"We had to destroy the village in order to save it."

[Stoic]

"...Simpson should have been turned out to pasture years ago, but instead he was give a teaching post at Harvard and Barack Obama made him co-chair of the President's bipartisan commission on reducing the federal deficits. Every savvy player in the Capital knows what the president has in mind--whack Social Security benefits to lure Republicans into a grand deal on raising taxes. As I have written more than once, when Washington talks up bipartisan compromise it usually means the people are about to get screwed.

That train is rolling down the tracks now, but don't expect major media coverage to alert the populace. The prestige newspapers are on board for this deal and Obama's commission won't reveal its recommendations until right after the election. Too late for folks to make a stink.

William Greider: Alan Simpson, Senator Guttermouth, Spews Again

The second they "tinker" with Social Security is the second I make the trip to my local elections board and change my lifelong affiliation from Democrat to "other". That will be the day I realize we can no longer take our party back.

[kickysnana]

1. K&R

[Hawkowl]

2. Obama is captain of the Titanic

The iceberg is Social Security. There isn't going to be enough lifeboats for all the dems jumping ship.