Delusions of Grandeur

... or how the Dems still pretend they're the majority in the Senate.
At last count the American voting public has limited Democrats to only 44 of the 100 Senate seats (and it could've been worse but some folks weren't up for re-election this year), but the Dems still act like they are running the show .

Washington, DC, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- U.S. Senate Democrats Monday signaled they would continue to try and unofficially oversee the Bush administration.

Sen. Byron L. Dorgan, D-N.D., and Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., announced several oversight hearings on a range of subjects next year.

That's the bad news. The good news is that their ability to do much of anything is limited to hot air. With a friendly liberal press willing to assist them, that's enough. The Dems have no subpoena power.

Why do they have any ability whatsoever to conduct "hearings"? Don't seem to remember the GOP conducting their own congressional hearings back when they were the minority party. It all seems rather silly. Oh, yeah, we're talking the Democratic Party. Silly is job one.