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Daily Update ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Support for Health Care Plan Falls Back To Pre-Speech Levels Following President Obama's speech to Congress last week, support for his health care reform plan increased steadily to a peak of 51% yesterday. However, the bounce appears to be over. The latest daily tracking shows that support has fallen all the way back to pre-speech levels. http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/healthcare/september_2009/health_care_reform // Lennart On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 10:52 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > Chris : > What I know about liability reform ( aka, tort reform ) isn't much, but > enough > to realize that opposition is primarily from trial lawyers and their > supporters. > Democrats, essentially. And this means that the WH is playing to its base > which includes trial lawyers. Hence great reluctance by the Administration > to proceed and, to the extent it does, only with much foot dragging > and obvious reluctance. > > Do I think we need health care reform ? Should there be a public option ? > Yes and yes. But we are getting so much nonsense along with these things > that I am extremely wary of the outcome. > > Here is a golden opportunity for a bipartisan approach. Instead the whole > schmeer > is Democratic Party in character, right down the line. > > I hate to say it, but Obama had very little bipartisan experience in the > Senate, > he never developed a philosophy that was RC in any serious sense, yet he > promoted himself AS IF he was "one of us," and now we can see how > far off this view is. > > Then there is the "youth factor." It is pretty clear that BHO was not > politically engaged > in the era that Wm Clinton + Hillary tried to pass their comprehensive > health care > reform bill through the Congress. Consequently Lesson # 1 was never learned. > > Which is ? Get SOMETHING passed. Get part of health care passed into Law. > Don't try to do it all at once. Too many toes get stepped on. And for God's > sake, > include something of substance from the "other side" so that there is at > least > a minimum " floor" of conservative support --very useful in years to come. > > Maybe there are enough votes with both Houses in Democratic hands, I donno. > But there were similar majorities in 1993 - 1994 and the health package was > defeated soundly. The current version is anything but a safe bet. > > To repeat, I think reform is called for and would be a positive good. But , > so far, > we are getting sold a bill of goods. Little wonder at the town hall > reactions > around the country. Worse, if there is no result this time, it could be > another > generation before there is another opportunity. > > Billy _______________________________________________ Centroids mailing list: [email protected] http://radicalcentrism.com/mailman/listinfo/centroids_radicalcentrism.com Archives at http://radicalcentrism.org/pipermail/centroids_radicalcentrism.com/
