Then we have all this speculation as to what Obama is going to do once he's in office. ...He has, what? 50 days before he's inaugurated? Perhaps it's inevitable, with Bush being the lamest duck ever, that any action, or any presence by Obama in this time leads people to look to him rather than our own President. But it doesn't excuse such an irrational line of thinking.

Though I have to say, I think part of the reason Congress didn't act wasn't necessarily just about "we just exercised our powers of impeachment and we can't do it again... for now" (though I think that was certainly part of it).

I also believe it had to do with a genuine belief that, if the Democrats did try to exercise such power, they would be driven from power. The Republican party had never been as partisan as they were for Bush. There was no opposition to Bush. If the Democrats had tried to impeach Bush, they never would have succeeded. And the Republicans would have played it off as partisan politics and a distraction from "real" issues. Whether they would have been right is besides the point.

I simply think the Democrats were scared for their political lives. Try to impeach Bush, fail, get thrown out of office in the next election. Is this the way things WOULD have happened? Maybe. Maybe not. I just don't think the Democratic leadership, to put it bluntly, had the balls to do what's right.

Don't apologize. Unfortunately, there are too many not-too-rational people out there who just don't get it. I'm glad that you actually DO get it, Greg.

Thanks much for the injection of reality and rationality.

"...the McCain and Obama camps began to work secretly behind the scenes..."

Here's what truthseeker is saying:

"...Senator McCain began to advise Obama secretly..."

Um... No. This report suggests that they worked TOGETHER, not that one was advising another. Pathetic headline if I ever saw one. Sounds like something Drudge would put.

http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/11/projection-franken-to-win-recount-by-27.html

I've said far worse things about McCain and Bush on this board and no one has yet called me a "McCain-hater" or "Bush-hater".

Sometimes I want to hug you for your rationality, CT.

Honestly, time and time again, Obama makes decisions and choices, or says or does something that gets everyone up in arms; bitching, moaning, saying things are over, saying Obama's completely screwed up... But every single time, he has it under control. He knows what he's doing.

Why should I doubt his choice for SoS? He has a specific reason for why he wants Hillary. There's a reason and logic behind everything Barack does. Until I see some true proof that the choice of Hillary is a mistake, I'm going to trust that Barack knows what he's doing here, as he has with practically everything he did in his campaign.