I think it would be a GREAT idea for the democrats to try to impeach Bush for ilegal wiretapping.   GO FOR IT.   There is nothing I would rather see- well maybe Barbra Streisand hanging her own clothes up on an clothes line outside or Ramsey Clark being hung for treason- but we can only dream.

Speaking of dreaming, lets get back to the Bush impeachment.   Last time I thought about this (the Clinton impeachment) I think you need 2/3 of the vote in the Senate to convict for impeachment.   That means you need 67 senators to vote for impeachment.   (I know that some mudcatters are graduates of new math in our schools and may note be able to make that calculation)   The current Senate mix is 55 republicants, 44 closet socialists, and 1 confirmed socialist. With 18 seats to defend in 2006 and 3 retirees, it doesn't look good at picking up a lot of seats.   Therefore all you need is about 20 republican senators to vote for impeachment. No problem.   Piece of cake.

By the way- any of you catch the 60 minutes piece that ran a few years ago about the Clinton administration using wiretaps on people without any court orders or congress approval.   Bob Barr was interviewed and supported your position.   If you missed the 60 minutes piece, maybe you caught the Jenie Goralik letter defending the use of wiretaps without court permission.   Very strong letter.   She went on to say that it was important for national security and that you didn't even need probable cause.   Can you imagine that.   The assistant attorney general defends the use of wiretaps without court orders and without probable cause.   She is probably the worst attorney general/assistant since Gonzales who is the worst attorney general sinse Ashcroft who is the worst attorney general since Reno- no quite frankly- reno was the worst attorney general of all time.