Oregonian
Oregon's newest candidate for U.S. Senate minced no words about one of his priorities if he's elected.
"President Bush should be impeached," said John Frohnmayer, who announced his bid Wednesday as a member of Oregon's newly formed Independent Party. With that, he became the state's first Senate candidate to call for legal action against the president.
The statement drew immediate criticism. State Republican chairman Vance Day called it "reckless."
But Frohnmayer was adamant, saying Bush has ignored or inserted his own interpretation of hundreds of laws, including those regarding wiretapping and torture.
"We must respond to what amounts to constitutional demolition," he said. "If he is not impeached, the same constitutional abuse is available to the next administration."
Frohnmayer, 65, is a Corvallis lawyer, former head of the National Endowment for the Arts and brother of University of Oregon President Dave Frohnmayer. His announcement complicates and further enlivens what looks to be the headliner political race in Oregon next year......
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