"the little partial privatization of Social Security"

Josh Marshall spots the Bush Administration talking points creeping into mainstream coverage of the Social Security privatization story, quoting the CNN transcript:

Wolf Blitzer questioning Treasury Secretary John Snow on the president's phase-out plan, which recent reports say will divert as much as 30% of revenues into private accounts (emphasis added) ...

"In terms of legislative strategy, do you envisage the Social Security reform that the president is proposing, the little partial privatization of Social Security, for that legislative battle to precede the tax simplification battle, if in fact, there is a battle? Or to be simultaneous? These two issues coming before the Congress around same time."