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ty about whether Social Security will 
be there for future retirees. Among voters under age 65, opinions are 
almost evenly divided: 46 percent think there will be enough money to 
pay their full benefits, while 50 percent think it's unlikely.Twelve percent 
think it is "very" likely there will be enough money for full 
benefits.Meanwhile, the notion of means-testing benefits as a cost-cutting 
measure is a no-go. Fifty-nine percent of voters say everyone who paid 
Social Security taxes should receive an equal amount when they retire. Just 
over a third -- 36 percent -- would rather see the benefit 
based on financial need.Poll Pourri ...Is the nation's job situation is 
getting better or worse? Take your pick: 42 percent are optimistic, while 
44 percent see darker clouds. Either way, just over half -- 51 
percent -- disapprove of how Obama is handling job creation (43 percent 
approve).Partisanship plays a big role in those views: 71 percent of Democrats 
approve of Obama's record on job creation, while 81 percent of Republicans 
disapprove.And 60 percent of Democrats think the situation is getting better, 
while 63 percent of Republicans say it's getting worse.Overall, a 60-percent 
majority is dissatisfied with conditions in the U.S. By comparison, 79 percent 
were dissatisfied in the days before Obama took office in January 2009.Some 
40 percent of voters are currently satisfied with the way things are 
going in the country, up slightly from 37 percen
Frustrated at being left out of an immigration overhaul, gay rights groups 
are pushing to adjust a bipartisan Senate bill to include gay couples. 
But Democrats are treading carefully, wary of adding another divisive issue 
that could lose Republican support and jeopardize the entire bill.Both parties 
want the bill to succeed. Merely getting to agreement on the basic 
framework for the immigration overhaul, which would create a long and costly 
path to citizenship for the estimated 11 million people in the U.S. 
illegally, was no small feat for senators. And getting it through a 
divided Congress is still far from a done deal.Even so, gay rights 
groups, their lobbyists and grass-roots supporters are insisting the deal 
shouldn't exclude bi-national, same-sex couples -- about 28,500 of them, 
according to a 2011 study from the Williams Institute at UCLA Law. 
They're ramping up a campaign to change the bill to allow gay 
Americans to sponsor their partners for green cards, the same way straight 
Americans can. Supporters trekked to the Capitol to make their case at 
senators' offices on Wednesday."Opponents will be proposing amendments that, 
if passed, could collapse this very fragile coalition that we've been able 
to achieve," Sen. John McCain, an Arizona Republican, said last week at 
the unveiling of the bill. He said the eight senators from both 
parties who crafted the legislation are committed to voting against changes 
that could kill it.For Dem

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