Would impeachment without conviction be worthwhile? [View All]

[MonkeyFunk]

I think the big divide going on here over impeachment are not really as big as some people make it.

I think we ALL would like to see Bush and Cheney removed. I think we ALL believe he has committed impeachable offenses.

The big difference comes down to two areas:

1) the likelihood of conviction in the Senate, and
2) the order in which things are done: do we impeach, then investigate? Or investigate, then impeach?

Let's not argue in this thread about whether the votes are there, would be there, will be there, could be there, might be there, or not. I'm just curious if people think an impeachment that fails to result in a conviction in the Senate would still be worthwhile.