quite frankly, the democrats do have room to run on this right now because check out who they're running against this election cycle. >> we need to phase medicare and social security out. >> i don't know whether it's constitutional or not. it is certainly a horrible policy. >> let young working people opt out, the sooner the better. >> don't fix it. you're saying don't do any of these things. >> i'm saying it can't be fixed. >> it's a ponzi scheme. they're taxing us to pay for the current generation. >> the idea that the federal government should be running health care or retirement or any of those programs is fundamentally against what i believe. >> those are not random like speakers at tea parties or random activists we found in dark corners on the interwebs. those are republican nominees for the united states senate, from the great states of nevada, colorado and kentucky. those are the views they've expressed on camera about social security. it's a broken ponzi scheme that needs to be phased out because it's wrong. tell that to the 20 million americans for whom social security means not living in poverty. so the democrats have found a