Mar. 6 Impeachment News: NM Resolution moves to Senate Floor debate

[L. Coyote]

Trying to see if there is interest in a daily impeachment thread, free-wheeling, started by anyone each day, everyone adding what they find. If interested, show it by participating, starting tomorow's thread, etc., esp. by adding more articles.

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Tuesday, March 06, 2007
NM Impeachment Resolution to Move to Senate Floor
http://www.democracyfornewmexico.com/democracy_for_new_mexico/2007/03/nm_impeachment__1.html

From Desi Brown, aide to NM Sen. Gerald Ortiz y Pino:
With joy and relief I can now announce that SJR 5 has passed through the NM Senate Judiciary Committee on a 5-1 vote! As a member of Senator Ortiz y Pino's staff, I can tell you that at times it felt like we were herding a bunch of wild cats in trying to get members of the public on the same page as what he and his co-sponsor Senator Grubesic were trying to portray to their fellow Senators. But yesterday you ALL (well, almost all) were PERFECT! Those who chose to speak in the hearing were eloquent, concise, and impassioned. Those in attendance were uniformly respectful and attentive to the process (almost!).

What We Need Next
Now, take a deep breath, relax, stretch for a minute and congratulate yourselves! Alright, time to get back to work and help us push through our next step -- the Senate Floor -- and beyond! .....

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[L. Coyote]

1. Quote: "subpoena Cheney and, if he won’t cooperate, consider impeaching him."

March 6, 2007, 8:09 pm
Blogtalk: The Verdict
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/03/06/blogtalk-the-verdict/

By Michael McElroy

A line of intrigue that began with an op-ed in 2003 came to an end today when I. Lewis “Scooter Libby” was found guilty on four of five charges brought against him in what became known as the Valerie Plame Affair. The blogs saw the trial as more about Vice President Dick Cheney than about Mr. Libby, Mr. Cheney’s former chief of staff.

Andrew Sullivan at Daily Dish, the blog for The Atlantic, said that the convictions raised many questions about the vice president, questions Mr. Cheney “will now have to answer …either before the press or before the Senate.”

Writing under the headline, “Will Cheney Resign?”, Mr. Sullivan, who, while a conservative, has often criticized the war in Iraq and Mr. Cheney himself, also said talk of a presidential pardon for Mr. Libby might not be the best move forward for the Bush administration.

“Purely from a political standpoint, such a pardon would surely ignite a massive protest, turn this story into a much bigger one, and make many more Americans curious about why their own vice-president was more interested in tackling a domestic critic in the summer of 2003 than fighting the Iraq insurgency. The risk in not pardoning Libby, of course, is that he may begin to talk.”

But later in the day, Mr. Sullivan went further.

“We now need a Congressional investigation to find out more, to subpoena Cheney and, if he won’t cooperate, consider impeaching him.”

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[bonito]

2. This is a good a wave as any to ride on

I hope Congress realizes this.

[babylonsister]

3. And how about this?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=356176