Comments on: The WP's Public Option Polling, Continued…. http://www.fair.org/blog/2009/10/26/the-wps-public-option-polling-continued/ The national media watch group Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:31:47 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Jack Goodspeed http://www.fair.org/blog/2009/10/26/the-wps-public-option-polling-continued/comment-page-1/#comment-10125 Jack Goodspeed Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:57:02 +0000 http://www.fair.org/blog/?p=13202#comment-10125 I have had yet to read a poll, other than those produced by the far-right for their own purposes, that hasn't shown the "Public Option" to have overwhelming support among the public (as high as 73% to as low at 57%) since debate on the subject became noteworthy. The Medical Community has shown similar support according to their largest recognized organization, the American Medical Association. Any reputable source that implies that the majority of the public's support has been anything other than constant has to be self-serving at best. I'll leave what may constitute "at worst" to your imagination. I have had yet to read a poll, other than those produced by the far-right for their own purposes, that hasn't shown the "Public Option" to have overwhelming support among the public (as high as 73% to as low at 57%) since debate on the subject became noteworthy. The Medical Community has shown similar support according to their largest recognized organization, the American Medical Association.

Any reputable source that implies that the majority of the public's support has been anything other than constant has to be self-serving at best. I'll leave what may constitute "at worst" to your imagination.

]]> By: Nightgaunt http://www.fair.org/blog/2009/10/26/the-wps-public-option-polling-continued/comment-page-1/#comment-10117 Nightgaunt Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:21:09 +0000 http://www.fair.org/blog/?p=13202#comment-10117 Public option now has been reduced to barely tolerable status and Obama doesn't care one way or the other. It could barely help 3% and that is a crime. We want single payer not this with the Gingrich medical plan. Where the insurance is forced on us. If you can't pay you are in trouble. Public option now has been reduced to barely tolerable status and Obama doesn't care one way or the other. It could barely help 3% and that is a crime. We want single payer not this with the Gingrich medical plan. Where the insurance is forced on us. If you can't pay you are in trouble.

]]> By: Frank Couvares http://www.fair.org/blog/2009/10/26/the-wps-public-option-polling-continued/comment-page-1/#comment-10097 Frank Couvares Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:14:04 +0000 http://www.fair.org/blog/?p=13202#comment-10097 The WP and other mainstream journalists are pushing the "surprise comeback" line to counteract their own "populist uprising" line. By trumping up the phony "grassroots" movement against the public option this summer, they made the evidence for continuing support for it incomprehensible. So - voila! - an explanation arrives -- the turnaround. Has they covered Congressional townhalls where constituents praised the reform plans, or spoke thoughtfully about health care options; had they asked fewer questions in surveys about "death panels" and more about what people want from a reformed health care system; they might have found more or less consistent support for the general outlines of the plan being brought forward right now -- indeed, for an even ampler version pf public option. But they didn't. The WP and other mainstream journalists are pushing the "surprise comeback" line to counteract their own "populist uprising" line. By trumping up the phony "grassroots" movement against the public option this summer, they made the evidence for continuing support for it incomprehensible. So – voila! – an explanation arrives — the turnaround. Has they covered Congressional townhalls where constituents praised the reform plans, or spoke thoughtfully about health care options; had they asked fewer questions in surveys about "death panels" and more about what people want from a reformed health care system; they might have found more or less consistent support for the general outlines of the plan being brought forward right now — indeed, for an even ampler version pf public option. But they didn't.

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