Republicans can’t stop going after Social Security and Medicare, and Biden has given every indication that he’ll make them pay a price for their stubbornness, writes Ed_Kilgore
is almost certainly going to go after him on Social Security and Medicare, just like Biden. As the WashingtonTrump moved to wield the issue as a wedge in the primary, particularly against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, with alast month urging Republicans to use negotiations over raising the debt ceiling to cut spending but not “a single penny” from Social Security or Medicare. He also posted a short video clip of a younger DeSantis praising Paul D.
By early summer the initiative was on life support, with congressional Democrats uniformly opposed and Republicans in disarray. After Hurricane Katrina inundated what remained of the President’s support, congressional leaders quietly pulled the plug. By October, even the President had to acknowledge that his effort had failed.
Going after the big entitlements regardless of political peril was the Great White Whale for conservatives long before W.’s face-plant. As Josh Barro, defending Social Security and Medicare was a big part of the formula by which Bill Clinton survived a historic 1994 midterm drubbing, ran circles around Newt Gingrich and Bob Dole, and got himself reelected in 1996.
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