Josh Marshall points out that it's legitimate to impeach Attorney General Gonzalez, and wonders why there are only 27 cosponsors on Rep. Jay Inslee's (D-WA) resolution to investigate impeaching him. It's a very good question, and I'm inclined to write my member of Congress about that tomorrow. Are we really so cynical that we think we should live in a country where someone with as little respect for the law and the constitution should be Attorney General? I certainly hope not. The current Attorney General appears a woefully inadequate person to be entrusted with such an essential role in the US government. So why there are a mere 27 members who have cosponsored this is strange. But I'd say stranger still is who is or isn't on the list of 27. It features both staunch liberals like Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) and Barney Frank (D-MA), and moderate/conservative members like Dennis Moore (D-KS). Ellen Tauscher (D-CA) and Ben Chandler (D-KY), every single one of the Democrats from Oregon, but not a single one of the other 5 Democrats from Inslee's home state? What's up with that?
Posted by armand at August 19, 2007 10:15 PM | TrackBack | Posted to Corruption | Politicshow about the Dem pres. candidates? the TPM link to the list of sponsors doesn't seem to be working and i haven't time to research it independently.
Posted by: moon at August 20, 2007 12:01 PM | PERMALINKWell it's a House resolution so only House members can cosponsor it - but no, Dennis K. hasn't signed onto it yet. Who has (with date they signed on)?
Rep Ackerman, Gary L. [NY-5] - 8/4/2007, Rep Arcuri, Michael A. [NY-24] - 7/31/2007, Rep Baldwin, Tammy [WI-2] - 8/1/2007, Rep Becerra, Xavier [CA-31] - 7/31/2007, Rep Berkley, Shelley [NV-1] - 8/1/2007, Rep Bishop, Timothy H. [NY-1] - 8/2/2007, Rep Blumenauer, Earl [OR-3] - 7/31/2007, Rep Braley, Bruce L. [IA-1] - 7/31/2007, Rep Chandler, Ben [KY-6] - 7/31/2007, Rep Clarke, Yvette D. [NY-11] - 7/31/2007, Rep Cohen, Steve [TN-9] - 7/31/2007, Rep DeFazio, Peter A. [OR-4] - 7/31/2007, Rep Ellison, Keith [MN-5] - 7/31/2007, Rep Frank, Barney [MA-4] - 8/1/2007, Rep Grijalva, Raul M. [AZ-7] - 8/1/2007, Rep Holt, Rush D. [NJ-12] - 8/3/2007,
Rep Hooley, Darlene [OR-5] - 7/31/2007, Rep Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [GA-4] - 7/31/2007,
Rep Maloney, Carolyn B. [NY-14] - 8/2/2007, Rep McCollum, Betty [MN-4] - 7/31/2007, Rep McGovern, James P. [MA-3] - 8/3/2007, Rep Moore, Dennis [KS-3] - 7/31/2007, Rep Pastor, Ed [AZ-4] - 8/2/2007, Rep Perlmutter, Ed [CO-7] - 8/2/2007, Rep Tauscher, Ellen O. [CA-10] - 8/1/2007, Rep Udall, Tom [NM-3] - 7/31/2007, Rep Wu, David [OR-1] - 7/31/2007
duh. while this was processing, i tried to cancel it, realizing that i was only concerned about viable candidates, of whom the house has none. thanks for the info, though.
Posted by: moon at August 20, 2007 12:54 PM | PERMALINKSpeaking of unviable candidates, maybe they learned something from Newt, that if you investigate people incessantly, people still don't like you after fifteen years.
Posted by: Morris at August 25, 2007 10:58 AM | PERMALINKIt's not about being liked - it's about having someone who's qualified and trustworthy enough to serve as Attorney General as the Attorney General. At the moment we don't have that - and we should.
Posted by: Armand at August 25, 2007 11:44 AM | PERMALINKPlus, on the popularity issue, Newt was impeaching someone who was widely liked. AG Gonzalez? Not so much. The country won't miss him.
Posted by: Armand at August 25, 2007 11:46 AM | PERMALINK