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2/3 of Americans want Congress to keep working towards health care reform. 58% believe GOP isn't compromising enough.

Two thirds of Americans want Congress to continue working on HCR bill

Even better, they place more blame on Republicans for the stalemate:
Nearly two-thirds of Americans want Congress to keep trying to pass a health care reform bill, according to a new national poll.
The ABC News/Washington Post survey released Tuesday afternoon also indicates that the public spreads the blame when it comes to a lack of bipartisanship in the nation's capital.
Fifty-eight percent of people questioned in the poll say that congressional Republicans aren't doing enough to seek compromise with President Barack Obama on important issues, with 44 percent feeling that Obama is doing too little to forge compromise with the GOP.
The survey indicates that 56 percent of independent voters say congressional Republicans aren't doing enough to try and work with the president and Democrats in Congress. Half of independents see the president as too unwilling to compromise and 28 percent feel both parties are not doing enough when it comes to bipartisanship.
According to the poll, 63 percent of Americans think federal lawmakers should keep trying to pass a comprehensive health care reform plan, including 88 percent of Democrats questioned, 56 percent of independents and 42 percent of Republicans. Fifty-five percent of Republicans feel Congress should give up on health care reform.
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Wow! So will the GOP keep chanting, "Kill the bill!"? It looks like the White House push to paint the GOP as obstructionists is actually working!
 
HUGO STIGLITZ said:
2/3 of Americans want Congress to keep working towards health care reform. 58% believe GOP isn't compromising enough.

Two thirds of Americans want Congress to continue working on HCR bill

Even better, they place more blame on Republicans for the stalemate:
Nearly two-thirds of Americans want Congress to keep trying to pass a health care reform bill, according to a new national poll.
The ABC News/Washington Post survey released Tuesday afternoon also indicates that the public spreads the blame when it comes to a lack of bipartisanship in the nation's capital.
Fifty-eight percent of people questioned in the poll say that congressional Republicans aren't doing enough to seek compromise with President Barack Obama on important issues, with 44 percent feeling that Obama is doing too little to forge compromise with the GOP.
The survey indicates that 56 percent of independent voters say congressional Republicans aren't doing enough to try and work with the president and Democrats in Congress. Half of independents see the president as too unwilling to compromise and 28 percent feel both parties are not doing enough when it comes to bipartisanship.
According to the poll, 63 percent of Americans think federal lawmakers should keep trying to pass a comprehensive health care reform plan, including 88 percent of Democrats questioned, 56 percent of independents and 42 percent of Republicans. Fifty-five percent of Republicans feel Congress should give up on health care reform.
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Wow! So will the GOP keep chanting, "Kill the bill!"? It looks like the White House push to paint the GOP as obstructionists is actually working!
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I could probably find a FoxNews poll that would show opposite results, you do realize that the Washington Post and ABC lean left yes?
Try looking at a more independent source like a polling firm, Rasmussen Reports shows that 61% of Americans want congress to forget healthcare reform and concentrate on the economy:
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/pub...ay_it_s_time_for_congress_to_drop_health_care

So called healthcare reform is really just the status quo of adding to YET more government involvement in healthcare, which costs more, is begging more taxes which discourages investment and ultimately job creation.
 
its funny how watermark bashes certain other pollsters like rasmussen, but then holds up as the holy grail an abc/washington post poll...

RCP polling:

RCP Average 1/20 - 2/8

For/Favor 38.6
Against/Oppose 53.1

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/obama_and_democrats_health_care_plan-1130.html

and if you click the link, it has an abc poll that show more are against THIS h/c plan....just wanting reform is not the same as wanting THIS h/c plan....

nice try watermark, then again, your closest friends all say you're a genius
 
KingCondanomation said:
I could probably find a FoxNews poll that would show opposite results, you do realize that the Washington Post and ABC lean left yes?
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You could find a Fox New internet poll, you idiot. Scientific polls put out the same results no matter the organizatino.


KingCondanomation said:
Try looking at a more independent source like a polling firm, Rasmussen Reports shows that 61% of Americans want congress to forget healthcare reform and concentrate on the economy:
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/pub...ay_it_s_time_for_congress_to_drop_health_care

So called healthcare reform is really just the status quo of adding to YET more government involvement in healthcare, which costs more, is begging more taxes which discourages investment and ultimately job creation.
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Keep working on health reform and forget healthcare and work on the economy are two different questions. One is a stupid question to ask because it implies that they're contradictory goals.
 
Threedee said:
58% is a lot. When did it become 2/3, though?

