MaggieL: actually, a simple majority is critical. Why? The majority party chooses who heads the various commitees. That's important. That == control of what comes up for a vote. Personally, the R's may have dug themselves into a hole by eliminating Dems from Conference Committees. They're gonna be D's bitches.
Seperately, there won't be any impeachment proceedings. For one, only about 1/4 of the country supports them, and the Dems aren't that stupid (anyone remember what happened when the R's impeached Clinton? His ratings when up). Secondly, who becomes Prez if GWB goes down? Cheney! Are you f'in kidding me? Would you really want the man who doesn't release the list of employees in his office to preserve his Executive privilige as the Leader of the Free World? Not me.
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