How can a Perry/Romney, etc republican candidate..

win the President when they have said they'll eliminate social security and medicare?

Who in the fuck would vote for that? Even if they had promised the older American their safe, why would they believe that?

Brooklyn Bridge.

but, you think even the teabaggers would?

Ok, forget them. How about every one else which are the majority of the country. This should be shoo in for President Obama.

have seen their paychecks dwindle, have children at home who, with bright new shiny college diplomas, can not get jobs.

The President is a big symbol that the electorate will turn when they are frightened. The electorate do not vote for a dude named Congress, and their Congressmen will be out there promising jobs, jobs, jobs which the will never deliver, deliver, deliver.

George H. W. Bush, a reasonably popular President flushed with victory in Iraq, faced an economy that is not nearly as bad as ours now. The voters tuned on him. Historically, Presidents who preside over terrible economies and high unemployment are often punished by the voters.

Republicans know this. Social Security will mean very little in this election. The real issue will be the economy, and the President is most likely to suffer for it.

Whatever empty suit Republicans nominate has a real advantage.