Eye Recommend --- Top House Republican Admits That There Are No Grounds to Impeach President Obama

House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R)

TOP HOUSE REPUBLICAN ADMITS THAT THERE ARE NO GROUNDS TO IMPEACH PRESIDENT OBAMA, by Jason Easley --
http://www.politicususa.com/2014/07/13/top-house-republican-admits-grounds-impeach-president-obama.html

On Sunday, Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee Bob Goodlatte (R-Virginia) told ABC's George Stephanopoulos that, despite election cycle rhetoric, there are no grounds to impeach President Obama.

"'We are not working on or drawing up articles of impeachment.  The Constitution is very clear as to what constitutes grounds for impeachment of the President of the United States.  He has not committed the kind of criminal acts that call for that.'"

In his article, Mr. Easley wonders if the lawsuit proposed by House Speaker John Boener (R-Ohio) against the President is an attempt to curtail the impeachment talk. (More on the lawsuit here.)

"If Boehner was trying to take impeachment off the table with this lawsuit, he is failing miserably.  The lawsuit is whetting the appetite among the Republican rank and file for impeachment.  It is almost as if they expect impeachment if Republicans win back control of the Senate...

...(But) Republicans have been calling for this president to be impeached for things that George W. Bush did.  Currently, some Republicans want to impeach Obama for Bush's immigration policy.  It never stops, but the Boehner lawsuit has thrown gasoline on the fire. Instead of calming the impeachment talk, House Republicans have made things exponentially worse with their lawsuit scheme.

Veteran congressional Republicans understand what impeaching Bill Clinton did to their approval ratings.  That's why they are trying to steer the base away from impeaching President Obama.  However, the lawsuit could backfire on the House Republicans.  Instead of firing up Republican voters for November, a refusal to impeach might cause them to stay home. Republican voters have been told for years that Obama needs to be removed from office, so they aren't going to be happy when their elected members of congress refuse to follow through."

Since 2008, the Republican party has made attempt after attempt to derail the Obama presidency--promises to their voters that they could not deliver.

• They promised to make him a one-term president. *President Obama is now half way through his second term.
• They promised to repeal the ACA.  *After nearly 50 votes to repeal, even Republicans are beginning to admit that the ACA is a success. 
• They promised to remake the federal budget solely on their terms.  *The 2013 Republican-forced federal government shutdown gained them exactly nothing.
• They filibustered presidential nominee after presidential nominee in an effort to keep Mr. Obama's influence on the courts to a minimum.  *The Democrats finally had enough and changed the filibuster rule.
• They have spent millions of dollars mining for scandals at the IRS and in Benghazi.  *Current result: bupkis.

With each failed attempt, the GOP chose to up the ante, promising the party faithful that success was within their reach.  They are now facing the fact that they have "upped" themselves to the edge of cliff with the faithful salivating at their backs over the promise of that final leap.  

"Top House Republicans have painted themselves into a corner, and they are being forced to admit that they don't really want to impeach Obama.  The lawsuit still sets up a path to impeachment, but it is clear that the House Republican leadership is losing their nerve and they apparently don't want to go down that road."

Congressional Republicans have effectively reached the end of their ante-trail. With nothing left in their arsenal, it's time for Boehner to admit their approach has been wrong.  It's time to work to salvage something of his party's dignity and to rebuild a viable, workable federal government.  They have to believe that the faithful can take the truth.