Its started ALREADY!!!

[bigdarryl]

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/04/10/1200768/-GOP-campaign-chairman-calls-chained-CPI-trying-to-balance-the-budget-on-the-backs-of-nbsp-seniors

[OhioChick]

1. I saw this coming n/t

[Coyotl]

9. I know, exactly what Obama wants them to say

Get the bastards on record opposing this, then make them pay more taxes to fund "their policy"

[Larrylarry]

2. Who cares

The guy supported the Ryan budget, he is now being attacked by repyblicans for his hypocritical views

Is that what you saw coming ?

Name one sitting republican who is attacking the CCI proposal ...

[upaloopa]

4. Reality doesn't matter. They now have an ad they can

hope to hurt Dems with. Repubs never tell the truth. Whether they support it or not they will use it against Dems. Obama gave them the opportunity. Now we have to challenge it, something that never should have happened in the first place.

[sabrina 1]

6. Well this guy makes three so far! And I'm sure there will be more before long when the see what a

fantastic issue this is for them until after the 2014 elections. Then of course they will use it in a different way, they will claim that 'even Democrats were on board with cutting SS benefits'. But meantime the know the public has a short memory and we now have them running around claiming to be the defenders of Seniors.

[sabrina 1]

3. Didn't they expect this? What kind of political strategists do we have working for the Democratic

Party?? I've never seen worse strategy anywhere, assuming this is not what they want, to give Republicans a fantastic issue for the next election.

[avaistheone1]

8. Never before have Democrats or Republicans used Social Security as their bargaining chip.

Utterly shameful.

[sabrina 1]

11. George Bush tried in 2005 after Paul Ryan told him that 'SS was not the Third Rail of politics

anymore. Boy did he find out what happens when you touch that rail. He was sent home packing and the Left was completely united and totally effective in making sure he did just that. His 50 state tour on SS ended after one or two I believe.

[avaistheone1]

13. Politicians may have tried before but never at THIS level, or by a Democrat. NEVER!

[Cali_Democrat]

16. They're really good at running Presidential campaigns

but they absolutely suck at budget negotiations. They start out by giving the other side 90% of what they want. We saw that in the debt ceiling debacle in 2011 and we're seeing it now with the budget negotiations.

They act as if they lost the election. The American people chose Obama BECAUSE they thought he would better defend social programs from assault.

Now they hand them this issue for the 2014 election.

[Wellstone ruled]

5. O.K.

is this just the start of the TRIANGULATION garbage again? After catching Axelrod's bit last night,here we go again. Damn Wall Street Wing of the Dem party. And,just got a fund raiser letter yesterday,think not. Show me the facts. 1998 all over again. Bullshit!!!!

[Armstead]

17. The Start? It started with Obama's first appointments

Remember how many of his early picks came from The Usual Suspects?

[Baitball Blogger]

7. Hmm...so maybe there was a rope a dope taking place?

Maybe Obama found the bottom to the GOP's empty souls?

[randome]

10. The Club For Growth is excoriating him for this.

And Norquist calls CCPI a 'tax increase'.

This is not going to result in Republicans marching forth to protect SS. It's not.

[sabrina 1]

12. It already has. According to my elderly neighbor, she is very glad that Republicans are not going to

let this happen. I guess she saw Bachmann (R)and Greg Walden (R) rushing out to say how shocked they are that the President would try to reduce the deficit on the 'backs of seniors'. They are SHOCKED they say, that anyone would so such a thing.

And we know they are lying, but most seniors and others dependent on SS, only hear that the President proposed cuts to their SS checks and the Republicans are saying 'no, we will not do that to Srs'. I would love to know who thought up this strategy. Whoever they are they need to be fired.

[Armstead]

15. I guess you were asleep last year

Remember that little thing when the Republican candidates jumped on Obama for "Cutting Medicare" and how the GOP was going to protect it for seniors?

Sure they were spouting bullshit, but they've had a lot of success over the years with bullshit. Why hand them more to work with?

[progressoid]

14. Can't you see the big picture?

[magellan]

18. Well, I just don't know who to believe now

The Repubs are tying Chained CPI around Obama's neck, and now the WH is saying Obama included it only because the Repubs asked him to.

Neither answer speaks well of Obama.

[snooper2]

19. time to implement phase 5 of the master plan

Just got to watch out for Mr. Krabs

[Liberal In Texas]

20. Since it's already started, the smartest thing Pres. Obama could do is to take it off the table...

...he could just say, "Oh, you don't want it? It's gone."

But that probably won't happen either.

It was a terrible political blunder to put it out in the first place.