Well, no, not really. Any serious discussion of what Republicans ought to do must take into account what the American people believe and what they would accept. Wasn’t that the lesson of the last impeachment adventure in Congress?
And let’s not forget Sioux Falls, S.D., chiropractor Allen Unruh. A leader in the local Tea Party, Unruh managed to persuade the South Dakota Republican Party to pass a resolution calling for the president’s impeachment for violating his oath of office “in numerous ways.”
“We wanted to have a shot across the bow to the president and Congress that nobody is above the law,” he explained. “Our goal is to embolden Congress.”
As I say, the last time Republicans in Congress were similarly emboldened to challenge the legitimacy of a president they viewed with contempt was during Bill Clinton’s second term in the Oval Office.
The upshot of that adventure was indeed impeachment—along with the failure to convict in the Senate, the subsequently loss of control of the House, and the eventual emergence of Bill Clinton as the most popular man in the world. So, yes, by all means, impeach “Barack Hussein Obama.” That’ll show ’em.
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