Tuesday, March 01, 2005

Social Security Sales Job -- Don't Expect a Commission

President Bush rallied Republican Congressmen to sell his Social Security privatization plan during last week's Congressional recess. Now he may have to re-sell it to a lot of the Congressmen he sent out. Town hall meetings saw GOP Representatives rapped by skeptical constituents.

A Long Way to go and a Short Time to Get There

Congressional backers of the President's plan say they have a lot of work to do to sell the idea. A former aide to House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX) says it'll take a lot of time. Stuart Roy says "It's a months-long, if not years-long process."

But a top Republican Senator says they don't have that kind of time to do it. Sen Charles Grassley (R-IA) has said that if the public doesn't buy into the plan within 90 days -- it's dead. (LAT)

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