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| Written by Dr. Jesse Lewis, Sr. | ||||
| Thursday, 05 July 2012 13:40 | ||||
 Whatever he does is wrongWhat President Obama has to understand is that whatever he says is wrong to those people who have already made up their minds to vote Republican. But what he has to do is explain to the Independents, in a language that they can understand, how they will benefit from the Health Care program. The White House will have to do a better job of selling every idea he has. According to Newsmax.com voter support for President Obama's healthcare overhaul has increased following the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling upholding it, a poll released on Sunday showed. Among all registered voters, support for the law rose to 48 percent in the online survey conducted after Thursday's ruling, up from 43 percent before the court's decision. The survey showed increased backing from Republicans and, crucially, the political independents whose support will be essential to winning the November 6 presidential election. Thirty-eight percent of Independents supported the healthcare overhaul. That was up from 27 percent from the poll taken days before the justices' ruling. "This is a win for Obama. This is his bill. There's not really any doubt in people's mind, that it belongs to him," said Julia Clark, vice president a Ipsos Public Affairs. "It's his baby. It's literally been labeled Obamacare ... which maybe it works in his favor now that there's a little bit of victory dance going on." Republican opposition to the law stayed strong, if somewhat weaker than before the high court ruled. Eighty-one percent of Republicans opposed it in the most recent survey, down from 86 percent in the poll conducted June 19-23. Illustrating the political polarization on the issue, three-quarters of Democrats backed the bill, the same as a week earlier. The two top Republicans in Congress vowed to push ahead with efforts to repeal the law despite the Supreme Court upholding it, but the White House said it is time to stop fighting and start implementing it. In some good news for Republicans, the Supreme Court's ruling is energizing opposition to the 2010 healthcare law. Obama's Republican challenger, Mitt Romney, has made it clear that he will run against the law. Within hours of the Supreme Court's ruling, the former Massachusetts governor asked voters to throw Obama out of office to get rid of the law, which he promises to repeal and replace if he wins the White House in November. There have been some early signs that appeal is working. On Friday, Romney's campaign said the former Massachusetts governor raised $4.6 million in the 24 hours following the Supreme Court's decision. Romney has offered few specifics on how he would replace Obama reforms, although he said he would work to retain popular provisions such as blocking insurance companies from forbidding coverage of patients with pre-esxisting medical conditions. Most Americans still oppose the law's "individual mandate" requirement that most people obtain health insurance by 2014 or face a penalty, which the Supreme Court found was constitutional under the government's power to impose taxes. Despite the court labeling the mandate a tax – which Republicans have seized on in campaigning against Obama – the new survey found support for it unchanged. Thirty-nine percent of all Americans backed the mandate, compared with 62 percent who opposed it. Obama has a golden opportunity to do two things: (1) sell it to the public on the idea that it's needed beyond the 50 percent level; and (2) pick out those things that he and his staff think are not good to remain in the bill and recommend bi-partisan support for the changes. e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
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