Oct 10, 2006

Privatization Proposal Costing GOP

Steven Thomma of the McClatchy newspaper chain reports on the political cost to Republicans of President Bush's proposal to privatize Social Security. Several Republican congressional candidates are in deep trouble because they touched the "third rail of American politics." Senator Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, Representative Deborah Pryce of Ohio, Representative Clay Shaw of Florida (former chairman of the House Social Security Subcommittee) and Rick O'Donnell of Colorado are all facing uphill election battles because of Social Security.

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