If not dead, on life-support:

Americans just don’t want it, by WIDE margins.

“Public support for the health care reform plan proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats has fallen to a new low as just 42% of U.S. voters now favor the plan. That’s down five points from two weeks ago and down eight points from six weeks ago.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that opposition to the plan has increased to 53%, up nine points since late June.

More significantly, 44% of voters strongly oppose the health care reform effort versus 26% who strongly favor it. Intensity has been stronger among opponents of the plan since the debate began.

Sixty-seven percent (67%) of those under 30 favor the plan while 56% of those over 65 are opposed. Among senior citizens, 46% are strongly opposed.

Predictably, 69% of Democrats favor the plan, while 79% of Republicans oppose it. Yet while 44% of Democratic voters strongly favor the reform effort, 70% of GOP voters are strongly opposed to it.
Most notable, however, is the opposition among voters not affiliated with either party. Sixty-two percent (62%) of unaffiliated voters oppose the health care plan, and 51% are strongly opposed. This marks an uptick in strong opposition among both Republicans and unaffiliateds, while the number of strongly supportive Democrats is unchanged.”

Of course Obama was at a “controlled townhall” today trying to sell his program but just like the response after his “infomericals” the public isn’t buying it. It’s easy to understand. While lefties want to place the lack of support with “ignorance” and “hysteria”, the fact is that many Americans have read the bill and know what is in it and don’t want any part of it.

With Obama’s approval ratings at the sub-fifty mark, and congress’s even lower, it’s unlikely that Obamacare get’s through into law in it’s present form. This is a victory for Americans and our democracy. Just as a townhall gatherer reminded Arlen Specter today, “You work for us”, and since that is so the majority of us don’t want Obamacare passed.

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