A scenario:

In August of 2006, an enterprising journalist (lord bless her!) unearths the fact that the Bush administration has continued to torture people after Bush signed the anti-torture bill. Remember that when Bush reluctantly signed it into law, he signalled that a president can waive it when he deems necessary.

The evidence of continuing torture so outrages enough Republicans that an investigation begins. More cases emerge, some particularly reckless. It becomes clear that Bush didn’t change his policy one iota. Furious at Bush’s contempt for the Legislature’s authority, the House draws up the Articles of Impeachment. Also, doing so helps deflect attention from the never-ending Abramoff corruption (and murder?) scandal.

In the Senate, McCain leads the posse. VP Cheney resigns before he is made president. The McCain-Biden ticket easily wins the ’08 presidential election.

Ok, so maybe I should postpone all this by a year so I can make it more plausible by including major gains by the Dems in the House. But my daydream can’t wait that long. [Tags: impeachment georgeBush politics]

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