New Poll Shows Big Swing In Opinion On Health Care Reform
As expected, nothing brings success like success. Right now, most people are just starting to hear about the good provisions of the bill and not the horserace.
Americans by 9 percentage points have a favorable view of the health care overhaul that President Obama signed into law Tuesday, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds, a notable turnaround from surveys before the vote that showed a plurality against it.
By 49%-40% those surveyed say it was “a good thing” rather than a bad one that Congress passed the bill. Half describe their reaction in positive terms, as “enthusiastic” or “pleased,” while about four in 10 describe it in negative ways, as “disappointed” or “angry.”
The largest single group, 48%, calls the bill “a good first step” that should be followed by more action on health care. An additional 4% also have a favorable view, saying the bill makes the most important changes needed in the nation’s health care system.
From the survey you can also see why Republicans were so scared of the bill’s passage. On health care Obama has a 46% positive/31% negative, Democrats are 32/33 and Republicans are 26/34. The scare-mongering and obstruction by the GOP is finally coming back to bite them.
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People like the reform. As they learn more, they’ll love it. Except for fucktard performance artists who will claim that this bill sucks for the sake of thier ongoing mastabatory art project.
Here’s what’ll happen: Republicans will keep fighting against reform for a while now, since they dare not piss off their base and suddenly support even a popular bill. But, their opposition will quietly wind down. At some point within the CBO’s first 10 year window, the official GOP position will be to support HCR the same way they do social security, medicare, and civil rights — which is to say, they’d love to see it go away, but they don’t dare say it out loud very often, and reserve the right to indignantly support it if they feel like pretending that someone else is attacking it.
Here’s a nifty little calculator for health care reform.
Markos tweeted this today (from Ted Kennedy’s obituary):
Interestingly enough, other polling data shows Americans favoring lawsuits to overturn ØbamaCare and having a distinctly negative view of the legislation.
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/healthcare/march_2010/49_support_state_lawsuits_against_health_care_plan
“Other” polling data — you know, the ones from the firm whose results never jibe with any other source’s. And before you start waving around its accuracy over elections, please note that this one has nothing to do with elections, so Rasmussen’s over-representation of the opinions of likely voters is not truly reflective of public opinion.
But don’t let that stop you, asshole.
Geezer speaks for me!