Reply #31: I will watch to see what develops. Opening social security

[rurallib]

for attacks from the right for the first time greatly disturbs me.
Getting maneuvered into an all or nothing position greatly disturbs me. Harry Reid gets a lot of blame on that score.
Losing the build America bonds greatly disturbs me.
Kicking the can down the road yet again greatly disturbs me.

I think some may see a great victory here. I see the Republicans getting so much of what they wanted once again by simply standing up to Obama that I believe his and the Democratic bargaining positions are now gone. Let us see where this leads.
We are still waiting on health insurance (nee health care reform), the bank bill was weak, the stimulus tepid. There has been little real world change from these except college kids getting extended coverage so far.
I expect the health insurance to be greatly changed by the time it is implemented. I also expect that social security and medicare will be on the firing line, thanks in some measure to this great addition to the deficit.

But I am tired of arguing this. I will no more persuade you than vice-versa.
I have been invited off this board several times today. I am not a wild eyed lefty. But today I am being branded.
I do know that give a republican a small hole and they will rip the dome open.