It should not have been a surprise that Paul Ryan was booed on Friday at
the AARP convention. There's no way to sugar coat the Romney/Ryan plan
to dismantle Social Security. It is an assault on seniors and a system
that has been working well. After the beating everyone took in recent
years (including many seniors) who in their right mind would want to
outsource Social Security to Wall Street?
Reuters:
New polling by Reuters/Ipsos indicates that during the past two weeks -
since just after the Democratic National Convention - support for Romney
among Americans age 60 and older has crumbled, from a 20-point lead
over Democratic President Barack Obama to less than 4 points.
Romney's double-digit advantages among older voters on the issues of
healthcare and Medicare - the nation's health insurance program for
those over 65 and the disabled - also have evaporated, and Obama has
begun to build an advantage in both areas.
Voting preferences among seniors could change in the final six weeks of
the campaign, but the polling suggests that a series of recent episodes
favoring Obama and the Democrats could be chipping away at Romney's
support among older Americans
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