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Brain -> Opinions turn favorable on health care plan (3/23/2010 9:05:13 PM)
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And who said that only a minority of Americans favored the passing of this bill?
Once the public is aware of what the bill covers, many unfavorable views will change. And when these programs kick in, many more will follow.
Here's a photo of the 'TeaBagger Set' from the 1950's.
http://www.vintageculture.net/desegregation-hazel-bryant/
The woman screaming at the black student, (Elizabeth Eckford) is Hazel Bryan.
In 1963, Hazel Bryan, now Hazel Massery, realized that she was simply 'going along with the haters' ... when she screamed epithets at Elizabeth Eckford ... sought Elizabeth out ... and apologized to her in person.
Of course this is pre-FOX, the FOX Generation is constantly being coddled and their hatred is constantly being stoked (for the purpose of stoking ratings).
So I don't have as much optimism that the people who spit on Democrats, who wish them dead, and who shout down their fellow Americans at Town Halls will realize how utterly pathetic and perverse is their behavior.
But ... we can hope.
Opinions turn favorable on health care plan
By Susan Page, USA TODAY
WASHINGTON — More Americans now favor than oppose the health care overhaul that President Obama signed into law Tuesday, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds — a notable turnaround from surveys before the vote that showed a plurality against the legislation.
By 49%-40%, those polled say it was "a good thing" rather than a bad one that Congress passed the bill. Half describe their reaction in positive terms — as "enthusiastic" or "pleased" — while about four in 10 describe it in negative ways, as "disappointed" or "angry."
The largest single group, 48%, calls the legislation "a good first step" that needs to be followed by more action. And 4% say the bill itself makes the most important changes needed in the nation's health care system.
"After a century of striving, after a year of debate, after a historic vote, health care reform is no longer an unmet promise," Obama declared in a celebration at the Interior Department auditorium with members of Congress, leaders of advocacy groups and citizens whose personal stories were cited during the debate. "It is the law of the land."
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To be sure, the nation remains divided about the massive legislation that narrowly passed the House late Sunday. Within minutes after Obama signed the bill in the East Room, attorneys general from 13 states — led by Bill McCollum of Florida — sued to block the law as unconstitutional.
Nearly one-third of those surveyed, 31%, say the bill makes "the wrong types of changes," and 8% say the health care system doesn't need reform.
The poll of 1,005 adults, taken Monday, has a margin of error of +/–4 percentage points.
The findings show receptive terrain as the White House launches efforts to sell the plan, including a trip by Obama to Iowa on Thursday. "The political tides shifted with passage of the bill," White House communications director Dan Pfeiffer says. "It's easy to demonize something large and complex in theory; harder when it becomes law."
No one gets overwhelmingly positive ratings on the issue, but Obama fares the best: 46% say his work has been excellent or good; 31% call it poor. For congressional Democrats, 32% call their efforts on health care excellent or good; 33% poor.
Congressional Republicans, all of whom voted against the bill, are viewed more negatively. Although 26% of those surveyed rate the GOP's effort as excellent or good, 34% say it has been poor.
Republicans vow to stall a final package of fixes to the bill now being debated in the Senate.
In the new USA TODAY survey and one taken a month ago, the biggest shift toward support of the bill was among low-income Americans, minorities and those under 40. That has created a yawning age divide: A solid majority of seniors oppose the bill; a solid majority of those under 40 favor it.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2010-03-23-health-poll-favorable_N.htm
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