POLITICO: Town hall previews supercommittee perils.

The event is an early glimpse of what the 12 supercommittee members could face after they try to slice $1.2 trillion in spending this fall: they’ll head home to sell their decisions to voters, many of whom are wary of losing Medicare and Social Security benefits, afraid of seeing their taxes increase — or will be peeved that Congress could not shift the fiscal trajectory of the country. . . . “Even though voters are increasingly concerned about debts and deficits, when you start cutting specific things, it gets controversial,” said Ron Faucheux, president of Clarus Research Group, a nonpartisan polling firm.

This is why an across-the-board approach is likely to be an easier sell, politically.