Work With Who?!

This is an edition of "what Digby said" regarding the Dems slurping all over themselves to work with the White House to passed law expanding the White House survellance activities:

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I feel like I woke up this morning and it was 2002 all over again. We have the two top Democratic contenders arguing about invading Pakistan and the Democratic congress is rushing to sign off on another secret surveillance program. (Hey, let's burn some Dixie Chicks albums just for fun! It would be irresponsible not to...)

I don't know what it's going to take to convince Democrats that trying to "out-tough" each other or especially trying to "out-tough" the GOP is always playing to the Republican's strength --- the authoritarian lizard brain. If this keeps up, by the time we get to the election, the Democratic candidate will be vying with the Republican over who will be the first to sign a new law legalizing torture for double parking. We don't win that way, never have, never will.

I don't get it. I really don't.