Wow! It must really stink to be a Senator sometimes and have to put up with your peeps trying to arrest you for war crimes and I really wouldn’t want to be the one who has to try to make the constituents happy after they’ve been kicked out of a meeting. The aide really looks bored having to be lectured to by these people.

BTW, Murray (alone with Congressman Jay Inslee) is actually trying to diffuse impeachment talk in Washington state:

Sen. Patty Murray and Congressman Jay Inslee are lobbying legislators to cancel this week’s hearing on a resolution calling on Congress to investigate and consider impeaching President George Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney.

But they don’t seem to be able to influence anyone:

He said it sent the wrong message and ‘detracted from the good things we are doing with education and health care.’ I agree with him, as I said, but there is a large group of people who want to have a say on these two things and this gives them a venue.

Congress isn’t interested in impeaching the president but their base certainly is. Here is an interesting quote:

As much as I despise what this president has done to the country, my job is to find a way to end the war in Iraq, which I voted against. We should do nothing whatsoever to hinder our effort to end the war. Grandstanding that prevents us from growing a coalition against the war is a luxury we cannot afford. We don’t have the votes to remove Bush from office. Bush is leaving office. We need to make sure our troops are leaving Iraq.

All this activity will lead to naught. The troops will remain until Bush leaves office, whether they remain after that depends on who we vote in.(via)