You still can't go to the party

One member of the Alabama congressional delegation has stepped forward to throw his support behind President Bush's Social Security privatization proposal. In a development less shocking than the Miracle on Ice, The Birmingham News reports today that U.S. Rep. Spencer Bachus, R-Vestavia Hills, is a big fan of a plan that would send the country trillions of dollars deeper into debt so we can not actually solve a problem that isn't very problematic.

Bush will tout his plan in Montgomery on Thursday in front of 3,000 people, at least one of whom might be remotely uneasy about privatization. Maybe.