Another BRILLIANT strategy in the offings ...

[TheKentuckian]

85. Going anywhere is not the question. Where are these proposals going? Where did Bush's privatization

plan go?

Where did Clinton health care plan go?

And yes it was stupid. For now I will link to a supporting article that references one such poll and the whole thing is worth a scan on the issue and how the party could be making political hay instead of shooting ourselves in the foot with at best, too clever by half strategies.

"When the Democrats took back the House of Representatives in 2006, Social Security was a key part of that victory. President Bush and Congressional Republicans tried unsuccessfully to privatize the program in 2005, which proved to be deeply unpopular with voters. The memory of that attempt was fresh in voters’ minds when they went to the polls the following year.

That year the Democrats held a nearly 30-point advantage among voters who were asked, “Which party do you trust more on Social Security?” (Wall Street Journal/Lake Research Partners) Four years later, after the Obama White House began flirting with Social Security cuts through the Simpson/Bowles Deficit Commission, the Dems’ 28-point lead had become a 3-point deficit. Voters actually trusted Republicans more on the issue, if only by a slight margin.

The Democrats lost the House that year"

http://ourfuture.org/20141022/5-reasons-democrats-should-push-social-security-expansion-now