DailyKos has a post up by dinazina on Sen. Eric Oemig's call for Congress to consider impeachment against President Bush. Oemig's announcement is big news among the anti-war left. The Kos headline reads:

Impeach? WA Sen Oemig: Hell yes! Photos!

The Kos diarist says history is in the making:

As the U.S. House members dutifully recite that "Impeachment is off the table" -- We the People insist it is ON THE TABLE -- and we are salivating for a serving of justice!

Oemig said last week that he decided to push for an investigation of Bush's handling of the war because money spent in Iraq -- particularly on questionable occupation expenses -- could be better used for education and health care. Those were his priorities in running, he said, and this was a way to accomplish those goals.

The DailyKos report from the scene of Saturday's announcement says it was more of an epiphany that will lead Oemig to introduce a measure Wednesday.

Eric told us he hadn't run for the State Senate with the intention of leading a charge for impeachment. He had many priorities in mind, and commitment to many progressive causes, such as alternative energy development.

Soon after taking office, he decided that nothing was more important that righting the power abuses at the very top. He wants to be able to tell his one-year-old son, when he's old enough to ask questions, what he did to make things right.

The man Oemig beat in November to win the open Senate seat, former Rep. Toby Nixon, wrote to his supporters today questioning whether Oemig was honest with voters:

Oemig's campaign web site said (and still says) "the Eastside needs a State Senator who solves problems and gets things done. We cannot afford more of the same old thing. I'm not a politician, and I reject the extremism and partisan bickering of Olympia". It also says "Elected officials must live up to the highest standards of honesty". Well, Mr. Oemig, was it honest of you to run a campaign saying you're going to "solve problems and get things done" and that you "reject partisan bickering", and to turn around "soon after taking office" and take the lead on impeaching the President? How is that living "up to the highest standards of honesty". It certainly looks like "extremism and partisan bickering" to me.