Baldwin Calls for Impeachment

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U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison, and two other senior members of the House Judiciary Committee have called for the immediate opening of impeachment hearings for Vice President Richard Cheney.

Baldwin and fellow Democrats Robert Wexler of Florida and Luis Gutierrez of Illinois on Friday distributed a statement, “A Case for Hearings,” that declares, “The issues at hand are too serious to ignore, including credible allegations of abuse of power that if proven may well constitute high crimes and misdemeanors under our Constitution. The charges against Vice President Cheney relate to his deceptive actions leading up to the Iraq war, the revelation of the identity of a covert agent for political retaliation, and the illegal wiretapping of American citizens.”

Rational Democrats aren’t going to touch this with a ten foot pole.  There’s less than a year until the elections.  The last thing the eventual presidential nominee wants to be bogged down in is an impeachment dominating the news cycle for months on end.  Plus, impeachment hearings have an unpredictable effect on the public.  It could easily backfire. 

Baldwin is just underlining why she’s irrelevant in Washington.