Fickle Folk Now Support HEALTH CARE REFORM

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Late Saturday night, depending on which poll you were following, either a tiny majority of Americans opposed health care reform or a a slim majority supported it. Today, however, Americans, by a much wider margin, have decided health care reform isn’t a bad thing after all. Read the story from the Huff Post:

Only hours after the president signed health care reform legislation into law on Tuesday, the immediate political benefits for the Democratic Party are already coming into focus.

According to a Gallup/USA Today poll conducted the day after health care legislation passed the House of Representatives, 49 percent of the respondents think the passage of reform is a “good thing,” compared to the 40 percent who think it is bad. The numbers are a welcome relief for a party and a presidency that had been bleeding popular support over the course of the past six months.

Democrats didn’t just get a health-care-related boost in the realm of public opinion. The Democratic National Committee reported raising more than $1 million in donations on Tuesday even without making a direct ask. The money is expected to pour in for other campaign committees as well.

Responding to the growing GOP effort to get the legislation repealed, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee launched a new fundraising toolbar on its website, pointing out which Republican senatorial candidates are ready to take away what particular benefits of reform.

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14 years ago

All the shenanigans are not over, time to apply the 24 hour rule, take a few deep breaths, enjoy it for a day because there is always something that will come and bite you.

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