October 18, 2010

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Support for ObamaCare Drops Like a Rock

By Dave Andrusko

It's no secret to anyone who follows these things that the Kaiser Family Foundation is a big-time supporter of ObamaCare. Thus when its KFF polls show support dropping, it's a big deal.

The Foundation released its results of a tracking poll this morning. Overall support, we were told, had dropped 7 points in a month--to 42%. Unfavorables climbed 4% to 44%. (Bear in mind the KFF always manages to find more support than, say, Rasmussen Reports.)

Just to be clear, previously, according to KFF, support had been 9% greater than opposition--an advantage of 49% to 40%. That has crashed to a 2% deficit for supporters.

If you read a Democratic-leaning publication like POLITICO you would not be told about the even more relevant result until the very last paragraph. Among likely voters 49% said they have an unfavorable opinion of ObamaCare, compared to 39 percent who have a favorable opinion. So, a 10% deficit for supporters, not 2%.

Michael Barone, one of the preeminent political commentators, ran a very telling piece this Friday in which he went through what happened to those Democrats who had voted pro-life but who jumped ship at the last minute to vote for ObamaCare.

They have not fared well, not well at all, led by Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mi.) who retired within a few months of attempting to provide cover for himself and fellow Democrats.

You can read his column at http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/Dems-find-careers-threatened-by-Obamacare-votes-1228371-105059824.html