Wash Times: Bush Expects Impeachment

Extremely interesting piece via dKos:

Bush Expects Impeachment: "the unabashedly pro-Administration Washington Times concludes just the opposite? Their magazine section, Insight, which repeatedly has scooped inside-the-White House stories, today tells us that the White House expects that impeachment proceedings will be brought, potentially as early as next month, and expects, as things stand now, that Bush will fail in the all-important Judiciary Committee. They believe if they work flat out, they can block impeachment by pursuing a tie. What they write here is the same as I have heard from numerous Republicans in Washington - if Bush continues with his Divine Right presidency, and thumbs his nose at Congress by disobeying the FISA rules and the McCain Amendment, there are a number of Republican senators who are prepared to support his impeachment. "

Hence the early push for Alito. In the upcoming power struggle it may be necessary for the Supreme Court to find a way to make sure The Corporation keeps its Bush pawn in play...