HENRY [CNN Anchor]: But, now when you say the Democrats need to walk the walk, Democrats will respond that, in fact, the president has not actually put a plan on the table. He’s talked about private accounts. He’s talked about principles in his State of the Union back in January, but he has not actually put a plan on the table. Why is that?
DEVENISH [White House mouthpiece]: Well, you and I know that’s laughable. If he hasn’t put a plan on the table, what have they been attacking for six months? We have a bold and a very reasonable plan on the table. We have a plan on the table for making sure that everyone’s benefits get bigger. Under our plan, everyone’s benefits grow. We just adjust the rate at which they grow for the very wealthy.
Wow, that’s news to me. Admittedly, I’m operating in a “summer mode,” but I would think that I’d hear something about the unveiling of Bush’s proposal on the news, sandwiched between the missing children and celebrity justice segments.
No matter, we now have the road map by which “everyone’s benefits grow.” Why didn’t someone come up with this earlier?
I eagerly await Congress’ handling of Bush’s proposal. Will the Democrats continue to be obstructionists? Or will it get an up or down vote on the Senate floor?