Obama's Hints about Social Security Cuts are Turning Voters off

docking and uh... perhaps i'll just give you any a slight tasted it we will maybe discuss it after we talked to the professor about so scary but the three top progressive pollsters who spoke to reporters wednesday at a briefing sponsored by the economic policy institute this entry foundation and demas and i'll be speaking to a new me prints from d modes unknown ring of fire this weekend available on most of your local uh... they have done research which shows that for the public cutting benefits is the problem not the solution in regards to social security a post-election poll buys celinda lakes research partners found that by a margin of three percent i want to listen to this carefully because this is astonishing found by a margin of three percentage points americans now trust republicans in congress more than democrats in congress when it comes to social security this is the first time in the history of the social security program a program that is now over seventy years old over seventy years old passed by democrats the republic in party plank of nineteen thirty seven or six explicitly said this is socialism we need to get rid of social security stuff first time ever the american public trust republicans more than some of the democrats to protect it this is crazy poll found competent and democrats on the issue drop in fourteen points is jerry twenty said two thousand seven accompanied by thirteen point increase republicans the public favors republicans overall bomb on social security by any even larger six point margin obama's twenty six percent rating is not only less than they have a bill clinton's at fifty three percent it's even lower than george bush at thirty seven percent the pollsters had no doubt that turnaround stems from statement by obama and democratic leaders expressing their openness to cuts in social security we're going to take a break when we come back we're gonna be talking to professor eric professor of social work at syracuse university school of social work and uh... we will discuss all security to him remember i am involved in a social security jihad on the eve of the state of the union address where is has fairly speculated that there is a chance that obama may call for price in the guise it of raising who hire me social security we'll be right back fancier on the record