The Impeachment of President Obama

I've been all over the spectrum on the possible impeachment of President Obama.  A case could be made for abuse of power.  Now, it may be true he has not had as many executive orders issued as President George W. Bush.  But, in Obama's case, he has changed law (his own health care policy) to establishing law (Deferred Action for Dreamers) to not enforcing the law (Immigration Enforcement Act of 1986) already on the books.  He swore an oath to uphold and enforce the laws of the land.  He did not swear an oath to uphold the laws he likes.  He swore an oath to uphold THE laws (U.S. Constitution) of the nation.  There are not "ifs, buts, or whats" in that oath.  Let's take a quick look at the oath President Obama took:

“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”

Now, it's up to interpretation as to what "preserve, protect and defend" the Constitution is supposed to mean.   Most people interpret that to mean to follow the true intent of the Constitution.  To take care and carry out the laws that govern this nation as declared by the U.S. Constitution.   But, President Obama takes this to mean to "preserve, protect and defend" his political agenda, not what the law dictates.  The Constitution does not say the executive branch can establish or change law.  That is left up to the legislative branch.  Just because the president doesn't like the pace by which Congress proceeds or enact laws he likes, the president doesn't have the authority to make law he approves  He says he has a phone and a pen.  He can veto laws he doesn't like with that pen.  Why he doesn't do that, I have no idea.  So, as a result of President Obama's arbitrary nature, he is hearing calls for his impeachment.  The border crisis is just the latest reason many Republicans are calling for his impeachment.  It appears this crisis is a manufactured crisis by the president to force Republicans to accept the Senate bill on immigration reform.  So, some people want the president impeached.

To me, that would be a waste of time and money (I do approve of the lawsuit as an alternative to impeachment).  Impeachment would give Democrats momentum in the mid-election cycle.  The GOP doesn't need to give them that kind of incentive to "get out the troops" for this mid-term election.  The GOP has a chance, a real chance to take the Senate (even most Democrats say they have no chance at the House) this year.  But, giving Democrats a "Remember the Alamo" battle cry for their beloved president is ridiculous.  The Senate would not convict President Obama even if Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid would introduce the bill.  The latter is certainly not a given since Reid doesn't introduce many bills these days.  So, while I do believe President Obama has overstepped and trampled the U.S. Constitution, now is not the time to vote on a useless act of impeachment.  The cries of racism would flow like the tears of the zombies at MSNBC.  Instead, the GOP should focus on winning the Senate.  Try and ignore Obama as much as possible since he and his henchmen are clearly lawless.  Let the court of public opinion convict the president.  If the border crisis continues (as it most certainly will), he will continue to sink in public opinion polls and no longer relevant in the grand scheme of things. Taken in that context, you get the feeling Democrats hope the House Republicans will vote to impeach President Obama.  Ironically, that would be their only chance at surviving this disaster of a president.