And The Peasants Cheered

And people wonder why the Dems get rolled on issues they should be fighting back against.  Greg Sargent's blog:

We finally found one Democrat willing to defend Obama’s national security approach from Republican attacks.

Rep. Jane Harman’s office sent us over her statement responding to the attempted bombing of Flight 253, where she raised concern about Al Qaeda in Yemen but also warned about the costs of overreaction:

The intelligence on Mr. Abdulmullatab did not result in putting him on a “no fly” list, a process which must be tightened.  But civil liberties matter, and we must stay mindful that an overreaction has the potential to overwhelm the system and fail to make us more safe.

So, like, one down, couple hundred to go.  Anyone else want to not look like a wussy on national security?

[UPDATE 1:32 PM] John Cole has more:

If elected Democrats are anything like left-wing bloggers, the reason they are not defending Obama is because they are too busy flaming him for not turning America into Utopian Commie Franceistan in the first eleven months. Or they are busy screaming at the people who try to defend him.

Also, they probably hate Rahm Emanuel, too.

Lack of spinal column, and lack of ponies for all.  Great.