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Source: Washington Post
House Republican campaign chief Greg Walden on Wednesday launched an attack on the entitlement changes contained in President Obamas budget proposal a signal that the entitlement reform well might already be poisoned.
Appearing on CNN, the National Republican Congressional Committee chairman accused Obama of trying to balance this budget on the backs of seniors and signaled Republicans may try to use the changes against Democrats in the coming election.
Waldens comments come even as key Republicans have embraced Obamas chained CPI proposal to cut Social Security benefits.
I thought its very intriguing in that his budget really lays out kind of a shocking attack on seniors, if you will, Walden (Ore.) said. We havent seen all the detail yet, so well look at it. But Ill tell you, when youre going after seniors the way hes already done on Obamacare, taking $700 billion out of Medicare to put into Obamacare, and now coming back at seniors again I think youre crossing that line very quickly here in terms of denying access to seniors for health care
Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/04/10/house-gop-campaign-chief-obama-budget-shocking-attack-on-seniors/
So the Republicans demand Obama propose cuts to programs like Social Security, and then they attack Obama and Dems for proposing those cuts.
Who could have seen this coming?