One of the arguments made by the House managers is that you have got to treat the president like federal judges. I think the White House will challenge that.
Now, there's no suggestion the vice president is guilty of any crime here whatsoever. But if our standard is just criminality, then we're never going to get to the bottom of this,
I thought Joe did a fabulous job, as the vice president did on Tuesday night, of laying out of the significant differences that exist with regard to Social Security and Medicare.
I think there's going to be an urge by the majority to demonstrate that they can produce legislation, not just impeachments and trials, ... And the president clearly is going to want to show that there's something more to his legacy than having been impeached and tried.
Asking her to stay on, at least until January, gives the president time to think these things through,
I want to express my sincere appreciation to President Carter. As far as I know, it is entirely unprecedented in the 17 years of the BRAC process for a former commander in chief to write to save a particular military base from closure.