Q. Shouldn't Congressional Democrats try to work with George Bush in the spirit of bi-partisanship rather than impeach him? 

A. Of course they should, but Bush never practiced bi-partisanship when Republicans controlled Congress from 2001 to 2006. And one day after he sat with Speaker-elect Pelosi and promised bi-partisanship, he assaulted Democrats with outrageous partisan demands:

• to legalize his illegal wiretapping program and gut the law that limits a president's ability to abuse his power in this way 
• to ratify his recess appointment of John Bolton as ambassador to the United Nations, who is deeply divisive and opposed by nearly every Democratic Senator as well as moderate Republicans
• to ratify his sale of civilian nuclear technology to India despite that nation's refusal to sign or abide by the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty
• to confirm Iran-Contra figure Robert Gates as Defense Secretary

Q. If Democrats impeach Bush, won't this Congress accomplish nothing else?

A. No! In 1998, Congress passed 22 bills during the 10 weeks it took the House to impeach President Clinton.

And in 1974, during the trial of the Watergate burglars in 1974, we got out of Vietnam!

While Congress was holding hearings on the Watergate Scandal, they passed the Endangered Species Act!

Also while considering the impeachment of Nixon, they passed bills that included:

• increasing and expanding the minimum wage
• extending the Environmental Education Act
• expanding and making permanent the Youth Conservation Corps
• creating and expanding wildlife refuges and preserves
• creating the National Institute on Aging
• funding research for cancer and SIDS
• and providing disaster relief to Pakistan, Nicaragua, and the Sahel region of Africa.

Impeachment is not something we do instead of all these important things. It is something we do together with all these important things.

Q. Aren't the American people opposed to impeachment?

A. The Newsweek poll on 10/21/06 found a 51%-44% majority for impeachment. A USA Today/Gallup poll on 10/24 found a 51%-47% for "major investigations" by Democrats. The shocking news is that Americans support impeachment - which is why the corporate media refuses to include impeachment questions in their polls.

Q. Won't impeachment hurt Democrats in the 2008 elections?

A. Every impeachment effort in history - all of which have failed - has helped the impeachers in the next election.

• After Democrats tried to impeach Richard Nixon in 1974, Democrat Jimmy Carter won the Presidency and House Democrats gained 50 seats
• After Republicans impeached Bill Clinton in 1998, Republican George Bush came close enough to steal the Presidency and Republicans gained seats in Congress
• There have been 9 times when Articles of Impeachment were introduced and the impeaching party gained every time

A thorough impeachment investigation would reveal the depth of corruption of the Bush White House, which would confirm the perception of corruption in the Republican Congress that led to a Democratic sweep in 2006. Those scandals made it difficult for many voters to vote Republican in 2006; a thorough impeachment investigation would make voting for Republicans impossible.

Q. Wouldn't all Republicans in Congress oppose impeachment and fight Democrats tooth-and-nail?

A. Bush is leading the Republican Party to electoral destruction, and Republican politicians know it. In 2006, Republicans tried to distance themselves from Bush on the campaign trail, but they couldn't get far enough away. If Democrats force Republicans to vote on impeachment, many Republicans will decide to save their own careers rather than Bush's.

Q. If we impeach Bush, wouldn't President Cheney be worse?

A. We believe they must be impeached together, because they were full partners in every impeachable offense.

Q. If Bush and Cheney are impeached together, who would become President?

A. If both were impeached at the exact same time, the Speaker of the House (Nancy Pelosi) would become President. Since this would make Congressional Republicans apoplectic, we would propose a deal: have Cheney resign first, and have Bush nominate Al Gore as Vice President. Then have Bush resign, and have Al Gore nominate a principled anti-war Republican like Chuck Hagel (R-NE) as Vice President.