Impeaching Obama: ‘Thelma and Louise’ strategy for GOP?

[LuckyTheDog]

For many on the far political right, it's high time to charge President Barack Obama with high crimes and misdemeanors.

The "I-word" — impeachment — is creeping back into the political lexicon nearly 16 years after the House of Representatives impeached President Bill Clinton for lying under oath about his affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky.

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Fast-forward to 2014, where some Democrats predict that an Obama impeachment would be bad for the country but good for the party.

"From the Republican perspective, it may be good politics in their primaries but it would also be helpful to Democrats in midterm elections to bump up Democratic turnout," said Chris Lehane, a Democratic Party strategist who worked in the Clinton White House. "It would be the GOP 'Thelma and Louise' approach: Let's get in the car and drive off the cliff."

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[djean111]

1. "bad for the country but good for the party." And so it goes, on and on.

Good for the party, it seems, is usually the clear winner.

[Bandit]

3. Democrats are not going to launch an Impeachment

All they appear to be doing is fore warning the Republicans. Stating a fact does not mean you endorse that fact.

[Warpy]

2. Wingnuts are howling "violated his oath of office!" but they don't say how

They're still flailing around for an excuse and there's not a bimbo in sight.

[grahamhgreen]

4. Prediction: Obama escalates in Iraq. R's win Senate. Impeachment begins.