On June 11th, The Kucinich Privilege Resolution calling for the impeachment of President Bush passed on a roll call vote of 251-166. The resolution now sits in the House Judiciary Committee for consideration.

With only several months left in President Bush's term in office, it is rather late to be taking on the issue of impeachment. But, if on-line polls mean anything, 89% of the over 710,000 people who have weighed in at MSNBC agree with Congressman Dennis Kucinich and 250 of his colleagues that President Bush should be tried for "high crimes and misdemeanors." While hardly scientific, this could be another early indication of how far Republicans are going to be swept out of office this November.

In the effort's defense, perhaps there is a hidden logic to impeaching and convicting President Bush at the very end of his term in office. 

• One, it would be that much more difficult for our Decider-in-Chief to launch a pre-emptive war against Iran while being tried for impeachment. 
• Two, the number of days under President Cheney would be reduced to the absolute minimum.

Don't count on the Democratic leadership in the Congress doing anything serious though to roll back the expansion of executive branch power that has occurred during the current Bush administration. The Democrats fully intend to keep these usurped powers intact as they expect to soon hold the reigns of the imperial presidency.

It's up to vigilant Americans to see that these unconstitutional powers are removed regardless of who is in office.

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