Given the attention to Scott McClellan’s book, it was only a matter of time before Democrats’ dreams again turned to impeaching the president. How much time did it take? Less than a day:
Today Congressman Robert Wexler (D-FL) called for former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan to appear before the House Judiciary Committee to testify under oath regarding the devastating revelations made in his new book on the Bush Administration’s deliberate efforts to mislead the American people into the Iraq War… “The allegations by this former top White House aide – that Rove and Libby deliberately coordinated their stories in order to obstruct justice in the Plame case, that the President deliberately disregarded contradictory evidence related to Iraq, should outrage every American and Congress must respond by initiating immediate aggressive oversight starting with an appearance by McClellan before the House Judiciary Committee… Congressman Wexler has led a nationwide campaign in favor of holding impeachment hearings for Vice-President Dick Cheney. Congressman Wexler is Chairman of the Europe Subcommittee and a senior member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the House Judiciary Committee.
And by no means is Wexler alone. According to a major pro-impeachment site, more than 100 candidates for the House and 13 for the Senate favor impeachment. Are the American people aware that such a broad swath of Democratic candidates promise to push for impeachment in the two weeks between the swearing-in of Congress and the next President? One pro-impeachment candidate is Democrat Mark Lawrence (ME-D). He’s even running an ad touting his support (above right). Lawrence is an underdog in his primary, but all the leading Democrats in his district favor impeachment, as well.
