BYRON YORK: Despite Social Security Stance, Older Voters Like Rick Perry. “In a new CNN poll that finds Perry at the front of the Republican pack, the Texas governor’s lead among GOP voters age 65 and older is actually bigger than his lead among younger voters. . . . The results seem likely to encourage Perry to stick with his ‘Ponzi scheme’ critique of Social Security.”

UPDATE: Stanley Kurtz: Perry and the Ponzis. “Until a half a minute ago, liberals called Social Security a Ponzi scheme, too. . . . Where today are the liberal and centrist Democrats who only yesterday called Social Security a Ponzi scheme and supported bold reforms? Where now are the columnists and editors at Newsweek and the New York Times willing to reward truth-tellers and to criticize reporters who cover for cowardly politicians? The fate of Rick Perry’s blunt talk may tell us more than we want to know, not only about Social Security, but also about who we are and what we have become.” For certain values of the word “we,” anyway.