The GOP 2014 election strategy will now be to attack Dems for proposing Social Security cuts

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34. Are you referring to this?

Obama's New Budget Is Actually Giving Republicans Exactly What They Asked For In December

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As Sargent points out, McConnell told the Wall Street Journal in late November that the chained CPI cost-of-living adjustment, means-testing on Medicare premiums, and an increase in the Medicare eligibility age would be the "kinds of things that would get Republicans interested in new revenue."

Medicare means-testing and chained CPI are two proposals that Obama has embraced throughout the constant series of budget talks.

Republicans would push back on Sargent's argument with a common refrain — they already agreed to new revenue as part of the deal to avert the fiscal cliff. But the change in tone underscores the risk for Obama in embracing chained CPI as his own — infuriating his own base while still getting nothing in return from Republicans.

http://www.businessinsider.com/chained-cpi-social-security-cuts-obama-budget-boehner-mcconnell-2013-4#ixzz2Q7dBNrfp

A budget with Chained CPI won't pass, but not because Obama is some sort of genius. Rs want to tie entitlements (and Obamacare, from what I'm reading) to debt-limit negotiations this summer. They'll hold hostage, and Obama will yield. When campaigning in 2014, they'll hang Obama's willingness to cut Social Security around Democrats' necks. They take control of Congress, and God knows what will happen to Social Security, Medicare and Obamacare.

Fun times.