Voters Think Obama Is Trying To Take Their Social Security, Medicare and Retirement.

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57. I have not "name-called." You, on the other hand,

resort to empty, smearing characterizations of my comments as "whining" and "babbling" when you cannot refute my point, which is that your attempt to insinuate that Obama has no influence in this process is frankly absurd and at odds with the reality we have all witnessed first-hand for over a year now.

The "Third Way" is an actual political entity, with political influence and massive financial backing from Wall Street. The predatory corporate agenda they push is visible clearly on their website. The moniker is also shorthand for the set of right-wing, corporatist policies and political views espoused and aggressively pursued by corporate Democrats including the President. Assaults on Social Security, like those repeatedly offered by our President, are perhaps the quintessential example of the Third Way agenda in action.

The Third Way messaging problem remains as difficult as ever. It is impossible for very long to *claim* to represent the same values and goals as traditional Democrats, while aggressively pursuing policies in direct opposition to them, before people begin to call out the disconnect.