Joe Negron
–FL-22: Clay Shaw
–ID-01: Bill Sali
–IL-06: Peter Roskam
–IL-10: Mark Kirk
–IL-14: Dennis Hastert
–IN-02: Chris Chocola
–IN-08: John Hostettler
–IA-01: Mike Whalen
–KS-02: Jim Ryun
–KY-03: Anne Northup
–KY-04: Geoff Davis
–MD-Sen: Michael Steele
–MN-01: Gil Gutknecht
–MN-06: Michele Bachmann
–MO-Sen: Jim Talent
–MT-Sen: Conrad Burns
–NV-03: Jon Porter
–NH-02: Charlie Bass
–NJ-07: Mike Ferguson
–NM-01: Heather Wilson
–NY-03: Peter King
–NY-20: John Sweeney
–NY-26: Tom Reynolds
–NY-29: Randy Kuhl
–NC-08: Robin Hayes
–NC-11: Charles Taylor
–OH-01: Steve Chabot
–OH-02: Jean Schmidt
–OH-15: Deborah Pryce
–OH-18: Joy Padgett
–PA-04: Melissa Hart
–PA-07: Curt Weldon
–PA-08: Mike Fitzpatrick
–PA-10: Don Sherwood
–RI-Sen: Lincoln Chafee
–TN-Sen: Bob Corker
–VA-Sen: George Allen
–VA-10: Frank Wolf
–WA-Sen: Mike McGavick
–WA-08: Dave Reichert

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By Michael Barone

Rep. John Conyers, slated to be chairman of Judiciary, has been muting his earlier calls for the impeachment of Bush, but he can be expected to move in that direction when he takes the gavel. There are few moderate Democrats on Judiciary, and Conyers could conceivably mobilize a majority to bring an impeachment resolution to the floor. Yet a Democratic Judiciary Committee is likely to be on Bush’s side on immigration, and could produce a guest-worker and legalization bill.

Of course, it’s not certain that there will be a Democratic House next year. Republicans will frame the election as a referendum on who can keep the nation safe, and they’ll point out that most House Democrats voted against the terrorist interrogation and National Security Agency surveillance bills. And Republicans have a superior turnout drive. Stay tuned.

Read More at USNews.com

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Celebrate with Impeachment of Bush and Cheney!

Sponsored by Stacey Tallitsch for Congress, Louisiana 1st District

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source: Cape Cod Today

Independent candidate for Congress Peter White will join in the National Impeachment Vigil on September 1 that is being coordinated by the organizers of After Downing Street and Progressive Democrats of America.

White will lead a demonstration in front of Representative Delahunt’s office at 146 Main Street, Hyannis, from 3:00 PM until 5:00 PM that Friday, and he invites all peace and justice supporters to join him.

“We the People must demand that Representative Delahunt follow his oath of office to uphold the laws and Constitution of the United States by introducing Articles of Impeachment of Bush/Cheney immediately,” said White. “He is letting them continue the War for oil in Iraq that has killed and maimed tens of thousands of our troops, and hundreds of thousands of innocent people in Iraq. Delahunt has admitted that Bush/Cheney’s policies of torture and illegal wiretapping are grounds for impeachment, and yet he refuses to start impeachment proceedings because he says that would be bad for the Democratic Party!”

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By Oshrat Carmiel

Speaking before an audience of Iraq war dissenters and presidential critics, Rep. Steve Rothman, D-Fair Lawn, pledged to support an inquiry into the possible impeachment of President Bush over the war in Iraq.

That offers a critical reason, Rothman told his applauding audience in Edgewater on Wednesday night, to elect Democrats in November.

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By Steven Thomma

WASHINGTON - Former Texas Agriculture Commissioner Jim Hightower once dismissed centrist politics with a wisecrack he’d heard from a farmer: “Ain’t nothing in the middle of the road but yellow stripes and dead armadillos.”

This summer, there’s no more dangerous place for a politician to be than the middle of the road. Primary voters and interest groups in both parties are pushing hard for partisan purity and punishing those who stray too close to the center - or the dreaded other side.

