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Dems anticipate a health care bounce [in O's approval rating]
Politico ^ | 12/21/09 | Ben Smith

Posted on 12/21/2009 3:45:01 PM PST by freespirited

There's no point in the White House saying this, so it won't.

But an official predicted to me the other day that Obama's numbers would hit 60 after the health care bill passes, and Chuck Schumer seems to think roughly the same thing: that the public polling on the Democratic reform bill will turn around "soon."

When people see what is in this bill and when people see what it does, they will come around," Schumer said. "The reason people are negative is not the substance of the bill, but the fears that the opponents have laid out. When those fears don't materialize, and people see the good in the bill, the numbers are going to go up."


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KEYWORDS: delusions; healthcare; polls
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To: freespirited

Okay, before I read the comments, let me say right now that IF this is true I will be sooooooo depressed.

Let me say right now that I don’t think it’s true for a minute. I think Obamer’s ratings will plummet.

Interested in hearing how the rest of you think this will end.


21 posted on 12/21/2009 3:58:02 PM PST by Fishtalk
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To: 03A3

These people believed they saved the world or something, and do not really care if they committed political suicide.


22 posted on 12/21/2009 4:00:41 PM PST by castlegreyskull
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To: TennesseeGirl

Even worse, they have political consultants who feed their delusions.


23 posted on 12/21/2009 4:01:27 PM PST by Rockingham
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To: freespirited

How many millions do they have to spend on ads full of lies to accomplish this?


24 posted on 12/21/2009 4:02:35 PM PST by jersey117
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To: freespirited

man are they in for a shock


25 posted on 12/21/2009 4:03:23 PM PST by The Wizard (I support Madame President, the only President in America today)
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To: combat_boots
Sure.
But then they can't corrupt Rasmussen, the Gold Standard of polls in this country.
26 posted on 12/21/2009 4:04:43 PM PST by SmokingJoe
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To: freespirited
Let's see........Pay for health insurance for needs now and thru 2013, plus concurrently pay the new healthcare tax for three years before getting any benefit.

Yeah, sure! They'll get a real bounce out'a that.

Just quarantine Washington DC, because there is some sort of disease transmissible there which causes dilusional thought patterns. Feed em all Kool-Aid as the cure.

27 posted on 12/21/2009 4:06:51 PM PST by blackdog
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To: jersey117
CNN has already been parading out families of dead loved ones claiming Obozo care would have saved them, along with a bunch of others. Already ads are being aired which play feel good music along with emotionally rescued women because their healthcare nightmare is now going to be over!

That means they churned this crap out to air a good month ago, before there even was a bill to base the ads or CNN fluffy news pieces on!

28 posted on 12/21/2009 4:14:21 PM PST by blackdog
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To: freespirited

He also said that he talked to Elvis this weekend


29 posted on 12/21/2009 4:15:18 PM PST by italianquaker (odumbo is getting all wee wee d up)
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To: TennesseeGirl
These people are totally delusional.

Unless a media bail out is hidden in the bill. The media would simply ask: "What do you want those numbers to be?"

30 posted on 12/21/2009 4:18:45 PM PST by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: VanDeKoik

I just saw one on tv say the reason we hate it is we have not been “educated” enough yet. I kid you not. They are Lunatics.


31 posted on 12/21/2009 4:19:39 PM PST by screaminsunshine (!!)
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To: freespirited

They are totally insane.


32 posted on 12/21/2009 4:20:07 PM PST by TheConservativeParty (Take back the GOP-RNC. Apply RINO-B-GONE as needed.)
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To: freespirited

He hasn’t seen it himself!

Can we start shooting now or wait till the final vote?


33 posted on 12/21/2009 4:20:11 PM PST by devistate one four (Back by popular demand: America love or leave it (GTFOOMC) TET68)
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To: blackdog

No problem. Nobody watches CNN. It is as bad as NPR.


34 posted on 12/21/2009 4:22:35 PM PST by screaminsunshine (!!)
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To: freespirited

Other than higher taxes and insurance premiums no one will get anything until 2014. How is that supposed to cause a bump in poll numbers for the corrupt commies?


35 posted on 12/21/2009 4:23:00 PM PST by dforest (Who is the real Jim Thompson? I am.)
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To: freespirited
But an official predicted to me the other day that Obama's numbers would hit 60 after the health care bill passes...

And they will hit 20 (hard core commies) and he will be cursed like no other president in American history once people try to get care under this "plan."

And they will hit 0 when *everybody* (including the commies) sees what they're really paying to get this travesty.

36 posted on 12/21/2009 4:24:08 PM PST by Felis_irritable (Fool me once, I'll punch you in the...er, something or other...)
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To: SmokingJoe
0bozo’s numbers will hit 60 after the abominable health care bill passes alright..60% DISapproval.

He's already at 53% disapproval (hitting 55 once a few days back) according to Rasmussen, so that is not unlikely. I'd like to see how they spin it when he hits 70% disapproval.

37 posted on 12/21/2009 4:27:19 PM PST by PapaBear3625 (Public healthcare looks like it will work as well as public housing did.)
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To: freespirited

Yeah Ben you’re so smart. Those 20-25% of Medicare Advantage patients are really gone to give 0bama high approval ratings after their insurance is gutted. So will the 20-30 somethings that have to pay a lot more for crummy coverage.
When people find out that they could go jail or pay a penalty, they are going to get those tingly feelings up their leg again (could be the real thing in jail).
Taxes are going up and all the private sector and especially small businesses can say is great!
0 is so great and all people care about is the leader and his win. We live for him now and that’s all that matters.
Yes a bill only a masochist could love. Ben, pass the cat-o-nine tails please!


38 posted on 12/21/2009 4:33:20 PM PST by grumpygresh
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To: freespirited

I absolutely could not agree more that Obama will hit 60, as in 60% Strongly Disapprove in the daily Rasmussen tracker. He just 3 points today to 43% strongly disapprove, and I predict 50% strongly disapprove by Christmas.

I also predict that Obama couldn’t give two shits what the people of this country think about anything.


39 posted on 12/21/2009 4:44:25 PM PST by johncocktoasten (Practicing asymetrical thread warfare against anti-Palin Trolls)
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To: RedEyeJack

I very seriously doubt that a finished bill is available for anyone to read.

But in the age of the Internet, they are not going to be able to keep it hidden forever. Eventually, it will be published in full and at that time, thousands of people are going to be going through it line by line, word by word, letter by letter.

Think Rathergate. This is going to be a thousand times worse. Every day the Internet is going to be alive with exposes of horrific pork-filled timebombs that have been snuck into this monster by the fatcats and their friends.

The Pajamahadeen will find them all and make sure that everyone knows about them. Senators and Congressmen are going to be ducking calls and hunkering down underneath their desks because there is no way they are going to be able to defend themselves.


40 posted on 12/21/2009 4:45:24 PM PST by Ronin
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