Impeachment is on the table

Written by: Ron Mills on May 3, 2007 1:32 PM EDT

DFA head: "More on the table than people think"
Jim Dean, head of Democracy for America and brother of Democratic National Committee chair Howard Dean, said he understands the reluctance of Pelosi to lead Congress into impeachment proceedings during her first 100 days in office. “We took control of Congress because people are fed up and want us to get things done,” he observed, adding that impeachment proceedings would bog down Congress.

But he noted, “Just letting these guys off is setting a bad precedent.” Asked about the prospect of impeachment, he observed, “I think it’s more on the table than people think.”

PDA president Tim Carpenter called passage of the impeachment resolution by California delegates “the culmination of one month of effort by PDA to put the issue of investigating, accountability and impeachment” on the table. “I’m a California native and an elected central committee member,” added Carpenter, who made “a lot of cell phone calls” to win support for the measure.

On Saturday, Carpenter revealed, he met with Pelosi. “I think the fact that she met with us shows she is a listener,” he said, but he added, “We agreed to disagree.”

Impeachment is a constitutional imperative, he believes. “If we don’t begin to talk about impeachment, the next president will be allowed to torture, do wiretapping, lying, and engage in manipulation of everything in signing statements,” the PDA leader predicted.

At a dinner honoring Pelosi Saturday evening, pro-impeachment activists slipped elegant placecards onto each place at the table. The cards read:

        Remember, we’re are the deciders.

        Impeachment is on the table.

        Investigate and impeach Cheney and Bush!

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