Prediction - 2011 and a More Politically Savvy Obama

Not to change the subject of my own thread or anything but look at the most recent values the Right has displayed. They would only consider giving 98% of us an extension of the tax breaks after they got tax breaks for the wealthiest among us. Now their number one concern is for the insurance companies over the American people.
I listened to this newly elected republican rep from Illinois on CNN talking about turning down his federal health benefits. He said his wife has a preexisting condition and it would be difficult to find coverage. He said that millions of people have the problem he and his wife have and something needs to be done so his solution was to repeal the health care law which incidentally prevented insurance companies from denying people with preexisting conditions. Okaaaaaaaaaay! We’re supposed to respect this guy for not taking the federal health care congress affords themselves but then turn around watch the republicans put a lot more people in the same boat? Am I missing something here? If you want to talk about electing people with your like values, it seems my only choice is outside of the Republican Party.

 

The vast majority of Americans feel that they either like the new law or it isn't liberal enough. 56% favor over 37% against. Just who are these "American People" the republicans keep throwing in our faces?

You may have noticed the CNN/Opinion Research poll released earlier this week, which had this all too familiar top-line: 54 percent of voters oppose President Obama’s healthcare reform law. But drill down a bit and you’ll find another number familiar to those who have paid attention--but one generally lost amid the noise of the conservative healthcare narrative of backlash against government overreach. Only a relatively small minority of Americans dislike the new law because it’s too liberal.
From the poll:
"Do you oppose that legislation because you think its approach toward health care is too liberal, or because you think it is not liberal enough?"
Favor 43%
Oppose, too liberal 37%
Oppose, not liberal enough 13%
No opinion 7%

Or to put it another way, 56 percent of Americans either like the law or would prefer that it was more robust.