Should Dems, before the election, pledge to impeach bush? [View All]

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There is a http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=2341252&mesg_id=2341252">thead in GD about Pelosi saying she "absolutely" will not seek impeachment because "we don't have time for that."

Personally, I think this is deeper than the surface statement. At least two possibilities exist.

First, maybe this is a political strategy. Should Pelosi step aside as speaker after the election, if we take control of the House, the future speaker would not be bound that "assurance."

A second possibility would be that investigations, and we know there will be investigations if we win control of one or both houses, will yield results. If they yield evidence of impeachable offenses, Dems and rupukes alike will be duty-bound to pursue justice, per the Constitution. Claims made before the investigations can't be held. I can imagine Pelosi saying, if confronted on this particular statement, or "pledge," "well, no one could ever have imagined such criminal activity by the current administration."

At any rate, I don't know if it is politically wise to pledge that you will try to impeach the resident upon winning, but my hunch is, its smarter not to. We are trying to win an election, and you do that by attracting the most voters. So I'm ok with this statement from Pelosi. Maybe its a strategy that allows us to take the wind out of the pathetic repuke ploy to lure voters to support them beacuse Dems will hold them accountable if we win. I have to think there are bigger strategies behind the scenes, and that this time, Dems know what they are doing. I hope I'm not wrong.

Anyway, I wanted to check the pulse of DU on this issue. What do you think? Should Dems pledge to impeach, or pledge not to impeach? Or something else?