The 'I' Word — Whoaa!

They can say it now, apparently

UPDATE BELOW Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said this morning that the House Judiciary Committee may hold hearings on an impeachment resolution offered by Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio). Kucinich is expected to offer a "privileged resolution" this afternoon calling on the House to look at whether President Bush should be removed from office for lying to Congress and the American public when he sought congressional approval back in 2002 for taking military action to invade Iraq and overthrow Saddam Hussein. Pelosi has said previously that impeachment "was off the table," so her comments this morning were surprising, and clearly signaled a new willingness to entertain the idea of ousting Bush, although no one in the Democratic leadership believes that is likely since the president has only six months left in this term. "This is a Judiciary Committee matter, and I believe we will some attention being paid to it by the Judiciary Committee," Pelosi told reporters. "Not necessarily taking up the articles of impeachment because that would have to be approved on the floor, but to have some hearings on the subject." Pelosi added: "My expectation is that there will be some review of that in the committee." A spokesman for the House Judiciary Committee had no immediate comment when asked whether Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.), the panel's chairman, planned hearings on Kucinich's impeachment resolutions.

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UPDATE: Quote o' teh day:"If impeachment is off the table, can we at least kick it around the floor a bit?" Also, this might be worth watching. Is impeachment discussion a way to get those Bush administration officials who refused to testify citing executive privilege before a committee?

UPDATE II:Once they have called for hearings and they are taking place THEN they have to turn over the documents and they can't claim privilege!!! (from a Daily kos commenter) That means Rove, Meirs, Bolton, not Bush. The House Judiciary Committe can try them for inherent contempt.