The Rachel Maddow Show blog has the article The Dems’ possible Plan C for the Republicans’ Benghazi committee by Steve Benen.

The suggestion is that Alan Grayson from Florida should be the Democratic member on the panel.

Here is a video clip of Grayson’s participation in a previous Benghazi hearing in the House.

From the article, we have the excerpts below.

A petition on the Credo Mobilize site calling on House Democrats to send only Grayson has now garnered 17,000 signatures. Credo officials say they think it’s possible the signatures could soon pass the 50,000 mark.

The response by the Democratic House leaders below borders on insanity.

It’s easy to understand what progressive activists are thinking: if Republicans insist on engaging in an eye-rolling, election-year stunt masquerading as a select committee, Democrats might as well respond in kind, appointing one member who’d probably annoy GOP panelists as much as anyone else on Capitol Hill.

That said, it’s not clear House Democratic leaders would be amenable to the idea, with one House Democratic aide telling Greg, “It would be in our interest to have someone in there with great credibility and stature among both Democrats and Republicans. It’s unclear Grayson would be that person, despite his talents.”

What Republican panel member are they thinking of that they have to match who has “great credibility and stature among both Democrats and Republicans?” The Democrats seem to have no idea what the game is in the House of Representatives. Looking at the above video, can you imagine a better panel member than Alan Grayson?

If you don’t know if Grayson is tough enough for the position, you ought to look at the following video from the article:

Don’t you think it is time for the Democrats to give as good as they get?