Public Option Now More Popular Than The President

[WeDidIt]

The DailyKos/Research 2000 Tracking Poll has Obama at 52% favorable and 43% unfavorable while another poll released today by DailyKos/Reseach 2000 shows that 58% favor the Public Option and 34% Oppose.

So the public option is now more favorable than the President.

Pretty clear how the polling trends get turned around, isn't it?

[nashville_brook]

1. maybe that'll get thru to Rahm.

[Diane R]

3. No....Rahm is getting exactly what he wants.

[neverforget]

7. A Republican Congress?

:shrug: I don't know if that is going to happen but they seem to be doing everything possible to make it happen.

[rollingrock]

2. We voted for for bold, transformative change

Obama gave us chump change.

[joeycola]

4. Well, Obama could be just as popular IF he comes out strongly

in favor of it and actually Fights for it!!

[WeDidIt]

8. Damned straight he could

And four different congressional caucuses have told him in no uncertain terms, no public option, no bill.

And NO TRIGGERS. We have a trigger in Medicare Part D and we all see how that worked out.

[Echo In Light]

5. His admin is toast if he rolls on the PO. No amount of euphemistic BS will disguise it.

[joeycola]

9. right on.

[tridim]

6. I don't think you've posted this enough yet today.

I only respond on the fifth posting of the same information. Check with your boss and see if that's okay.

Waiting patiently.

[frylock]

11. do you wait for the sixth posting to add anything of substance?

[FormerDittoHead]

10. Here's the short form: The public option is his "read my lips" moment.

If he doesn't deliver a public option, then good policies or bad, people will see him as INEFFECTUAL, and he'll never live that down.

It's that simple.

ONE THING YOU CAN SAY - Bush didn't let any tax increases, hell or high water (literally). Even HE knew better.

Now I'm thinking Obama knows better. The question is the QUALITY of the public option...

[WeDidIt]

12. Yep

I think he's understanding much better after getting an earful from the Progressives.

[Canuckistanian]

13. There's an eye-opener

But not at all surprising.