A new Nixon

It is interesting to hear the comparisons made between Bush and Richard Nixon. They both lied to the country about an unwinnable war (of course the former went farther by starting that war) and an obsessive concern over secrecy. Much Democratic attention has become focused on 2008. However, the more important date is 2006. In 2006, the Democrats have a chance to add a new similarity between Bush and Nixon. In 2006, every member of the House of Representatives is up for re-election. With the discontent within the Republican party over Social Security "reform" (read: theft), a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage and the Bush Administration's bungling of the war in Iraq and the lack of a viable exit strategy from Iraq, it would be an opening for the Democrats to retake the house. Once that happens, the House could pass Articles of Impeachment and the process would be started to make the ultimate comparison between Nixon and Bush.