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New Poll: 48% of Americans Want Obama Impeached

by Joe Wurzelbacher

On the one hand, Wenzel Strategies isn't exactly a household name in the pollster world. On the other hand, these are some mighty high numbers at this point in the game when none of the big Obama scandals seem to have gone nuclear yet.

"It may be early in the process for members of Congress to start planning for impeachment of Barack Obama, but the American public is building a serious appetite for it," said Fritz Wenzel, of Wenzel Strategies, which did the telephone poll Thursday. It has a margin of error of 4.36 percent.

"Half or nearly half of those surveyed said they believed Obama should be impeached for the trifecta of scandals now consuming Washington."

"Half or nearly half of those surveyed said they believed Obama should be impeached for the trifecta of scandals now consuming Washington."

…And on the fishing trip the Obama administration took into AP reporters' telephone records in search of something that may well have been done by his own administration, 48.6 percent impeachment is appropriate. That included 26.1 percent of the Democrats.

…It was only two months ago that respondents to the same poll suggested, although in smaller numbers, that impeachment was appropriate for other Obama scandals. At that time 44 percent said he should be impeached for his campaign to give amnesty to illegal aliens inside the U.S., and 46 percent said he should be impeached for launching the war to remove Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.

…Earlier, Chaffetz was interviewed by the Salt Lake Tribune, and was asked if impeachment were within the realm of possibilities.

"It's certainly a possibility," he told the paper. "That's not the goal but given the continued lies perpetrated by this administration, I don't know where it's going to go. … I'm not taking it off the table. I'm not out there touting that but I think this gets to the highest levels of our government and integrity and honesty are paramount."

Chaffetz has been championing the call to probe the Sept. 11, 2012, onslaught at Benghazi that left four Americans dead, including Ambassador Chris Stevens.

Other Republicans have also voiced impeachment as a potential final outcome.

Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., said last week impeachment was possible over the "most egregious cover-up in American history.

"People may be starting to use the I-word before too long," Inhofe told radio host Rusty Humphries, according to the Hill.

"The I-word meaning impeachment?" Humphries asked.

"Yeah," Inhofe responded.

Additionally, radio host Mike Huckabee, the former Arkansas governor and one-time presidential candidate, predicted Obama won't serve out his full second term because of his complicity in a cover-up with Benghazi.

Other members of Congress who have uttered possible impeachment for a variety of reasons in recent years include Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C.; Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn.; Rep. Steve Stockman, R-Texas; Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas; Rep. Trey Radel, R-Fla.; and Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa.

Assuming that the pollsters at Wenzel Strategies are putting out solid numbers, what this suggest is that roughly 45% of Americans would be okay with impeaching Obama for just about anything. As a practical matter, another 15%-20% would probably need to join that core of voters to get Republicans along with perhaps a few Democrats in purple districts to start seriously considering making a move. In fact, given the way that the Clinton impeachment hearings backfired on the GOP, the numbers might even be a little higher. To pull that off, Obama's approval rating would have to sink a little lower and one or more of these scandals would have to get even riper. Is that outside the realm of possibility? No, but it's not likely either.

Written by John Hawkins of RightWingNews.com

New Poll: 48% of Americans Want Obama Impeached
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