Obama Universal Healthcare - the public now saying "No Thanks!"
I know that Blue Hampshire was crowing earlier that more people than not WANTED Universal Healthcare from the NYT poll - that discredited poll that showed way oversampling of Dems vs Repubs vs Independents. They WERE good results for Progressives as long as no one peeked under the hood to see what was driving that puppy.
This one - a bit more reliable, I believe:
Today, on Rasmussen, Obama revisits his previous Approval Index low of -8, after a three-day (dead cat?) "bounce" to -7. Note that one of the numbers comprising the index, the Strongly Approve number, hits a new low, 28%.
On the nationalized health care front, for the first time in Rasmussen's polling, public opinion turns against the Obama-Democratic health care plan, 49%-46%. A small overall gap, certainly; however, note that the percentage of respondents who "strongly oppose" Obama's plan outweighs the "strongly favor" contingent by a much wider margin, 38%-22%.
These health care numbers -- and more importantly, the first-time swing to the negative -- provide an important lesson for Republicans. When presented with a new Obama-Democratic proposal that initially shows strong public support, Republicans should be wary of succumbing to arguments to succumb to the "will of the people" and support the proposal or risk defeat in the next election. As the new health care poll demonstrates, public opinion is subject to change when presented with a strong and principled argument.
Note to Blue Hampshire: not everyone is willing to spend trillions other peoples' money for a phony right to healthcare and to feel good about themselves....
Any time any of you folks want to debate healthcare, just let us know (either a blog debate or a serious debate on the show)! I really would like to see if they could defend themselves on the facts and not the emotions.....would be rather "interesting".
(H/T: American Thinker)
