Dennis Kucinich has followed through on the promise he's been making for the last few days. He's written up and posted Articles of Impeachment against Cheney, and will be presenting them at a news conference at 5:00 this afternoon.
The articles and related documents can be read here:
http://kucinich.house.gov/SpotlightIssues/documents.htm
In short, there are three aspects: Cheney is accused of 1) manipulating intelligence to sell the Iraq war, 2) lying about a connection between Iraq and Al Qaida, and 3) Forwarding a plan to attack Iran without solid evidence of Iranian wrongdoing.
Couple things seem funny to me about this. First, it's impossible not to put this in context of Kucinich's run for the Democratic nomination. There's a strong demand for impeachment in the middle-to-left segment of the party. Is this a play for nomination votes?
Second, why Cheney and not Bush? I know Cheney's had a historically unparalleled amount of independence as VP, and he's been a key player in the administration in both policy and PR roles. Does Kuchinich think Cheney is really the man behind it all? Or is he just the low hanging fruit? The weak link that will break the chain of the whole administration?