It's been a year since we last awarded our highly-coveted Cojones Award. But Rep. Dennis Kucinich has definitely earned one for informing House Democrats that he will soon introduce Articles of Impeachment for Dick Cheney.

Kucinich knows full well that he is defying Speaker Pelosi and the overwhelming majority of House Democrats who are terrified of Cheney, Bush, and especially Karl Rove. But Kucinich is driven by an even greater fear, that Bush-Cheney-Rove will start yet another disastrous war, this time in Iran.

Kucinich is also driven by a profound passion for peace and justice: how can Bush-Cheney-Rove not be held accountable for launching an illegal war of aggression against Iraq on the basis of pre-meditated lies? How can we bury 3,311 victims of those lies without holding accountable those who sent them to their deaths?

These are the among the many reasons why 51% of Americans support impeachment (according to the last Corporate Media poll in October) and 58% of Americans simply want the Bush presidency to be "over."

Kucinich's bold action does not come out of a vacuum. There is a large and dedicated impeachment movement led by Democrats.com, World Can't Wait, Progressive Democrats of America, Code Pink, and an outstanding coalition called Impeach07. This coalition will assemble a large group of prominent Americans at the Capitol next Wednesday to call for impeachment proceedings against Bush and Cheney.

We will, of course, give our heartfelt thanks to Kucinich for his leadership. But it is not enough for one Representative to fight this historic fight. A year ago, Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi took impeachment "off the table" because Republicans began using the issue to "scare" voters away from electing a Democratic majority. But the American people weren't "scared" by the impeachment issue - they elected a Democratic majority anyway. It's time for Speaker Pelosi to put impeachment at the center of the House table, right where it belongs.

So we will deliver that message personally to Speaker Pelosi on Wednesday. And then we will repeat that message on April 28 with nation-wide events to spell out I-M-P-E-A-C-H. Please find the event nearest you and join us!