Chuck Hagel Tries to Replace McCain as Media's Favorite Republican

Chuck Hagel wants to be your president, but first he has to convince the press that he's their favorite Republican (a position long held by John McCain). How to do that? By suggesting that President Bush can be impeached because he refuses to follow the polls:

Some lawmakers who complain that President Bush is flouting Congress and the public with his Iraq policies are considering impeachment an option, a Republican senator said Sunday.

Sen. Chuck Hagel of Nebraska, a member of the Foreign Relations Committee and a frequent critic of the war, stopped short of calling for Bush's impeachment. But he made clear that some lawmakers viewed that as an option should Bush choose to push ahead despite public sentiment against the war.

"Any president who says 'I don't care' or 'I will not respond to what the people of this country are saying about Iraq or anything else' or 'I don't care what the Congress does, I am going to proceed' — if a president really believes that, then there are … ways to deal with that," Hagel said on ABC's "This Week." ...

In the April edition of Esquire magazine, Hagel described Bush as someone who didn't believe he was accountable to anyone.

"You can impeach him, and before this is over, you might see calls for his impeachment," Hagel told the magazine.

Captain Ed points out the actual impeachment language in the constitution, and Hagel may be surprised to know that poll watching is not one of the criteria:

The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.

Failing to follow polls or listen to blowhard Senators is neither a high crime nor a misdemeanor. If Hagel doesn't like the president's policy on Iraq, he has a responsibility as a Senator to propose legislation to change it. So where is the "Hagel "I'm Going to Fix Iraq" bill?

So far, no show.