Obama’s shameless budget lieutenant, Gene Sperling, long a relentless advocate for cutting earned-benefit programs, went to Capitol Hill to make the White House’s customary “Don’t blame us-we’re only the Executive Branch of the United State of America” defense of its proposed cuts to Social Security.
The spiel didn’t go over so well with the rank and file, according to The Hill.
If Obama and his team had any political smarts they would have dropped this thing by now.