In a previous post, I mentioned a CNN/ORC International poll that shows that the majority of Americans do not want the congressional “super committee” to make any changes to Social Security. This, I argued, puts Rick Perry and the rest of the GOP presidential field at odds with the American voter. More to the point via Mark Blumenthal:

As the Pew Research Center confirmed in a national survey in June, 87 percent of Republicans say that Social Security has been good for the country. As the table below shows, Republicans are only slightly more negative about Social Security than Democrats.