Rather a shame? *grin*....ah, Kevin...you just can't comprehend what it would be like if 'popular recall' were available on a National basis. In the UK you have a system for calling elections and 'votes of confidence', I understand...(much as they do in Israel and other smaller countries). We are just too big and diverse to make it work....elections are bad enough!

In the US it would be chaos, as almost every president would be defending himself against charges and recall petitions half the time!

Yes it IS sorta just a matter of votes in the congress....indictment in the House and trial in the Senate....but it would be along party lines unless a BIG issue was found...like with Nixon...and there has been NO sucessful impeachment in our history. Even Andrew Johnson was not convicted.