Poll on Cheney -- Critical Mass on Impeachment?
WASHINGTON - JULY 11 - A new poll by the American Research Group shows a majority of the U.S. public in favor of the House beginning impeachment proceedings against Vice President Cheney by a 54 to 40 percent majority. The same poll found a near tie on President George W. Bush and impeachment, with 45 percent in favor and 46 opposed to the House beginning proceedings. See
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"The Congressional leadership cannot continue to say to at least half of America, 'sorry, impeachment is off the table.' The American people are putting it back on, and we're beginning to see Congress respond.
"When Nixon fired the Watergate special prosecutor Archibald Cox, the American people said, 'enough is enough; no President is above the law.' Well, we are nearing kind of critical mass again.
"The House Judiciary Committee passed an article of impeachment against Richard Nixon for refusing to comply with subpoenas [as Bush has also refused to do].
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