The debate gets duller as they get to Social Security. Still, Hillary botched the last one in the final minutes, so stay tuned… Or at least stay tuned here.

As Jonah notes over in the Corner, this isn’t just well-trod generalities. It’s a superhighway.

And then suddenly Obama stands and delivers the smack on Hillary I thought he never would. He notes that she’s accused him of trying to raise the payroll tax for Social Security on the middle class. “Only six percent of Americans make more than $97,000. Six percent is not the Middle class. This is the kind of thing I would expect from Mitt Romney or Rudy Giuliani to play with numbers.”

FINALLY!

Half the crowd hates it, half the crowd likes it. Hillary’s response is firm but forgettable.