Once again Republicans find themselves on the wrong side of history. A new CNN poll finds that an overwhelming majority of Americans do want to impeach or sue President Obama. Despite what John Boehner, Sarah Palin and the rest of the Republican party want you to believe.
The poll finds the majority of Americans oppose impeaching Obama by 65-33, and oppose the House GOP lawsuit against the president by 57-41. A majority disagree by 52-45 that he’s gone too far in expanding executive power.
You’ll be shocked to hear that only Republicans and conservatives support both impeaching the president and the lawsuit against him. Republicans support impeachment by 57-42; they support the lawsuit by 75-22. Among conservatives those numbers are 56-44 and 64-33.
Meanwhile, majorities of moderates and independents overwhelmingly oppose both. Among moderates the numbers on impeachment are 26-72 and on the lawsuit they are 34-62. Among independents the numbers are 35-63 and 43-55.
Since when does it matter what “the American People” want…the GOP will tell this country what it wants. Everything most of us agree is necessary for the advancement of the US, the Tea Party and the GOP (with their religion thrown in) are telling us we are all wrong. Go figure…..