Poll: Loss Of Public Option Causes Big Increase In Opposition To Health Care Bill

[jefferson_dem]

Poll: Loss Of Public Option Causes Big Increase In Opposition To Health Care Bill
Eric Kleefeld | December 16, 2009, 3:32PM

The NBC/Wall Street Journal poll coming out later today will show opposition to the health care bill growing -- mainly from disappointed liberals, who are very much disappointed to see the public option getting thrown out.

The poll has 47% saying the Obama health care plan is a bad idea, to only 32% who say it's a good idea.

Chuck Todd writes on Twitter: "Most of the movement on the 'bad idea' comes from some of the president's core support groups, folks upset about lost public option." He also writes: "Still, large majorities of the president's core support groups believe his plan is a 'good idea,' but the margins have shrunk."

In addition, 44% now say it's better to not pass this bill -- seemingly a large bloc of conservatives, plus some liberals -- to 41% who say it's better that something pass: "First time NBC-WSJ poll had that upside down."

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/12/poll-loss-of-public-option-causes-big-increase-in-opposition-to-health-care-bill.php?ref=fpb

[KansasVoter]

1. So Obama is making the GOP mad and his supporters mad. Brilliant!!

[pscot]

7. Bipartisanship you can believe in

:banghead:

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

2. Plenty of time to woo liberals in 2010

I'm sure the election-year agenda will be ultra-liberal.

Congressional election years are always a big socialism-fest.

(sarcasm, by the way... we will be lucky to get through 2010 without a flag-burning amendment)

[Vinnie From Indy]

6. You are right about that

The 2010 campaign will be chock full of shit that the sounds great but will end up taking more money from struggling Americans to give to millionaire corporate executives.

[Mithreal]

10. Plenty of time to start a new war as well

[Oregone]

3. I still think there will be some type of public option

This all may be a charade to get the last straggler on the bandwagon after the big bad Dems fight to the death for it. Im not biting.

[BlueIdaho]

4. Nope.

If the senate won't go for a public option or greater access to Medicare now they sure won't go for it later when the final bill comes back for passage. My understanding is that bill will also face the the possibility of a filibuster on its return.

[calico1]

11. You mean a brilliant chess move?

I don't think so..There never was a chess game. I am realizing that now.

[Oregone]

12. More like smoke and mirrors

Just something to fool the American people into thinking the politicians actually care about them. If there is any "chess" going on, its against the people.

[damntexdem]

5. The GOP is hostage to its idiotic base; the Dem Party shits on its base.

And thus is U.S. politics debased.

[Popular Front]

8. There will be a public option

There is reconciliation and there are signing statements. They will be used.

[jsamuel]

9. and the poll was taken mostly before the medicare buy-in was dropped

wait for polling done since Tuesday.