The first is that the public opposes impeachment.

That means if 15 or so Republicans oppose impeachment, it could be defeated.

Mr. Shays said one of his campaign workers quit when she heard he opposed impeachment.

He maintains that perhaps 20 Republicans prefer such a route, and if they stick together to oppose impeachment, it will likely fail.

A25 Five Republicans said in interviews that they would oppose impeachment based on the known facts.

Few doubt that on the basis of the last election, Democrats should oppose impeachment.

Six Republicans thus far have said definitively that they will oppose impeachment.

Republican leaders would consider such a vote a more serious breach of party unity than a vote to oppose impeachment.

When the nation opposed impeachment, she said, "it showed that "the country could make the distinction.

If three Democrats defect, 14 Republicans would have to oppose impeachment to defeat it.