Nationally, polls show voters in general oppose major changes to Social Security. Earlier this year a pro-Social Security interest group said its polling found 76 percent of Florida voters opposed cuts to Social Security to lower the deficit. Among Republicans, it was 66 percent. Among tea party members, 56 percent.
Then again, maybe voters don't care as much as the polls say they do. U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio in his GOP primary battle with Charlie Crist said during nationally televised debate that he was open to changes to Social Security. Crist ran ads against him. But Rubio won easily. [end]
All those polls point to one thing - a failure of leadership. By Obama, of course, but also by the vast majority of politicians in both parties - and also by a biased media that sees the issue more as way to advance their agenda than as a problem that needs to be addressed.
Everybody knows the current SS system is unsustainable but most politicians are afraid to begin to explore fixes. Since the Democrats are lying suckasses for the socialistatusquo, its on the GOP leadership to start the movement.
And they need to ignore the reprehensible bleating from an agenda-driven press corps, determined to score political points rather than right the nation.