Big Media prides itelf on being better edited than blogs which, generally (including this one), aren’t edited at all. So why is Newsweak saying “Republicans stood together against Social Security and Medicare, and when those programs proved popular, opposing them left a residue of distrust for the GOP.”
Oh, that’s just Eleanor Clift, the Helen Thomas of magazine gerbilism. These Democrat shills are history-challenged and always have been. Fortunately there’s the blogs to correct them, including the item that eighty percent of Republicans backed Social Security and Medicare was co-sponsored by a Republican and backed by a majority of them. Dan’s right, Eleanor should replace Helen. If only for the comic relief.
THE TEXAS SCRIBBLER 
Give her the benefit of the doubt, it’s not that she doesn’t remember history, it’s that she wants to rewrite it to fit whichever narrative is convenient at this time.
We’ll hear about how the brave Democrats tried to fix social security when Bush was in office but he wanted to give it to Wall Street so they reluctantly opposed him.
If that interpretation becomes inconvient she can change it.
No doubt. Flexibility is her hallmark. Heh.