Support for Health Care Plan Falls Back To Pre-Speech Levels


	Support for Health Care Plan Falls Back To Pre-Speech Levels

n2sooners

9-15-2009 12:52 PM

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9-15-2009 1:35 PM

4ensic

Speeches of cotton candy platitudes may generate good will for a day. Without hard facts to back up the happytalk, people will see through all the same bland generalities and calls for action.

I guess this wasn't in "Rules for Radicals".

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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.
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Forty-five percent (45%) of all voters nationwide now favor the plan while 52% are opposed. A <A  href="http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/healthcare/september_2009/44_favor_president_s_health_care_plan_53_oppose" bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED">week ago</A>, 44% supported the proposal and 53% were opposed. (see <A  href="http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/toplines/pt_survey_toplines/september_2009/toplines_health_care_september_11_12_2009" bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED">day-by-day numbers</A>). 
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