Next up is Sen. Lincoln Chafee, R-R.I., who faces a strong conservative challenge from Cranston Mayor Steve Laffey in a Sept. 12 primary.

Chafee, considered his party’s best hope to hold the seat in the liberal state, has nonetheless come under a barrage of criticism from conservatives. They’re weary of his support for abortion rights, federal spending and gay marriage and opposition to the Bush tax cuts.

Even if they subsequently lose the seat to a Democrat, some conservatives say it would be worth it to get rid of Chafee. Says the Club for Growth, an anti-tax group opposing Chafee: “It wouldn’t be much of a loss if a new Democrat senator were elected, as he would vote much the same as Chafee does now.”

It might not make a difference to them on the tax issue. But nationally, this could be a close election where the loss of Rhode Island might turn over the entire Senate to Democratic control.

Read More at HeraldToday.com

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(AP) Associated Press

PUTNEY, Vt. –Vermont’s lone representative in the U.S. House is discouraging supporters from seeking impeachment proceedings against President Bush.

Sanders, an independent, said activists’ time would be better spent trying to elect him to the U.S. Senate and Democratic state Sen. Peter Welch to the seat he now holds.

Read More at the Boston Globe

Oh Bernie Sanders … puh-lease! Our time is better spent electing you? Perhaps on the day you stop pandering to the two-party establishment and stand by the oath you took to uphold the laws of the Constitution. This is bigger than politics, or maybe we should say, your political career. In the end, the American people will hold those who have committed crimes responsible … with your help or not. Step aside (or we will put you aside) and let the people do the work. If Congress continually refuses to respond, bet that we will.

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By Kagro X

Back in March, I took a look at what little data there was that could test the conventional wisdom that discussion of impeachment was “bad” for Democrats. The data in question was the 2004 election results from Nevada, whose Democratic Party had included in its statewide platform a plank calling for impeachment.

The results, you may recall, were a net gain in seats in the state legislature, and increased Democratic performance in every Congressional District in the state.

Not rock solid proof that impeachment helps Dems at the polls, of course. But a solid data point in refuting the stab-in-the-dark guess — and that’s all it is — that impeachment hurts them.

Bottom line: the “I-word” was in the platform, the people voted, and Dems suffered not at all. And while you could argue that almost nobody pays attention to the platform, and thus the voters were largely unaware of that plank’s existence, that doesn’t save the argument. The claim was that any discussion of impeachment hurts Dems. Here, the best that can be said is that such a discussion didn’t even raise an eyebrow.

Read More at The Next Hurrah

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By Ken Werner

To promise George Bush and Dick Cheney immunity from impeachment not only paints the Democratic Party as uncaring about violations of our laws but also sends a message to Bush and Cheney that no matter what illegal actions they have already performed or might perform between now and 2008, they are at liberty to continue to violate human rights and will not be prosecuted. And voters will incorrectly assume (as in 2004) that there are no major differences between the two dominant political parties and will subconsciously react to whoever spins the most believable rhetoric.

Nancy Pelosi should immediately retract her promise to Bush and Cheney of immunity from impeachment and should promise the American people, and the world, that the Republican culture of corruption will not be tolerated, and those found guilty of “high crimes and misdemeanors” will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of our laws.

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By Jesse Jackson

There they go again. The Republican National Committee, the right-wing noise machine and their spear carriers in the mainstream media, have been in attack mode over the last few weeks. This time their target is Rep. John Conyers, the distinguished senior Democrat who will become chairman of the House Judiciary Committee if Democrats win the House back this fall.

With the president and the DeLay Congress about as popular as big oil CEOs, the RNC is desperate to demonize Democrats. So they cooked up a campaign claiming that if Democrats win the House, Conyers is geared up to impeach the president. This threat, they suggest, will rouse the disaffected Republican base and bring them out to vote in large numbers.

The mainstream media fell for the bait. The ever-cooperative Tim Russert grilled Democratic House leader Nancy Pelosi, suggesting that Conyers should take down the Web site explaining his resolution providing for a bipartisan committee to investigate the administration and to recommend whether or not impeachment hearings should begin. (Pelosi, to her credit, didn’t fold. She said the Democrats would investigate the handling of intelligence leading up to the war, the corruption in the war and other administration misdeeds. She reminded Russert that checks and balances were the essence of the Constitution.)

