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McConnell has been one of the bigger sellouts of the Republican party, handling Obozo virtually everything he has asked for. Yes, for that he deserves to be impeached.
"Discharge your Constitutional duties that you swore to uphold,"
And which EXACT duties has he NOT "discharged"
One of his and his colleagues duties is to advise and consent on Presidential appointments. When he makes a statement that he will not do so, he is derelict.
Time will tell whether he was just blowing smoke for the cameras. Obama is warming a nominee up in the bullpen.
Perhaps when you made your astute observations in the Constitution 5 years ago, you skipped over the part about the power of confirming a nominee belonging to the Senate? Yes, Obama has every right under the Constitution to nominate someone to the Supreme Court. The Senate, under the authority of that same document, has the right to deny Obama another appointment to the Supreme Court.
My comment sort of went over your head, I guess. It had nothing to do with the separation of powers. It referred to the fact that the senator perceives his primary role as political operative, instead of a government official.
Article I the US Constitution sets forth the powers and responsibilities of Congress including, of course, the Senate. When Mitch McConnel became majority leader of the Senate afterthe 2010 electio, he made the now famous statement that his number one priority was making sure that Barack Obama was a one term president. I don't find any provision in Article I (or elsewhere for that matter) of the Constitution even the suggestion that one of the responsibilities of the Senate, much less its number one priority, is trying to unseat the President, who is a Constitutionally defined part of the U.S. Government. From the acts of the Senate with filibusters, secret hold, etc in hugely record numbers, they clearly are not trying to govern, but rather to accomplish the overthrow of the duly elected Artcle II officer.
Frankly, Mr. McConnell should be impeached for his (in)action in facilitating, and actual obstruction of, the Constitutionally delegated responsibilities of the Senate, in and pursuing his other agenda.
Nonsense.
Nothing in the Constitution stops McConnell from trying to make Obama a one-term president.
Both parties want to win the White House back.
It's unfortunate that McConnell didn't succeed.
If anyone should be impeached, it should be Obama's stooge Harry Reid --the Democratic Senate Majority Leader -- for not allowing votes on Republican House legislation. Over 200 bills.
The Democrats are the party of obstruction, not the Republicans.
Okay, kiddies, this is how it works. The House passes a bill, it goes to the Senate, the Senate votes its own version of the bill, if there is disagreement with the House it goes to a conference committee.
None of that happened when the Democrooks controlled the Senate.
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