Albert R. Hunt, Columnist

Why Shouldn't Democrats Fan the Impeachment Flames?

Tennessee Republican Senator Bob Corker says talk of impeaching President Barack Obama is a Democratic ruse, and that he doesn't "know of any thoughtful person" who is actively calling for it.

July 30, 2014 at 8:53 PM UTC

By Albert R. Hunt

Albert R. Hunt is a former Bloomberg Opinion columnist. He was the executive editor of Bloomberg News, before which he was a reporter, bureau chief and executive Washington editor at the Wall Street Journal.

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Tennessee Republican Senator Bob Corker says talk of impeaching President Barack Obama is a Democratic ruse, and that he doesn't "know of any thoughtful person" who is actively calling for it.

Corker, who made these remarks at a breakfast with reporters in Washington this morning, might traipse over to the other side of the Capitol, where he'd find several dozen of his fellow Republicans who've raised the issue. Or he could call one of the standard-bearers of the national ticket he campaigned for in 2008 who's now out in front on the impeachment bandwagon: Sarah Palin.