I'm not sure the Democrats will be that lucky. Still, the impeachment train is rolling, and it's going to be difficult to disembark without getting hurt. This puts House Republicans and some Democrats, many of whom have vilified the president, in a bind. Getting rid of Newt Gingrich and replacing him with a Livingston, a hard-line conservative but one who understands the political art of compromise, is a beginning. We of the press were stunned by it, but I suppose we shouldn't have been.
All revolutions have a thermidor and the Republican Revolution proved to be no exception.
In the French revolution, it was marked by the execution of its chief revolutionary, Robespierre. The Republicans made do by deep-sixing Newt, who was as close to a Robespierre as they had. I'll never know why people think politics is dull. E.W. Scripps Publications , All Rights Reserved. Site users are subject to our User Agreement .