Daschle is having a hissy fit because Bush stated the obvious that, “Democrats are not interested in the security of the American people.” I can sympathize, as this whole fighting terrorism stuff is sure inconvenient for Democrats during the election cycle. When the issue is important stuff like national security and keeping America safe from murderers, Republicans are trusted more. Democrats, on the other hand, are much more trusted with piddling crap. People think that Democrats are too whiny and touchy-feely to kill bad people when needed but are just whiny enough to get them cheaper prescriptions and free stuff. Problem is, when the focus is important things like wars, people don’t give a rats ass about saving a few cents on Prozac, so the Democrats need to keep the focus away from the war. Is this the same as not being interested in the security of the American people? Yes, but it’s not fair to point that out. If the Democrats were all really interested in keeping people safe from terrorists, then they’d all have to resign and appoint competent Republicans in their place (competent = not like Hagel), and that’s expecting a little too much of them.