Oh why, oh why can't we have a better Democratic party?

Really, really, really. This is almost enough to rule out Obama in my book:

WASHINGTON: Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama laid out list of political shortcomings he sees in the Bush administration but said he opposes impeachment for either President George W. Bush or Vice President Dick Cheney…

"I think you reserve impeachment for grave, grave breeches, and intentional breeches of the president's authority," he said.

I'm sorry, there may be good reasons to rule out impeachment, but if what Bush and Cheney have done is not a grave and intentional breech of presidential authority, I don't know what is. If this is the way Obama truly thinks (i.e., that what Bush and Cheney have done is not a grave breech of presidential authority), I believe that ought to automatically disqualify him for the job.