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March 12, 2010
Democrat Pollsters Try Intervention With Democrat Leadership on ObamaCare
Posted by The MaryHunter at March 12, 2010 1:06 PM
Patrick H. Caddell and Douglas E. Schoen, two prominent Democrat pollsters, are trying to convince President Obama and the Democrat leadership that ObamaCare is an irrevocable suicide pact they should not be tempted to make.
Their blind persistence in the face of reality threatens to turn this political march of folly into an electoral rout in November. In the wake of the stinging loss in Massachusetts, there was a moment when the president and the Democratic leadership seemed to realize the reality of the health-care situation. Yet like some seductive siren of Greek mythology, the lure of health-care reform has arisen again.
As pollsters to the past two Democratic presidents, Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, respectively, we feel compelled to challenge the myths that seem to be prevailing in the political discourse and to once again urge a change in course before it is too late. At stake is the kind of mainstream, common-sense Democratic Party that we believe is crucial to the success of the American enterprise.
The authors detail with excruciating clarity the key impediments to passing ObamaCare. For one thing, the battle for public opinion has clearly been lost, and we've all seen the polls. But even more critically: public sentiment is fleeing from big government solutions in general and toward growing distrust of government meddling in our lives.
CNN found last month that 56 percent of Americans believe that the government has become so powerful it constitutes an immediate threat to the freedom and rights of citizens. When only 21 percent of Americans say that Washington operates with the consent of the governed, as was also reported last month, we face an alarming crisis.
And what of "Reconciliation" or the "Slaughter Rule"? At least these two pollsters are being consistent, probably the two Democrats in the country that are.
Now, we vigorously opposed Republican efforts in the Bush administration to employ the "nuclear option" in judicial confirmations. We are similarly concerned by Democrats' efforts to manipulate passage of a health-care bill. Doing so in the face of constant majority opposition invites a backlash against the party at every level -- and at a time when it already faces the prospect of losing 30 or more House seats and eight or more Senate seats.
ObamaCare must be stopped at all costs. Call those 30 congressfolk and be heard, fellow patriots. And yet: isn't it profoundly tempting to hope beyond hope that the Democrat leadership and Chairman Zero decline Caddell's and Schoen's sage advice?
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