Deficit Hawk Eats Republicans
You’d think the White House would be afraid of undercutting its political base with these whispers of the president backing Social Security cuts and up to $400 billion in Medicare and Medicaid savings.
But a cynical fact Obama campaigners well know is that their core voters have nowhere else to go. No serious or even unserious Democratic challengers are emerging to complicate his party nomination. And these voters won’t be suddenly turning Republican for the general election.
With his left-leaning supporters grounded, Obama is free to take wing toward the right. This is bad news for the left and the right.