[edsheppa]

More ... what the administration *should* do on Social Security is to start laying the ground work for the blame to fall on the Dems when the revenue starts falling short.

[CWOJackson]

I wouldn't be too quick to dismiss the President's efforts on SS. Throughout his Presidency people keep saying what he can and cannot do, and he just forges ahead without regard to them and the polls and has been fairly successful in his goals...every time to the chagrin of his critics.

I even remember how some of the usual suspects reacted Governor Bush the candidate for his opinion that U.S. automakers should put more effort into fuel cell cars; they blazed away, calling him out-of-touch and announcing that fuel cell technology was many years away.