Given that it’s no so extrordinarily unpopular that it threatens to unseat numerous Democratic senators next year.
- “A recent Zogby poll showed 28% of state voters support ‘reform.’ A full 40% said they’d be less likely to vote for Democratic Sen. Byron Dorgan next year if he supports a bill. In a theoretical matchup with Republican Gov. John Hoeven (who has yet to announce), Mr. Hoeven wins 55% to 36%. Mr. Dorgan has been in the Senate 17 years; he won his last election with 68% of the vote.”
- “In Arkansas, 32% support this health-care legislation. Sen. Blanche Lincoln, also running next year, trails challengers by more than 50 points among the 56% of voters who strongly disapprove of the health plan.”
- “Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, the public face of health reform, can barely break 38% approval in Nevada.”
Maybe they should be calling it “doctor-assisted political suicide”…
