Should Bush, like Nixon did, resign from office before he is impeached?
490308
Only if Dick Cheney resigns first.
1171709
Nixon was never impeached.  He resigned before congress brought him to trial.  His vice president, Gerald Ford took over just as the constitution directs.\n\nThe scandal involved around whether or not the president either ordered, or knew about the Republican party's attempt to spy on and discredit the Democratic party in the weeks leading up to the election.  That and whether he attempted to cover up the illegal break in at the Watergate hotel.
1345
Yes, I believe that he should.  He is a liar and a crook and every former President was impeached for thier misconduct, why not him?
605452
To "impeach" means to bring to a tribunal, to try, on the grounds on improper conduct ("high crimes and misdemeanors"). Many people assume that when a politician is impeached he is actually removed from office. That is incorrect. Impeachment hearings merely allow accusations to be read and for a hearing to take place. Under the US Constitution, the House can bring forth articles of impeachment, but it is the Senate which actually votes to remove or not. So, the House impeached President Clinton but the Senate acquitted him. Same goes for President Andrew Johnson. Nixon surely would have been impeached and voted out of office had he not resigned, and his successor Ford gave him a full pardon so he would be immune from the possibility of serving prison time as a civilian. (Ford later paid for this- many say- by losing the 1976 election to Jimmy Carter).
716844
resigning from office
277125
The current Congress will not impeach Bush, however, with the midterm elections this fall, we may have a whole new power structure in Washington come 2007.  The Republicans will probably lose their majority in the House and Senate this year and then the Democrats will have the ability to start the long impeachment process.\n\nIt’s very probable that the President did break the law in respect to this recent wiretapping fiasco, maybe so egregiously that he will be removed from office, but this raises another problem.\n\nDick Cheney.\n\nDoes anyone out there think the Democrats want to put Dick Cheney into the White House where he could run as an incumbent in 2008 if he decides he does enjoy being President after all?  On a number of occasions, the V.P. has said that he doesn’t want to be the Commander in Chief, but do the Democrats really want to risk that?\n\n\nOn top of that, the country is developing a dangerous trend of impeaching or recalling our elected officials when we do not like them.  One must look at Italy, California and much of South and Central America to realize that this is not a path that the Federal government should walk.\n\nNo one has a crystal ball here, but the end result of an impeachment is probably going to be worse than sticking out a few more years with our current President.
656141
"Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, the President shall nominate a Vice President who shall take office upon confirmation by a majority vote of both Houses of Congress."\n. . -- 25th Amendment, Section 2.\n\nThat has already happened, but not due to impeachment. Spiro Agnew, Richard Nixon's Veep, was connected to crimes he committed while in state politics. If he had not resigned, he surely would have been impeached, so this is almost, but not quite, the same as your scenario.\n\nOf course, Nixon himself resigned later to prevent HIS OWN impeachment over the Watergate scandal. Thus, Gerald Ford became the only person ever to hold the office of President without facing a nationwide election.
823818
The answer to this one is YES, YES, YES AND YES......They should resign immediately.  They are totally incompetent. .Every time I watch Bush speak I am embarrassed that someone from another country will be watching him and say "man, is that the best they have"
1011442
if you mean impeached, then no he should not be.\n\nhe hasn't really been a good leader for the US, but that isn't something that causes an impeachment.
849878
Why would you want to waste taxpayer money doing this? Yes, once the Dems take office in January, there will be enough votes in the U.S. House for impeachment, but to impeach a President (or any federal officer) is only to bring charges against them. It is like an indictment in criminal court. It does not remove the President from office. They then stand trial in the U.S. Senate, where a 2/3 majority is needed to convict and remove him from office. The Dems do not have the votes needed for that. \n\nI will be writing my newly elected Congressman and telling him NOT to pursue impeachment against Bush because the money can be used elsewhere (like healthcare).
872932
No, just because it is not logistically sound. Only the U.S. House can impeach a President, and there are enough votes there for it. But that does not remove him from office. He would then stand trial in the Senate, where a 2/3 majority vote would be needed to remove Bush from office. There are not enough votes in the Senate for that. Therefore, it would just be a waste of time for the Congress, and a waste of taxpayer money.
196546
Nixon was impeached, impeached does not mean kicked out of office. Impeached means a trail of sorts against the presidency. \n\nIf Bush is impeached that means Dick Cheney becomes president. So it might not be such a bad thing for someone like myself who actually likes Cheney. Although John Stewart's impersonation is hysterical!!
90189
No, they cannot be forced to resign.  They may be forcefully pursuaded that their resignation is in the best interest of their party or the constituancy, but they can't be forced to sign a resignation (And if they were, they could probably have the courts rescind it as being done under duress).  Politicians can be impeached for behavior unbecoming of their office, or impeached for the crime outright if it related to their jobs.\n\nThis isn't the case for appointed officials though.  Since President Andrew Johnson's impeachment, the President, upon someone being confirmed will also submit an undated resignation letter.  So, if the President wants to remove you from your post, they just date the letter and you are out.
883451
Bush needs to be impeached, as does Cheney and the majority of the Bush cabinet. He should resign in disgrace and let a more competent centrist person take office.
377977
Sure. They are his advisers and they serve at his pleasure. When he "hires" them, the Senate has the power to reject his nominees and force him to nominate others. But once they are confirmed, only the president can ask them to resign. One exception is the vice president, who is considered a member of the Cabinet but who is elected with the president and serves the same term as the president. In order for him to be "fired" he would have to be impeached by the House of Representatives and removed by the Senate. But if the president and the vice president have a falling out, the president always has the option of excluding the vice president from his meetings.
550933
i know there would some details and such to work out, and it could get a little chaotic, but i've often thought that a president should get auto-booted out of office when his approval rating drops below 50%.  he is after all suppose to elected my a majority of the people and to serve the people.\nmight keep more politicians on track instead of seeing a government office as a way to further their careers and wallet.
452830
BUSH SHOULD BE IMPEACHED.COME ON HAVE YOU EVER HEARD HIM SPEAK! UHH DUHHHH......HES INCOMPETENT AND SHOULD STEP DOWN BEFORE SOMEONE ASSASSINATES HIM.HE IS FULL OF FALSE PROMISES AND HAS LET OUR COUNTRY DOWN TIME AND TIME AGAIN! HE HAS NO LEADERSHIP SKILLS!  HE THINKS HE LIVES IN AN OLD COUNTRY WESTERN! DAMN TEXAN! (NO OFFENSE TO THOSE OF DA SOUTH) BUSH STEP DOWN! OUR COUNTRY NEEEDS A REAL LEADER