SS was never in jeopardy, but your complaints and outrage are very important

[fried eggs]

to the "willing to compromise" narrative that Obama's team has carefully crafted. As others have stated, Obama knows how to count and he knew any deal he offered would be rejected. He also must have known that he would cause a lot of anger, outrage, and sadness amongst his base.

So why did he do this? Why would he bluff about social security, of all things?

I think it's because he's putting his own reputation (with his base) aside for the greater good of this country. We are witnessing the systematic dismantling of the republican party!

8 minutes to 12am on the west coast. I suppose this could all be moot if the Mayans were right