935 FALSE STATEMENTS on IRAQ- Why was I not suprised anymore?

Look for a lot more of this kind of analysis as the Bush regime ends. Once he's out of office, this will become public opinion and historical record. His legacy will be worse than Nixon's, even if he and Cheney escape impeachment.

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Actually. I think it's going to get quite ugly for the Bushies when the Democrats take over, especially if it's Hillary. Obama could conceivably set a Gerald Ford-like tone of "let's forgive and move on," but in a Clinton administration, there will be investigations and indictments galore.

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Yes, but there was no "public appetite" for investigation or prosecution.

That will change.

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Your pundits better get behind McCain. He's your only hope.

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yeah that's not that big of news anymore papa. Paul beat Giulliani 5 out of 6 times so far.

I believe in the last poll, I'm even beating Giuliani in New York

And I'm not even on the ballot.

Also, these "wins" that McCain is seeing--isn't the sum total of the votes cast for him approximately 50% of the votes cast for him last time around?

It's all about the turnout.

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The Watergate investigation created a generation of Republicans hell-bent on revenge. They considered it a witch hunt that went far beyond whatever crimes committed. Many of the people on the Republican side who pushed the initial Travelgate and Whitewater investigations were dedicated Nixonians who saw Bill Clinton as the punching bag on which they could get even for the crucifixion of Richard Nixon. Lucianne Goldberg, who put Linda Tripp up to trapping Monica Lewinsky was and old Nixon Dirty Trickster. Dick Cheney got his start in the Nixon administration and still resents that Nixon was forced to resign.

Everyone in Washington knows that if Bush and Cheney were to be investigated, impeached or convicted for any of a number of possible impeachable offenses, the resulting division in the country would divide the American people for 2 or 3 generations to come.

This is part of the reason Pelosi has steadfastly declared impeachment off the table: If it were on the table now, nothing else would be. And the public could easily end up siding with the Republicans, even though it's patently obvious that Cheney, if not Bush, has committed more than one "impeachable offense." Would 51% of the House vote to impeach? Possibly not. If they did, would 67% of the Senate vote to convict? Probably not.

Faced with choice between allowing a demoralizing prosecution of the previous regime or crafting a positive upbeat agenda of his own, I think Obama would opt for presidential pardon or declaring, as Pelosi did, that investigation and prosecution are off the table. I can't see him allowing his first 100 days to be co-opted by revenge.

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no, it was 63%. there was a 25% dropoff in voters from 2000 most of which was due to weather and the fact that there was not a concurrent democratic primary...plus the fact that there's still like 7 candidates and republicans like things a bit neater than that. oh and karl wasn't there to robo-call around warning folks that mike huckabee has a squirrel baby.

don't worry, pj, the prospect of president clinton re-dux will drag even the most recalcitrant of gop'ers to the polls.

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