July 16, 2007 (LPAC)--In a signed editorial entitled "How much evidence do we need to impeach?" in the Aspen Times (Colorado), John Colson starts by saying "Our President should be impeached." Next paragraph, "And so should our Vice President." He concludes: "What Pelosi really is worried about is her political prospects if an impeachment fight turns into the brawl everybody expects it to be, but that's neither the point nor her job. Her job, according to her oath of office, is to protect and defend the Constitution against its enemies."
Kansas City Star: A single-word billboard has sprung up in a wheat field in central Kansas: IMPEACH. "The I-word has had a resurgence." Last Tuesday, 130 of the 317 e-mails sent to the office of Missouri Democrat Rep. Emanuel Cleaver mentioned impeachment-- all of them in favor;
Telluride Daily Planet (Colorado): "Petition: Kick Bush/Cheney to the Curb." 100 signatures for a town resolution "for the House to impeach and the Senate to convict."
Baltimore Chronicle & Sentinel Jul 12: We're getting to a point where the powerful in Congress, and the pundits and opinion makers in the media, are going to have to acknowledge that impeachment is being demanded by the public... Speaker Pelosi's position is becoming less and less tenable, and is looking more and more shrill and even ridiculous."
Baltimore Chronicle & Sentinel Jul 13: Impeachment is a Priority, no-- Mandatory: "Whether or not, as Pelosi says, impeachment won't succeed almost is immaterial. The more important priority is to document the current administrations actions for the public record."
The Capital Times: An Independence Day rally in Madison, Wisconsin calling for the impeachment of President Bush and Vice President Cheney, targeted Democratic Rep. Tammy Baldwin, and Democratic Sen. Herb Kohl, but so far without results;
North Adams Transcript: Following Cindy Sheehan's plan to run against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Vermont impeachment advocates plan to put up a candidate against freshman U.S. Rep. Peter Welch next year because he has failed to push for the removal of President Bush.