Someone other than Dixie, and apparently, Watermark...
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Mott the Hoople said:
Give him a break. He's from Mississippi. They're not exactly big on math down there, as you can see.
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FYI
No body said 2/3 and 58% were the same thing


STATEMENT # 1

2/3 of Americans want Congress to keep working towards health care reform.
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STATEMENT # 2

58% believe GOP isn't compromising enough.
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Yurt said:
its funny how watermark bashes certain other pollsters like rasmussen, but then holds up as the holy grail an abc/washington post poll...

RCP polling:

RCP Average 1/20 - 2/8

For/Favor 38.6
Against/Oppose 53.1

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/obama_and_democrats_health_care_plan-1130.html

and if you click the link, it has an abc poll that show more are against THIS h/c plan....just wanting reform is not the same as wanting THIS h/c plan....

nice try watermark, then again, your closest friends all say you're a genius
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too funny how watermark "ignored" this
 
HUGO STIGLITZ said:
You could find a Fox New internet poll, you idiot. Scientific polls put out the same results no matter the organizatino.
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You are very naive to how polling is done, you can skew results more to how you like based on who you poll, how you poll, push-polling, etc...


HUGO STIGLITZ said:
Keep working on health reform and forget healthcare and work on the economy are two different questions. One is a stupid question to ask because it implies that they're contradictory goals.
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No they are not 2 different questions, one invalidates the other, albeit it uses the economy to do so but it still does it.
And I've already made the argument for WHY they are implicitly contradictory goals, because healthcare reform mandates more government regulation and de facto mandates more taxation - both of which harm the economy and discourage that which creates jobs the most, which is investment.

What the fucking hell do you think someone out there is thinking? That hmm ooooh looks like I am going to get taxed more so hell yeah now is the time to invest in starting some business in America (and subsequently create jobs)? Of course not, moron, man you so need someone to come and whack you upside the head a few times, of course I'm not sure if even then you'd get the point because instead of spilling any blood, you're so fat, out would come gravy and undoubtedly some would dribble into your mouth and nullify any lesson you should have learned.
 
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KingCondanomation said:
You are very naive to how polling is done, you can skew results more to how you like based on who you poll, how you poll, push-polling, etc...
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Like by performing a survey of "likely voters" and not really telling anyone how you specifically define that term and then priming respondents for a certain response by injecting extraneous information into the question itself, say for example, the state of the economy?

Yes, you can skew results, just like Rasmussen does.
 
NigelTufnel said:
Like by performing a survey of "likely voters" and not really telling anyone how you specifically define that term and then priming respondents for a certain response by injecting extraneous information into the question itself, say for example, the state of the economy?
Yes, you can skew results, just like Rasmussen does.
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He could, he could, but you have to question why he would. The post is well known to lean left, after the NYT there is no more further left large paper in the US, likewise Fox leans right.
Rasmussen has much less reason to be bias, his entire business (and thus income) like any pollster relies on being accurate. If the Washington Post or Fox or ABC fuck up a poll, they can march on as usual doing business, but an independent pollster who does that is dead.
 
KingCondanomation said:
He could, he could, but you have to question why he would. The post is well known to lean left, after the NYT there is no more further left large paper in the US, likewise Fox leans right.
Rasmussen has much less reason to be bias, his entire business (and thus income) like any pollster relies on being accurate. If the Washington Post or Fox or ABC fuck up a poll, they can march on as usual doing business, but an independent pollster who does that is dead.
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The beauty of issue polling is that you can never be wrong, only different. And the more different you are the more likely your results will be reported. Rasmussen has every reason to have a likely voter model that favors Republicans and you cannot reasonably dispute that priming respondents with "given the state of the economy" is designed to produce a certain result.

And the rest of your post is total nonsense.
 
NigelTufnel said:
The beauty of issue polling is that you can never be wrong, only different. And the more different you are the more likely your results will be reported. Rasmussen has every reason to have a likely voter model that favors Republicans and you cannot reasonably dispute that priming respondents with "given the state of the economy" is designed to produce a certain result.

And the rest of your post is total nonsense.
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Nitpick all you want asshole, realclearpolitics takes the average of all polls on the issue and there are the results for healthcare reform which Yurt showed earlier:
For/Favor 38.6
Against/Oppose 53.1

For fucks sakes man you lost an election in far left Massachusetts of all places and healthcare reform was a big reason. Give it the fuck up, time to stop playing the snide lawyer brat and fucking see the truth in front of your face or you will get trounced in more elections. Abandon "healthcare reform" NOW, come on, you've been a party whore for the last year playing damage control point man for the Dems, can you not just be it on this issue too and abandon a deeply unpopular initiative?
 
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