And then Chris Floyd just sent me his response... he's pretty busy with some work but had time enough to unload this in an email.

Dear Rich,

Yeah, great. Bush can stay in office for two more years and kill
another half a million Iraqis and Afghans and a few thousand more
Americans, and that will be just peachy keen. Then he will exit to an
honored and rich retirement and not give a hoot in hell whether he's
considered the worst president or not. Jesus Christ, impeachment is
not about making Bush look bad or feel bad, or whether or not it
positions Kos' buddies for plum jobs in some incoming Dem
administration; it's about the LAW OF THE LAND, which Bush and Cheney
have violated 13 ways to Sunday.

And how the hell Kos thinks the Democrats are going to be able to
enact some sweeping progressive agenda (assuming they even try), when
they don't have a filibuster-proof majority nor enough votes to
override a presidential veto is beyond me. "People will be held
accountable." How, exactly? The Bushists have already said they'll
fight ever subpoena and demand for documents all the way to the
Supreme Court; they'll stall every investigation for two years then,
like Bush, exit to sweet deals in retirement, through the golden
revolving door in the corporate/lobbying/consulting/academic world.
Where then is the accountability?

I don't really have a dog in this hunt: I have never believed for a
single instant that the Democrats would have balls or brains to even
seriously threaten impeachment, much less pursue it. But by God, if
some of them want to try, I don't think we should come over all snooty
and snotty and pour cold water on them. Too bad Kos wasn't around to
dispense his wisdom in 1974: "Why impeach Nixon? He'll be gone in two
years anyway. What's the big deal? We've got control of Congress;
let's just govern, and show people we're 'responsible', etc. etc." And
that impeachment was over a friggin' break-in and cover-up, for God's
sake; not a war of aggression and mass murder.

Anyway, the main point, I think, impeachment or not, is that the
"Democratic Agenda" is not going to be enacted anyway, with such a
narrow majority and a president there to shoot it down with vetoes
that can't be overriden. -- In fact, come to think of it, that makes
impeachment even more attractive; at least it would productively put
the Bushists on the defensive, and get a lot more of the truth out
there.

But hey, what do I know? I'm just a sock puppet for Jason Leopold,
right? I don't even exist.

Damn, if I had time, I would do a post on this tonight. But I'm hip
deep in work.

Yours,
Chris