Nine State Democratic Parties Back Impeachment: Whose Table Is It, Nancy?
Submitted by davidswanson on Tue, 2006-06-06 04:40. Elections | Impeachment
By David Swanson
Nominal leader of the Democrats in Congress Nancy Pelosi, following talking points produced by the Republican National Committee, recently told her fellow Dems to keep impeachment off the table. This past weekend, the Democratic Parties in Maine, New Hampshire, and (on Memorial Day weekend) Hawaii passed resolutions demanding impeachment. This, of course, raises the question: Whose table is it, Nancy?
Whose table? Our table!
These states joined the Democratic parties of Nevada, New Mexico, California, Wisconsin, and Vermont, and the executive committee of the North Carolina Democratic Party (their convention is later this month). If Texas does it, that'll make 10. Activists in other states have tried to pass impeachment resolutions but been blocked by their state party's leadership. Most of the states that have succeeded have done so despite opposition from the leadership. This grassroots energy, along with every poll I've seen, suggests that making the coming elections about impeachment would mobilize lots and lots and lots of Democrats. Not a shred of evidence supports the RNC-Pelosi claim that it would benefit Republicans.
The rest is at:
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/11570