In many ways, it was the great missing issue of 2004, lost in the avalanche on 9/11, Iraq, Vietnam, moral posturing and personal attacks. The Kerry campaign tried an 11th hour Florida-aimed effort to senior citizen voters, but in the main, Social Security and indeed, the nation's fraying social safety net, didn't make much of a dent. Ironic then that - on this blog anyway - the post-mortem on the election from our panel of experts focuses heavily on retirement benefits and the safety net. Check it here, and please add to the debate. One programming note: I'm traveling on business and unlikely to have much time to post - back later this week.
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- Tom Watson is a journalist, author, media critic, entrepreneur and consultant who has worked at the confluence of media technology and social change for more than 20 years. This long-running blog is my personal outlet - an idiosyncratic view of the world. "My dirty life and times" is a nod to the late, great Warren Zevon because some days I feel like my shadow's casting me.
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