http://cbs.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7BB6D933FB%2D8793%2D4E5C%2D8152%2D9DE36F83536C%7D&siteid=mktwWASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Bush administration officials said Wednesday they are making good progress in persuading the American people that an overhaul of Social Security is urgently needed, even as opinion polls show a majority of Americans now reject private Social Security investment accounts.
"We're doing well," top Bush aide Karl Rove told MarketWatch. The latest Gallup Poll, he said, showed that the American people by a 4-to-1 margin believe Social Security is an important issue that must be addressed.
Left unsaid by Rove were other results from the poll, which showed that most Americans believe President Bush is not doing a good job on Social Security, with a clear majority against private accounts.
Fewer Americans now think Social Security is an extremely important issue than did in February, when the White House began its campaign, according to the USA Today/CNN/Gallup Poll.
However, Treasury Secretary John Snow said he believes Bush will have a bill to sign by fall.
In the past two months, Bush, Snow and other officials have blanketed the nation in an unprecedented publicity tour for private accounts, which the administration insists should be referred to as "personal accounts."
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The article goes on to pick the admin's crap to pieces :)