But Democrats were spooked. Their excitable inside-the-Beltway strategists began worrying that the Democratic left would blow the election by alienating voters in swing districts. Pelosi then had her spokesperson announce that ‘’impeachment wasn’t in the cards'’ if Democrats took back the House.

It is hard to sort out which is more pathetic: the RNC for hyping this gambit, the press for falling for it or Democratic leaders for cowering at the first sign of a dustup.

Read More at Common Dreams

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Conservative commentator Carl Limbacher was caught lying to a group of young republicans during a speech in Midland, Texas. He said that Democratic Representative John Conyers held a “mock impeachment” of George Bush and suggested that Conyers and other Democrats have set out a vendetta against the president in wartime.

Lies. Lies. Lies. Fear. Fear. Fear.

John Conyers has not held a mock impeachment, whatever that is. He has organized a few important forums to discuss the possible crimes committed by the Bush Administration in the run up to the Iraq War. He also released a summary of his staff’s work called “The Constitution In Crisis” which sets the framework for an investigation into accusations that Bush and his team lied to Congress, which is a felony offense, and misled the American people to attack and occupy an oil-rich nation that posed no immediate threat to the United States of America.

Let’s talk about this in simple terms so that it is easy to explain to others. The Republican (mis)information machine works in a top down manner. At the top is Karl Rove. The middle contains right-wing hacks such as Limbacher, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Bill O’Reilly and arguably the majority of corporate-controlled mainstream media. At the bottom are the loyal republican base, including so-called Christian Conservatives, Conservative Moderates and people without strong opinions on politics.

Here is how Karl Rove does it:

Step 1: Rove dreams up divisive issues, i.e. issues that separate Americans from each other instead of bringing them together. Hopefully they are issues that Republicans poorly manage like national security, health care, civil rights or the environment so that their weaknesses become to appear as their strengths. Three highly successful “dividers” are: the Right to Choose, Immigration and Gay Rights. Rove knows these issues will be contentious offering a chance to set the debate on these topics.

Step 2: Rove spins these issues in a wrapper of hatred, cynicism, racism and bigotry as to motivate people by their inner-most emotional urges rather than their rational minds.

Step 3: Rove adds lots of lies, slanderous statements and misleading characterizations so that it looks like he knows what he is talking about.

Step 4: The right-wing echo machine takes over to incredible effect because of it’s mass reach into a near 100% share of AM radio market, entire news organizations such as Fox News (and others) as well as substantial conservative influence at the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post and, of course, “actual” right-leaning papers like the Washington Times.

Step 4b: Accuse all of the media as being “liberally-biased” so no one catches on.

Step 5: Have a stiff drink, shoot some crack, hang out with a gay hooker or do something else you enjoy like commit treason or drop some chemicals on a baby because you just created an opposite reality where your programs seem reasonable to people who are misinformed. Write the words “winning is everything” on the cover of your notebook.

Step 6: Repeat

This business about impeachment is a great example. Despite the fact that a fear-filled Democratic Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has come out of the shadows in defiance of her liberal base AGAINST impeachment, and, that John Conyers is seeking to explain his intentions on investigating the president by pandering to fears of being anti-patriotic, most people will nevertheless end up thinking that the Democrats are crazed lunatics on a vendetta to impeach the president and by doing so in a time of “war” will compromise the security of the nation.

All of this pretty much because Karl Rove thinks it will help the Republicans in the November election — and damn the consequences to our nation, ourselves and our children.

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By Rep. John Conyers, Jr.

As Republicans have become increasingly nervous about whether they will be able to maintain control of the House in the midterm elections, they have resorted to the straw-man strategy of identifying a parade of horrors to come if Democrats gain the majority. Among these is the assertion that I, as the new chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, would immediately begin impeachment proceedings against President Bush.

I will not do that. I readily admit that I have been quite vigorous, if not relentless, in questioning the administration. The allegations I have raised are grave, serious, well known, and based on reliable media reports and the accounts of former administration officials.

