a separate vote, two-thirds of the majority. you the separate person conducting the trial and the chief justice sitting. he didn t treat it as just something to do if you don t like a president or you don t agree with the election or maybe he said something you don t like or something like that. this was more than purely a political act. to me if it was purely a political act, the bar wouldn t be set so high and you wouldn t need such a major trial event in the senate. is that right? president ford was famous or infamous for saying an imeachable offense is whatever the house of representatives says it is. that s a half truth. yes, all it takes is a majority vote in the house. but as was pointed out in ed s discussion, this is a much more elaborate topic and it s a process designed to make sure that there is a feeling in the country, support in the country of really a ground swell of opinion in the country that