I am more appalled at the ratings this article is getting than by the article itself. "Well argued"? "Well-reasoned"? This is one of the most poorly written, speciously argued attempts at commentary I have seen. First- he characterizes those favoring impeachment as "left-leaning", but then proceeds to admit that some noted conservatives as well as half of the country, are already behind impeachment. Then, after taking pains to paint impeachment as a looney left wing - oh my God Cindy Sheehan!!! - fantasy (and tearing that argument apart by his own citation of the facts!) he reports that the "unhinged left" at the Yearly Kos didn't have a single panel on impeachment. And, that proves what? His thesis that impeachment is only of intereste to the unhinged left? Uh, no, that can't be right....Huh? Then he goes on to say the"liberals" don't disagree about the substance reasons for impeachment- ignoring the fact that many conservatives and most of the American people feel the same way. Why the gratuitous "indignent" to describe Lindorff and Olshansky's well written and reasoned book on impeachment, as though they are petulant children, stamping their foot. And after he belittles Lindorff and Olshansky, he proceeds to list those little insignificant transgressions of the Bush administration that lead - may I say again -over half the country - to favor impeachment. He completely misses the point on the political calculation. The point of impeachments hearings and a vote in Congress is to put the executive on notice that there are 3 independent branches of government and if the executive overreaches then Congress will act, in whatever way it can, to stop that. The purpose is also to educate the American people (who, by the way are also the voters and half of whom, by the way, already support impeachment.) Can it really be argued that uncovering the facts behind the very list of horrors the author himself describes in this very article will do anything but cause the electorate to be revolted by Bush and Cheney? Would any rationale person really think that the Republican candidates are going to "embrace" Bush/Cheney (with their less than one-third approval ratings) under any circumstance, including after impeachment hearings, votes and potentially a trial in the Senate? The dumbest move the Dems could make is to pay attention to this article.