Read More at the Washington Post

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Bill Paparian, former Mayor of Pasadena and candidate for Congress, has called on all State legislators and in particular the Democratic leadership, to support and pass AJR 39, a California resolution calling for impeachment proceedings against George W. Bush and Dick Cheney.The resolution calls upon Congress to begin impeachment proceedings, and cites House of Representatives rules and precedents that compel impeachment proceedings if a state legislature calls for them.

Read More at the California Chronicle

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Even though Nancy Pelosi, like most of the spineless Democrats in Congress and the Senate, has not come forward to publicly support either a resolution for Censure or for Impeachment, the Conservative media is already acting as if she has in order to drum up support for their side. This is classic Republican divisive politics, it is also happening with issues such as imigration and gay rights, and it is meant to divide this country. When will the GOP learn that we cannot solve our problems with hate?

Also, when will the Democrats learn that they should be a voice? If they are going to get tagged as an opposition party anyway, they should become one! In the meantime, they can know that signs in the media like this most certainly means the Republicans are getting desparate.

Another clear example is Bob Dole’s lies about the Democrats’ Congressional Record and that they will put “terrorism on the back burner.” Do the Republicans still really believe these fools when they say that their fellow Americans sympathize with the terrorists? It is just so stupid. Wake up people, you are BEING LIED TO!

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Here’s a great post from the Daily Kos about how the RNC is desperately pleeding Republicans to not abandon Bush in the run up to the November election.

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By W. Dale Nelson

Albany County Democrats (in Wyoming) rejected a platform plank calling for an impeachment investigation of President Bush after opponents argued Sunday that it would hurt the chances of Democratic candidates in Wyoming.

“The conversation at this point needs to be, ‘How do we win elections?’” Edward Janak argued. “And having this plank in our platform is not going to win anybody any election.”

Read More at the Casper Star Tribune

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By Hal Marcovitz

The nascent impeachment movement may have few backers on Capitol Hill, but Democrat Andrew L. Warren said Tuesday that if he wins the 8th District race for Congress this year he would add his name to the list of supporters.

Speaking before an audience in Quakertown, Warren endorsed the House bill that would create a panel to explore the impeachment of President Bush. The bill, introduced in December by Michigan Democrat John Conyers Jr., has 29 co-sponsors.

‘’I'd support it because I believe the president lied to the American people about the reasons for war,'’ Warren said. ‘’I believe there is enough evidence to begin the process of impeachment hearings.'’

Read More at the Morning Call

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Glenn Greenwald has an excellent post on the myths and excuses that Democrats are using not to support Russ Feingold’s Censure resolution:

In order to generate further support for the Feingold Censure Resolution, numerous bloggers are encouraging everyone to pay an actual physical visit to their Senators’ local offices in order to urge support for censure. Anyone doing so is likely to encounter the two primary myths/excuses which have been concocted by Senators and others in order to justify their refusal to support the Resolution…

MYTH/EXCUSE NUMBER ONE: An investigation is needed before it can be known whether the President broke the law.

MYTH/EXCUSE NUMBER TWO: Republicans want this scandal to persist because it benefits them politically.

Read More at His Blog

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By David D. Kirkpatrick

With the Republican base demoralized by continued growth in government spending, undiminished violence in Iraq and intramural disputes over immigration, some conservative leaders had already begun rallying their supporters with speculation about a Democratic rebuke to the president even before Mr. Feingold made his proposal.

“Impeachment, coming your way if there are changes in who controls the House eight months from now,” Paul Weyrich, a veteran conservative organizer, declared last month in an e-mail newsletter.

The threat of impeachment, Mr. Weyrich suggested, was one of the only factors that could inspire the Republican Party’s demoralized base to go to the polls. With “impeachment on the horizon,” he wrote, “maybe, just maybe, conservatives would not stay at home after all.”

It looks like a very difficult and nasty fight for both sides.

Read More at the New York Times 

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(03/08/06) Today ImpeachPAC endorsed its third pro-impeachment candidate for Congress, Jeeni Criscenzo, who is running unopposed in the Democratic primary to challenge Republican incumbent and former car thief Darrell Issa to represent California’s 49th District.

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