Democrats have appointed themselves watchdogs over President Bush reports the Washington Post. Democrat Senators Byron Dorgan (N.D.) and incoming Minority Leader Harry Reid (NV) have appointed themselves to conduct hearings on those eeevil Republicans.

Dorgan and Reid listed possible targets for the hearings, including contract abuses in Iraq, the administration's use of prewar intelligence, misleading cost estimates for the Medicare drug benefit, the cost of the administration's plan for private Social Security accounts, the implementation of the No Child Left Behind education bill and administration policies on global warming.

The hearings will have no legal merit and will not have subpeona power. Nonetheless, it should be interesting to follow.