Is Social Security really the third rail?

An excellent point by Mr. Fluhr:

Let's be clear here. If Todd Young can be elected in the 9th Congressional District in Indiana against a tenacious and experienced campaigner like Baron Hill while referring to Social Security as a Ponzi scheme, then that probably says a lot about the political viability of such a strategy elsewhere in the country (and particularly among Rick Perry's opponents for the Republican Presidential nomination).

Source: The Hoosier Pundit.