Why hasn’t Congress impeached President Obama and Attorney General
Eric Holder? Rep. Todd Akin says it’s simply a lack of votes. But he
says that may change eventually.
“That’s a good question,” Akin told a constituent on Tuesday who
asked just that. “I can’t speak for the other 400 and some congressmen,
but I believe when they take a look at impeachment the question is do
you have the votes to do it and, if you do it, it goes to the Senate,
what’s going to happen with Harry Reid?”
The exchange was captured on video by Democratic tracker American
Bridge at an event held by the Boone County Pachyderms in Columbia,
Mo., and provided exclusively to TPM. Impeachment is generally
considered a taboo topic among national Republicans, who prefer to limit
their disagreements with the president to the political arena......................................
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