Obama Pollster's Obama Care BS

Based on results from Obama's own pollster, along with showing the significant opposition to Obama Care, the results suggest that, if only Dems would sell the bill, they'd be fine. I'm not buying that at all. Sure, so long as voters only hear the parts of the bill Obama wants them to hear, the Dems might get the numbers up. But that won't be the case if the people have a full, clear understanding of the monstrosity. Don't look for Obama and his Democrats to be interested in that happening any time soon.

The poll, conducted by prominent Dem pollster John Anzalone, who conducted some polling for Pres. Obama during the '08 campaign, shows a plurality of voters currently oppose the health care bill; just 35% of swing voters favor the bill based on what they know about it. But when they hear more about it, 51% of all voters, and 50% of swing voters support the measure.

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[david r]

MSNBC is reporting that the Democratic leadership is trying to vote on pieces of the bill with the House Democrats trying to pass the Senate's health care legislation without voting on the bill itself. "Instead House members, who dislike the Senate bill, would vote on a rule for debate that would deem the bill passed once a smaller package of fixes also had passed." Whatever happened to the "straight up or down vote" that Obama said he wanted ? Can the man go one week without lying ? Of course, this gives the Democrats stupid enough to vote for the bill some deniability, albeit dishonest. They can say, "I never voted for the health care bill, just a small part of it."

[Neo]

If Obama was a salesman in the private sector, he wouldn't be one long.
This "poor salesmanship" argument only shows Obama to be a poor salesman.

[Foobarista]

The Left is convinced that if only the public would focus on the wonderfulness of the free lunch they will serve, the public will leap into their arms. The idea that the public doesn't trust that the lunch is actually free deeply offends them, and is at the root of the "what's the matter with Kansas" confusion.

You see this in polls - polls that stress "would you like a delicious free lunch" get lots of "yes" responses. Polls that actually cover potential costs drive the "yes" responses massively downward.