"Senator: Some See Impeachment As Option" (Hagel)

[in_cog_ni_to]

<snip>
GOP Sen. Chuck Hagel of Nebraska, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and a frequent critic of the war, stopped short of calling for Bush's impeachment. But he made clear that some lawmakers viewed that as an option should Bush choose to push ahead despite public sentiment against the war.

"Any president who says, I don't care, or I will not respond to what the people of this country are saying about Iraq or anything else, or I don't care what the Congress does, I am going to proceed _ if a president really believes that, then there are _ what I was pointing out, there are ways to deal with that," said Hagel, who is considering a 2008 presidential run.

The Senate planned to begin debate Monday on a war spending bill that would set a nonbinding goal of March 31, 2008, for the removal of combat troops.

That comes after the House narrowly passed a bill Friday that would pay for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan this year but would require that combat troops come home from Iraq before September 2008 _ or earlier if the Iraqi government did not meet certain requirements.<snip>

http://www.comcast.net/news/politics/index.jsp?cat=POLITICS&fn=/2007/03/25/619479.html

[whistle]

1. Good lord, Shrub* and Cheney have maintained that smug attitude

...and backed up their impertinence with their secret backroom politics since day one at least against democratic members of congress. Now they are showing the same belligerence with republican members. When will this awaking in congress hit critical mass and trigger impeachment?

[PATRICK]

2. Hagel's road to the nomination

maybe was explained to him as going over someone's dead body. After getting humiliated and hopes dashed by the regal Bushes this is at least payback time- and his only opportunity.

The word has been said. The most they can do is pretend not to notice, not give respect to a very improbable GOP revolt.

If people weren't dying by the hour in this process it would almost be satisfying. I hope to God they at least can stop the Iranian massacre.