The president will be able to cream the democrat senators up for reelection in 2006 by forcing them to give on social security.
I think this is a big time winning issue for the president.
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Don't be so certain. If all the domestic program cuts (education, environment, housing, head start) that have been leaked are truly part of the new budget then the Dems will have been handed all their most powerful arguments on a platter. A heavy-weight Guns for Butter fight is coming and nobody can predict the winner.