Santorum versus Santorum

From the Casey Campaign's YouTube Reality Theatre. It compares the recent (silly) Santorum Polka ad with the (amateur) video of a Santorum speech in 1994 in which he state his preference to move the Social Security retirement age back beyond age 70.

As to the Social Security bill that the Senator chirps about in his Polka ad -- here's what the Philadelphia Inquirer had to say about it:

It would provide a written guarantee to people born prior to 1950 that they will receive all promised Social Security benefits and cost-of-living increases. His bill is a two-fer, at least on paper. It attempts to soothe seniors who fear that Santorum is trying to take away their benefits, and it insinuates the concept that people born after 1950 do not enjoy the same guarantee (hence the need for private accounts).

Technically, this guarantee is no guarantee at all. Congress could rescind it at any time. This proposal is just one more attempt to give private accounts an ideological foot in the door, while the larger problem of Social Security's pending insolvency goes unsolved.

It's a transparent ploy; it's sad to see such stuff coming from someone who, before the President came along, had been a leader in the public debate over Social Security.

This is just another reason why this guy can't get it up over 40% anymore.