Quote Originally Posted by Lemur
I'm sorry if I'm sounding contrary this morning, but doesn't a special prosecutor have to be assigned by the Justice Department? Congress can and will launch investigations, that's the obvious route, but I don't think they have it in their power to appoint a Kenn Starr.
They'll get Alberto Gonzalez to appoint one the same way the Republicans got Janet Reno to appoint Ken Starr in the first place. They'll hold some hearings, seal some of the evidence and start a litany on the Sunday morning talk shows of :

"if he has nothing to hide, a special prosecuter will find that too and we can be done with all of this..."

Redleg makes a good point of keeping Bush around as the devil to run against in 2008, but Impeachment doesn't remove Bush. It just makes him stand trial in the Senate (which will then of course vote to find the President not guilty). I think an indepenent prosectur and the hints of impeachment would accomplish a lot for the Democrats in 2008. I can see it now...

Queue scary music....
Republicans promised us a 'contract with America." Instead, what we got was the most corrupt administration and Congress in the history of the US. Democrats need Congress AND the White House in order to clean up their mess....