Another section not covered in the NBC poll featuring a surge of support for President Obama is Social Security. We know pretty well that the President is hashing out some kind of response to Republicans on deficit reduction for the State of the Union. Again, with this poll resurgence he probably feels a bit pleased with where things stand at the two-year mark of his Presidency. What's clear in the NBC poll is that the deficit is not nearly as important as job creation. And a separate poll from Celinda Lake shows that Social Security cuts would have a severely bad effect on the President's electoral chances:

President Barack Obama's apparent willingness to consider cuts in Social Security benefits may be winning him points with Washington elites, but it's killing him with voters, who see the program as inviolate and may start to wonder what the Democratic Party stands for, if not for Social Security.

That's the conclusion of three top progressive pollsters who spoke to reporters Wednesday at a briefing sponsored by the Economic Policy Institute, the Century Foundation and Demos.

"For the public, cutting benefits is the problem, not the solution," said Guy Molyneux, a partner at Hart Research Associates.

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In the Lake Research poll, 82% of Americans oppose cuts to Social Security to reduce the deficit, and 67% oppose cuts to get the program to solvency. 69% oppose raising the retirement age. And 66% (including 59% of Republicans) support raising the payroll tax cap to bring the program into balance. The progressive positions on Social Security have 2/3 support or better in the country.

This is the poll finding that should scare Democrats:

Who will better handle Social Security?
Republicans vs. Democrats in Congress: 31% (R) to 28% (D); 34% both the same
Republicans in Congress vs. Obama: 33% (R) to 26% (Obama); 31% both the same

This is the first finding that Republicans are more trusted on Social Security since the 1930s. Obama's trust rating is below George W. Bush on this front.

"Although women lost nearly one in three of jobs cut between December 2007 and December 2009, they have gained back only about 1 in 10 of the jobs added during 2010"

"Women make up about more than half of all government workers, but they lost 86 percent of the 220,000 jobs cut in that sector during 2010."

The only thing I see happening is that, possibly, people will begin to think of the center as the left. Can't see how that helps the country enact legislation to shrink the wealth gap, improve the safety net, increase regulations to safeguard the health and well-being of the environment, communities, workers.

For two years, the liberal progressive Democrat Party had total control of Congress and the White House. During this time, we were made aware of the most brutal and arrogant display of power ever witnessed.

This movement has been making progress slowly over the past years because its final goal has been hidden.

With the election of Barack Obama, the party decided to take a giant step toward its goal and come out in the open. The public has become aware of what is going on and decided to act. Hence, the Tea Party movement.

The result, in November, was a historical shellacking of the Democrat Party.

Everyone should be aware that the liberal progressive party is going back underground.

Its first move was to take advantage of the Tucson tragedy by the liberal press blaming conservative talk radio, Sarah Palin and the Tea Party for this horrendous act.

The desired effect was predictable. It created a move from both the left and the right to become more civil in our political rhetoric, going so far as to call for mingling both parties' seating arrangement for the State of the Union address.

All this is to make Obama look good in the grooming process for the 2012 election.

Are these progressives really that clever?

President Barack Obama's apparent willingness to consider cuts in Social Security benefits may be winning him points with Washington elites, but it's killing him with voters, who see the program as inviolate and may start to wonder what the Democratic Party stands for, if not for Social Security.

Social Security isn't just important to the Democratic Party as their signature program it's important to the health and well being of American society.

How ANY Democratic Party candidate for public office doesn't understand this is beyond me.

Amazing he has the gall to scold actual Democrats.