gun-for-democratsInsane no?

“Four Democratic senators, including two facing potentially challenging election campaigns this year, are asking Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to use reconciliation, a procedural maneuver requiring only 51 votes, to push for a public health insurance option.

Sens. Michael Bennet (Colo.), Kirsten Gillibrand (N.Y.), Sherrod Brown (Ohio) and Jeff Merkley (Ore.) signed a letter to Reid saying they support this plan for four reasons: the cost savings the public option is estimated to achieve, continued public support for the public option, the need for increased competition in the insurance market and the Senate’s history of using the reconciliation process for health care reform.

“Put simply, including a strong public option is one of the best, most fiscally responsible ways to reform our health insurance system,” the letter says. “Although we strongly support the important reforms made by the Senate-passed health reform package, including a strong public option would improve both its substance and the public’s perception of it.”

The letter points to the last CBS News/ New York Times poll that surveyed Americans on the public option, from Dec. 2009, which showed that 59 percent of Americans supported the public option.”

Dems just might give this a shot, although it would be political suicide. Sure it would get the nutroots excited, but their far outnumbered by fiscal conservatives in this country. The four liberals supporting this move are were firm votes for Obamacare in the first place, hardly showing a sudden shift for this action. Remember also that it would take 51 votes “yea” to pass it, and I doubt the move would pass.

Why? Simple, the polls that show a so-called “59 percent approval” are C-BS polls, which we know are highly over-sampled democratic polls, thus I believe at best the support is 50 percent or less, not the other way around. If the question is asked correctly with correct demographics you get an entirely different result.

For instance the last Rasmussen poll showed the support at about 40 percent. But hey Reid, go ahead, make our day!