This is what happens when impeachment is "off the table."

[quakerboy]

137. I disagree

You are the one who fails to grasp the extent of the issue.

When you have a party that has devoted itself wholly and completely to destroying their opponents, despite any cost to the country itself, in preference to achieving its own stated goals, that is at least half of the mutually assured destruction. The Republican goal has been to beat Obama, pure and simple, no matter the cost to this nation or the world. Their ONLY check in this process has been trying to keep enough political power to achieve their goal. They would happily literally burn the US to the ground to tarnish Obama and the Democrats, as long as they felt they would be able to control the charred ruins.

Is that business as usual? maybe. We are a fairly contentious country. But I think through much of history we have at least had principles on both sides of our conflicts. This time we are lacking those on one side, and deficient on the other.