http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/#56326From Think Progress, via AlterNet:
Conyers: The American People Want to See Bush, Cheney ImpeachedPosted by Guest Blogger on July 9, 2007 at 4:46 AM.
This post, written by Nico Pitney, originally appeared on Think ProgressThis morning on ABC's This Week, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-MI) highlighted the new American Research Group poll showing that nearly half of Americans want the House of Representatives to begin impeachment proceedings against President Bush, and 54 percent favor impeachment hearings for Vice President Cheney.
ABC's George Stephanopoulos asked Conyers today about new reports that the White House will refuse new congressional requests for documents about the U.S. Attorney firings.
Conyers decried the administration's stonewalling, adding, "We're hoping that as the cries for the removal of both Cheney and Bush now reach 46 percent and 58 percent
, respectively, for impeachment that we could begin to become a little bit more cooperative, if not amicable, in trying to get to the truth of these matters." (Click on the video to your right to watch it)
Stephanopoulos responded, "I'm surprised you put impeachment on the table there. Are you open to pursuing that?" Conyers said he was not putting it "on the table," merely pointing out the views of the American people.