The problem that the GOP has is that the public is still pretty supportive of much of ObamaCare-lite.

Jimbo3 on August 18, 2009 at 3:11 PM

unadulterated bullcrap

NYT: DEMS PLAN TO GO IT ALONE ON HEATHCARE… DEVELOPING…

Was there ever any doubt?

Thirty-five percent (35%) of American voters say passage of the bill currently working its way through Congress would be better than not passing any health care reform legislation this year. However, a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that most voters (54%) say no health care reform passed by Congress this year would be the better option.

This does not mean that most voters are opposed to health care reform. But it does highlight the level of concern about the specific proposals that Congressional Democrats have approved in a series of Committees.

“M’chell, pack up da kids and load da plane, we goin’ to da vin’yerd. Grape pickin’, lobsta chasin’, pec showin’ and all dat.”

On a case-by-case basis, Americans favor many specific proposals that have been put forth as ways of reforming healthcare.

Polls from several polling organizations released this week show that Americans favor a public option government plan to compete with employer plans, requiring insurance companies to cover everyone regardless of pre-existing conditions, tax credits to help some people pay for health insurance, and expansion of government plans to cover low-income Americans. Americans also appear to agree with a number of different ways of paying for healthcare reform, including taxes on the rich and requiring employers

The worst case right now is for the Republicans to try to come out with a way to ‘fix’ this bill to be better.

It is so complex and far reaching that the thing is beyond repair of any kind.

Don’t even try to put lipstick on this pig.

By later in July, several organizations’ surveys show a plurality of Americans opposed to passage of plans variously labeled as Obama’s plan, the plan proposed by President Obama and the Congressional Democrats, healthcare proposals being discussed in Congress, or healthcare reform legislation being considered right now.

9. Despite positive views of many specific reform proposals, Americans appear ambivalent at this juncture on the overall merits of passing a broad healthcare plan.

In mid-July a majority of Americans favored passing a major healthcare reform bill (described without reference to who is supporting it). By later in July, several organizations’ surveys show a plurality of Americans opposed to passage of plans variously labeled as Obama’s plan, the plan proposed by President Obama and the Congressional Democrats, healthcare proposals being discussed in Congress, or healthcare reform legislation being considered right now. Other recent poll questions, which describe the plan in great detail, continue to show plurality of majority support.

http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/08/democratic_voters_flee_the_oba.html

Jimbo3 on August 18, 2009 at 3:38 PM

you have not defined what “Obamacare lite” is and none of the numbers you brought in show Republican support for it.

I have a poll here that says its better to do nothing than continue with “reform” at all.

Jimbo3 on August 18, 2009 at 3:38 PM

I. have. polls . too.

Show me where the republicans support obama care lite. and please define what obama care lite is…

Just noticed this at the bottom of the NBC poll summary: The poll was conducted Aug. 15-17 of 805 adults. It has a margin of error of plus-minus 3.5 percentage points.

http://www.gallup.com/poll/121664/majority-favors-healthcare-reform-this-year.aspx.

http://www.ebri.org/publications/ib/index.cfm?fa=ibDisp&content_id=4293.

And I’m not a troll because all of this is on-topic: “In Internet slang, a troll is someone who posts controversial, inflammatory, irrelevant or off-topic messages in an online community, such as an online discussion forum, chat room or blog, with the primary intent of provoking other users into an emotional or disciplinary response or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion.”