Last week, when we spoke, you told me that there were good reasons you weren't initiating impeachment hearings at this time. (see video of me and Congressman Conyers here)





I tried to tell you that impeachment is a tool, and you turned to me with a wry, frankly, contagious grin, and asked me (with a who-the-hell-do-you-think-you're-talking-to-you-young-whippersnapper look) if I knew who had more experience with impeachment than anyone else in congress.



But then you went on to tell me how concerned you were with how we would look if impeachment failed. You mentioned how the Republicans ran against the Dems in '06 with the threat that the Dems would waste time and divide the country with impeachment.



And you and I both know that this is the talking point that the Dem leadership has actually borrowed from the Republicans-- that impeachment would take up all of congress's time to get other things done. But Mr. Conyers, you, being the most experienced member of congress, regarding impeachment, you know that this is not true. You know that when the Nixon and Agnew impeachment hearings were going on, congress got its other work done.





I'm certain you know all of this. It seems what you need is some way to educate the leaders in congress so THEY get it and stop thinking of impeachment in terms of the senate vote.

My conversations with impeachment advocates has led me to believe that on solution is to commission polling regarding impeachment. But past polls have asked the simple question-- "Should Bush or Cheney be impeached?"

That's not the way to frame the polling. Instead, a series of questions should be asked. They would look something like this.

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