Republicans at odds on social security - good time to contact Rep. leaders

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6827417/site/newsweek/

With Social Security reform shaping up to be the defining battle, forget about the Democrats. In the Republican Party you’ve got one faction saying no tax increases, another saying no benefit cuts, a third saying any transition to private accounts has to be paid for and a fourth saying let’s call the whole thing off, it’s too hard. “Not only does he have to worry about a foreign-policy quagmire but a domestic one, as well,” says Marshall Wittmann, a policy analyst at the centrist Democratic Leadership Council. Almost every day some Republican raises his or her head above the parapet to take on Bush’s policies. U.S. Chamber of Commerce president Tom Donahue, usually a reliable cheerleader for the White House, says tax reform is a steep hill he’d rather not climb, and he’s noncommittal on overhauling Social Security. Bill Kristol, one of the GOP’s preeminent thinkers, likens Bush’s approach on Social Security to the Clinton overreach on health care, which paralyzed the White House for 20 long months.

not as republicans or democrats. The people on the Hill see voting blocs, not people, and we have to change that by directing our attention where its deserved, not along party lines.

I have no other options but to contact my Pub leaders! Tha's all I've got!!!! I'm certainly glad to hear there's hate and discontent amoung the Pubs over this SS issue. Since shrub can't run for another term (THANK GOD!), I think we stand a good chance that the majority won't supprt him this time! I'll never forget the all night vote on the drug bill.

I've already sent my leaders several messages, and I intend to continue until I see the results I want!

immigration are all wedge issues we must exploit to the hilt

wtmusic. These issues are important to US as citizens, politics be damned!

that though many progressives/liberals agree on those issues, the GOP is split virtually down the middle. Keeping these issues at the forefront keeps the Republicans divided, which is the only way we're going to get anything accomplished with the current climate in DC.

but, with so much on the line, our priorities as individuals should be to look out for our best interests, letting the political chips fall where they may.