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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
It's the third rail. Give Bush credit for at least that--that's why he's got this overworked alternative, which spares the older set any changes and purports to provide advantages for the younger set.
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Give him credit for what? Raising the issue now that he's not going to run for reelection? Congressional Republicans are really happy about that. If he'd run on the issue, he could more plausibly claim a mandate on it, but they're worried that he's hanging them out to dry. This is what I really don't get about those of you who are on the board complaining about the Democrats: Bush doesn't have the Republicans' support yet on this stuff. He'd have more of it if he could pick off a few Dems for cover, but they've been burned by his fake bi-partisanship so many times now that they're not biting.
Social Security is one of the most popular government programs ever. Bush wants to end it. It's not surprising that he's having a hard time drumming up supporting.
