Perry will win younger voters with his stand. Talk to any 20 year old, and you will hear their anger over their having to pay for it when it won't even be around for them.
And these younger voters do vote more than they used to, and they are more conservative these days too.
Perry will WIN votes over his SS stand.
I think you are right. And any seniors who use logic (conservatives) instead of emotion (liberals) will agree and realize that their payments will continue but dramatic alterations will be needed for future generations.
Perry “gets it” on SS. Even elderly “get it” by now. He didn’t alienate anyone, but gained a whole slew of younger voters.
Sad part is anyone under 55 isn’t likely going to see Social Security benefits.
I’m 42 and I KNOW I won’t see it and I remember in all the way back in college talking about it.
I doubt Perry’s going to offend anyone under 50.
The MSM and Rhinos are all out for Perry because they KNOW he is the ONLY one that will beat the living crap out of Zero in the general election.
So tell Morris and Rove and the clowns on the panel they can take their questions about SS and shuv em up their you know whats..
Perry Rubio = LANDSLIDE VICTORY in 2012
Perry handles Seniors first by saying the system for them and those near retirement is find.
When Perry calls it a Ponzi Scheme he knows he's got the attention of any worker under 40. That's a lot of potential voters, including the youth voters who went for Obama last time. These are people who are more appreciative of blunt talk particularly after Obama's "Hope & Change" hot air.
My thought is this: W tried to play nice with others when he talked about fixing Social Security for younger workers. He failed miserably with his strategy. He failed so badly Democrats who had argued it was going broke before suddenly decided the program was perfect as is and Bush was a liar. It worked.
Perry's clearly not afraid of the Paul Ryan "throwing grandma off a cliff" treatment. In this climate, any politician who is afraid of it has been, in the language of the day, "owned" by intrenched interests and the opposition.
Several times in the debate Romney projected a "deer in the headlights" subservient persona. He's meek and uncertain and that will not get things fixed in Washington.
I do like Cain talking about the Chilean model.