(07-21-2016, 08:29 PM)Dan Wrote: So given that vitriol and chant of “lock her up” against Hillary Clinton, I predict that if she’s elected president she will be impeached. And if they economy is bad when it happens and her approval rating is in the tank many Democrats will vote to remove her from office.
The House will likely remain in the GOP hands, but if Hillary is elected that almost certainly means the Dems will control the Senate and the House majority will have shrunk enough to have sent a message of caution to the leadership.
The House is the body that does the impeachment which just means they send their case to the Senate for the trail. In a majoirty Dem Senate, it will rapidly and resoundingly die and be clearly shown to be a partisan gambit - the notion that a slowing economy or just about any issue would overcome the partisan polarization is about as silly as it can get. The futility in the Senate will obviously not only be telegraphed to the House long before any notion of impeachment can get started but to the public - and there is not a better way to really piss off about 60-70% of the electorate that is sick of the 'do-nothing government.'
It will rile up the no-nothing t-baggin sheeple, however, and that may be enough to get the gutless Ryan and House leadership to commit suicide and proceed with impeachment. Icing on the cake will be impeaching the first woman to hold the office!
As a strong Progressive partisan, I can only pray that what passes as the Right these days is as dumb as I believe and they will attempt impeachment. I really can't think of a better way to accelerate their inevitable demise as a national political force. Cornered animals become increasingly desperate and do really stupid things like killing themselves. Got my fingers crossed for such a gift!