Who's in Charge Here?

Someone please tell the Democrats (and the Republicans for that matter) that the GOP is in charge of Congress. Based on the Dems' action on Social Security (and judges), I never could have guessed.

Top Democrats said Monday that they won't negotiate any remedy for Social Security's projected funding shortfall until President Bush and the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee first take private retirement accounts off the table.

So the only thing that is good about Bush's Social Security proposals is a non-starter with the Left. "Reforming" Social Security now means raising taxes because Dems already said they won't cut benefits. If the GOP gives in, all we get is a larger government program that is still an inefficient waste of money.

Without private accounts, I would rather see no changes to Social Security.