Health care poll: 63 percent say "keep trying"

[Omaha Steve]

http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/archives/193979.asp?from=blog_last3

A 63 percent majority of Americans, notably Democratic and Independent voters, want Congress to "Keep Trying" to pass a comprehensive health care reform plan, according to a new ABC News/Washington Post poll.

The survey, conducted Thursday through Monday, queried more than 1,000 voters across the country, and also asked which party is responsible for lack of cooperation in Washington, D.C. The margin of error was 3.5 percent.

The key question: "Do you think lawmakers in Washington should keep trying to pass a comprehensive health care reform plan, or should they give up on comprehensive health care reform?

Sixty-three percent said "Keep Trying" while 34 percent opted for "Give Up." By an 88 percent-to-8 percent margin, Democrats opted for trying. So did Independents, by a 56 percent-to-39 percent division.

By contrast, by a 55 percent-to-42 percent margin, Republicans opted for the give-up
option.

The poll asked opinions of how well or badly President Obama and Republicans in Congress are doing on working with each other.

FULL story at link.

[Mojambo]

1. 37%: Keep dying. n/t

[xchrom]

2. Is it reasonable to think there are differences in what

'keep trying' means?

[timeforpeace]

3. aka No Way on the crap bill you came up with after a whole year.

[Skittles]

4. I can't imagine people want more of this fucking clown show

[demosincebirth]

5. I wonder what the dem voters in Massachusetts think?