Good Alternet Piece on the Meaning of the WH's Social Security Trial Balloon

Here, following up on the Social Security drama of the past couple of days, is the Alternet article that seems to attempt to answer the questions I asked yesterday.

Joshua Holland's article posits three possibilities of why the admin floated this, and then backpedalled without entirely taking cuts off the table. It is not a reassuring scenario.

If the urge is to look tougher and meaner than the opponent in order to score points (with whom?), then they've succeeded. At what cost, though? The destruction of the party?

I just cannot fathom the goal here, and I do see a skating away from principles and promises that have been stated again and again.

The article provides write-back links for Congress, etc.