Ixnay on the ealthcarehay…

Obama’s has been losing his stronghold on the health care debate now with polls showing “strong” opposition from independent voters has reached a majority. (51%)  Intensity of support for the bill has been dwindling and is now overshadowed by passionate Americans attending the town halls. Rasmussen Poll:

Public support for the health care reform plan proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats has fallen to a new low as just 42% of U.S. voters now favor the plan. That’s down five points from two weeks ago and down eight points from six weeks ago.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that opposition to the plan has increased to 53%, up nine points since late June.

More significantly, 44% of voters strongly oppose the health care reform effort versus 26% who strongly favor it. Intensity has been stronger among opponents of the plan since the debate began.

The republicans seem to have a strong line against this health care reform, with groups offering more practical reform. Some dems are against the bill because it doesn’t encroach on our freedoms enough. And Obama cannot even lie well enough about his support for a single payer system. We know we have the best health care in the world, and anyone that is determined to change that will not be able to blind side the American people.

With propopents of health care comparing it to how well Social Security, Medicare, Medicade and I’ve heard the DMV from a few, and now the Post Office?! It’s no wonder the plan is polling so poorly. via Philip Klein:

[A]t another point of today’s town hall meeting, Obama was pushing back against the idea that the creation of a new government-run plan would drive private insurers out of business, and he said that UPS and FedEx were doing fine, but “it’s the post office that’s always having problems.” Oops!

The gaffe arose from the inherent contradiction of those arguing for the introduction of a government government-run plan. On the one hand, Obama and other supporters of the idea argue that we need to have a strong government plan to create more efficiency, drive down prices, and “keep private insurers honest.” Yet at the same time, they have to make it appear weaker to push back against those of us who argue that it will threaten private insurance and move us toward a single-payer system. So then you get statements in which Obama, in the course of arguing for a government-run system, takes a shot at the government-run post office.

Keep on digging, dems, here’s a shovel.
X marks the spot

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