] Card said congressional Democrats have failed to provide
] their own plan for fixing Social Security. "It's time for
] them to acknowledge the problem and offer to do something
] about it. Because the status quo is not acceptable," he
] said on NBC's "Meet the Press."
]
]
] Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., hit
] back. "You know, I'd like to see the president being
] willing to really engage in a bipartisan debate. He has
] said, basically: This is my plan, take it or leave it,"
] Leahy said.

I love how this works. Shrub tosses up the private accounts thing, admits in his press conference that it won't solve the problem, and then also says that he won't accept anything that doesn't include it. I also loved that he said "pay as you go" when he hasn't done anything of the sort.

If it doesn't work, it doesn't work, and dressing up a pile of crap in a prom dress doesn't change that it's a pile of crap underneath.