At 11:24 AM 3/16/02 -0600 Dan Minette wrote:
>I think the voters were right in ensuring that the Clinton impeachment did
>not go forward, while I think they were wrong in stopping the investigation
>of Iran-Contra. But, no matter what, I think it is the right of the voters
>to determine whether a president stays or not.
That's funny, I thought that that was Congress' right.
And indeed, the polling showed that voters weren't particularly involved in
the issue, and thus had not made a firm conviction either way. There is
no evidence that if Democrats had done the principled thing and insisted
that Clinton resign the Presidency in favor of his hand-picked successor
that the public would have created some sort of backlash against the
Democrats.
JDG
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