"You can't jam change down the American people's throat"

Even dubya's go to lap dog in the House, Dennis Hastert, isn't jumping on board the "private accounts" ship.
Hastert: Public not sold on Social Security plans

Despite President Bush's intensive public campaign to revamp Social Security, House Speaker Dennis Hastert said Thursday that voters are not yet persuaded that the retirement program is in crisis or that it needs a dramatic overhaul to save it.

As Bush travels the country promoting his plan, Hastert cautioned in his first extensive interview on the president's top domestic priority that much selling needs to be done and a hard fight in Congress lies ahead, because "you can't jam change down the American people's throat."

Hastert (R-Ill.) said he thinks Bush is doing a good job, but he also said it would be difficult to tackle the issue without Democrats' participation and that it would take the House and the Senate "to be able to lift this load."

Hastert said he is open to combining Social Security reform with tax legislation to spur the economy, but he declined to specify what sort of tax changes he would like to see. He said the road to reform could be a lengthy one, taking as much as two years.

"He said the road to reform could be a lengthy one, taking as much as two years". This is significant because Bush is finding that his "political capitol" was nearly non exisitent the day after the election and will only continue to decline. Much as I suspected, the House Republicans who have to run for reelection in two years look at Social Security like a live hand grenade.