[Also see folkbum's "Mara Liasson's 'impeachment backlash': I call BS"]
Friday night on National Public Radio's "All Things Considered", host Michele Norris introduced a story and interacted with political correspondent Mara Liasson in a segment titled "Calls for Censure Show a Divide in Democratic Party" that followed a piece by David Welna on the Senate Judiciary committee hearing on Senator Russ Feingold's resolution to censure President Bush. These transcript excerpts are my own, from the audio on NPR's site.
NORRIS: The muted reception that Sen. Feingold's censure resolution is receiving from Democrats points to a serious divide in the party. Among liberal activists, censuring Pres. Bush is a very popular goal. Many would go further, saying he needs to be impeached. But as you heard in David Welna's piece only two Senate Democrats are co-sponsoring Feingold's resolution.
LIASSON: Among liberal activists in the base of the party and certainly in the blogosphere, censure is very popular. And censure even gets lots of support in polls of registered Democrats, not just activists.