There's more and more talk about
"impeachment" if the Democrats take the House this November.
Here's the latest image, from the (reliably left-leaning) Huffington Post:
My question is this: does the cartoon help the Democrats or hurt them? (I'll put my own answer down in the comments.)
I don't think America enjoyed the effort to impeach Bill Clinton, and I don't think a lot of people are looking for a re-run. Impeachment talk will fire up the left, but it gives every independent voter a powerful reason to vote Republican.
The problem for Democrats is, once you start talking impeachment, how do you stop? If a Democrat is running for office, you have every right to ask him whether he would vote to impeach the President. If he says yes, it's a problem for most independents and a HUGE motivator for Republicans. If he says no, he's just turned off the Democrat base.
