Froomkin: Obama's willingness to cut Social Security is 'killing him with voters'

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Froomkin: Obama's willingness to cut Social Security is 'killing him with voters'

President Barack Obama's apparent willingness to consider cuts in Social Security benefits may be winning him points with Washington elites, but it's killing him with voters, who see the program as inviolate and may start to wonder what the Democratic Party stands for, if not for Social Security.

That's the conclusion of three top progressive pollsters who spoke to reporters Wednesday at a briefing sponsored by the Economic Policy Institute, the Century Foundation and Demos.

"For the public, cutting benefits is the problem, not the solution," said Guy Molyneux, a partner at Hart Research Associates.

As a result, the pollsters said that any Democrat seeking elected office in 2012 should be begging Obama not to say anything about Social Security cuts in his State of the Union address later this month.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/19/obama-social-security-talk-polling_n_811209.html
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http://www.americablog.com/2011/01/froomkin-obamas-willingness-to-cut.html