AP POLL: Opposition to health care reform has dropped dramatically. Now 40/40. Was 34/49 in Sept.

[jefferson_dem]

WASHINGTON – The fever has broken. The patient is out of intensive care. But if you're President Barack Obama, you can't stop pacing the waiting room. Health care overhaul is still in guarded condition.

The latest Associated Press-GfK poll has found that opposition to Obama's health care remake dropped dramatically in just a matter of weeks. Still, Americans remain divided over complex legislation that Democrats are advancing in Congress.

The public is split 40-40 on supporting or opposing the health care legislation, the poll found. An even split is welcome news for Democrats, a sharp improvement from September, when 49 percent of Americans said they opposed the congressional proposals and just 34 percent supported them.

Anger about health care boiled over during August. Lawmakers returning home for town hall meetings faced outcries that the government was trying to take over the system, ushering in higher costs, lower quality — even rationing and euthanasia.

"It's very significant that there's an upturn in support for the plans because after August there was a sense that the whole effort was beginning to decline and would not come back in terms of public support," said Robert Blendon, a Harvard professor who tracks public opinion on health care.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091007/ap_on_bi_ge/us_ap_poll_health_care

[Clio the Leo]

1. And conviently, as approval for health care reform goes up...

.... the media finds something else ...... the fact that he's not accomplishing anything ..... the man almost single-handedly turns the tide on HCR support and now he's not doing enough.

[Pirate Smile]

2. Obama's speech to the Joint Session, full Ginsburg, appearance on Letterman, etc. worked.

[goclark]

3. Keep it coming, where is Grayson!

Bring it on ~ Dean and Grayson and Obama.

:bounce:

[Peacetrain]

4. A very good day to be US.. as in us..

:)