A GOP House Will Lead To Impeachment, Claims New Republic‘s Jonathan Chait

With the midterm elections just eight days away, it seems a foregone conclusion that the GOP will regain control of the House of Representatives, maybe even the Senate. The most recent issue of The New Republic features an article by Senior Editor Jonathan Chait that suggests a Republican controlled House will most certainly try to impeach President Obama, regardless if the future offense merits such action or not.

In the October 28 issue of The New Republic, Chait opens with the following hypothetical:

Hear me now and believe me later: If Republicans win and maintain control of the House of Representatives, they are going to impeach President Obama. They won’t do it right away. And they won’t succeed in removing Obama. (You need 67 Senate votes.) But if Obama wins a second term, the House will vote to impeach him before he leaves office.

Wait, you say. What will they impeach him over? You can always find something. Mini-scandals break out regularly in Washington. Last spring, the political press erupted in a frenzy over the news that the White House had floated a potential job to prospective Senate candidate Joe Sestak. On a scale of one to 100, with one representing presidential jaywalking and 100 representing Watergate, the Sestak job offer probably rated about a 1.5. Yet it was enough that GOP Representative Darrell Issa called the incident an impeachable offense.

The balance of the article can be read at The New Republic (subscription required.)

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