NYT: Poll Shows Obama’s Clout on Health Care Is Eroding (check out the buried details)

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Poll Shows Obama’s Clout on Health Care Is Eroding

By ADAM NAGOURNEY and MEGAN THEE-BRENAN
Published: July 29, 2009

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Still, Mr. Obama remains the dominant figure in the debate, both because he continues to enjoy relatively high levels of public support even after seeing his approval ratings fall off somewhat, and because there appears to be such a strong desire to get something done: 49 percent said they supported fundamental changes and another 33 percent said the health care system needed to be completely rebuilt.

The poll found 66 percent of respondents were concerned that they might eventually lose their insurance if the government does not create a new health care system, and 80 percent said they were concerned the percentage of Americans without health care would continue to increase unless Congress acts.

By a margin of 55 percent to 26 percent, respondents said that Mr. Obama had better ideas about how to change health care than Republicans in Congress.

There is overwhelming support for a bipartisan agreement on health care, and here again, Mr. Obama appears in the stronger position: 59 percent said that Mr. Obama was making an effort to work with Congressional Republicans, while just 33 percent said Republicans were trying to work with Mr. Obama on the issue.

Overall, the poll portrays a nation torn by conflicting impulses — and confusion.

In one finding, 75 percent of respondents said they were concerned that the cost of their own health care cost would go up if the government did not create a system of providing health care for all Americans. But 77 percent said they were concerned the cost of health care would go up if the government did create such a system.

(emphasis added)

Breaking: Americans are concerned about health care costs, reject status quo.

[KansDem]

1. Amazing how the media whore can reframe the facts to make them appear opposite of what they are...

Like they look at a glass 3/4 full and report, "Glass is almost half empty!"

[Windy]

3. Because controversy makes people get upset and tune in.... pitiful!

we may have the Whitehouse and the congress, but we have no control over the media message. Unreal.

[Blasphemer]

5. Yep...

Bottom line is 82% either want fundamental change or a completely rebuilt system. Naturally, they are frustrated when Congress appears to be working against what the people want and the President will take some heat for that but considering what the MSM has been focusing on, I think he's doing pretty well.

[Phx_Dem]

11. Yeah, funny how that works.

:puke:

[bluestateguy]

2. I'm not interested in reading Adam Nagourney's Manhattan cocktail party drivel

It's just another version of Georgetown cocktail party drivel.

[Pirate Smile]

4. LOL - they say his approval #'s have dropped 10% since April and don't say what it was in April.

I googled. It was 66% so it is now 56%.

[Uzybone]

9. It is actually 58%

[Pirate Smile]

10. Geez. I guess they wanted to keep it a secret. Weird.

It sounds much more dramatic to say it has dropped 10 POINTS!!!

[angee_is_mad]

6. Thank you

kick!

[glitch]

7. Nagourney = joke even for corporate media. He's not even a good propagandist.

He's so blatant he's insulting.

[NYC_SKP]

8. Wishful Thinking Headlines by MSM...

They know that *sometimes* if they say something enough it will come true.

:mad: