Give em enough rope?

I don't think Democrats are wise to sit on the sidelines and merely carp about GOP plans to "reform" Social Security. An effective opposition party needs to propose alternatives, not simply whine.

Richard Stevenson, the reporter who wrote "Bush's Social Security Plan is Said to Require Vast Borrowing," does an admirable job of getting beyond the White House's standard, "the plan -- costs of which we don't know yet because we haven't settled on the direction -- will be paid for out of increased future revenues." But throughout the story, not a single Democrat is named.

Now, is that because Stevenson didn't call any, or because none wanted to be named because they weren't able to offer an alternative to Republican plans?

Hoping Republicans shoot themselves in their collective foot is not a plan.