President Biden has elevated the protection of Social Security and Medicare into a major theme of his not-yet-announced re-election campaign, but he hasn't matched his rhetoric with robust solvency plans. That disconnect might have left him vulnerable politically but for the even-less-convincing answers from the GOP. In a stand-off of non-plans and half-baked schemes, the advantage will likely go to the party the public presumes is aligned with its interests on these questions, which has been the Democrats for many years.
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