Oversight -- a political winner

I dunno what to think about the ongoing reverberations of the USA Today story regarding NSA and the phone records of -- yes, Mr. President -- "ordinary Americans." But I do think the quick denial by several of the companies a sure sign that they're hearing about it from many of their customers [Madame Cura and I have discussed switching to Working Assets, but moving long distance carriers seems to be psychologically really hard to do...if any readers have made the switch, I'd appreciate any insights you might have...].

But I digress. The point is, Dems shouldn't be afraid of campaigning on a platform of oversight and reform of a Washington DC awash in a fatal mix of greed, incompetence, and a lawless disregard for the Constitutional rights of citizens. As Kevin Drum notes, what they should be afraid of is doing so tepidly, because otherwise it's going to be framed by the Republicans and the press has just so much more damaging partisan hostility and payback.