Poll: Dems Back Clinton On Health Care

[William769]

(CBS) As Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton unveils her health care plan today, Democratic primary voters express more confidence in her ability to handle health care than in her chief Democratic rivals, Senator Barack Obama and former Senator John Edwards, a new CBS News poll finds.

Sixty-one percent of those who plan to vote in a Democratic primary express confidence in Clinton’s ability to make the right decisions about health care. Forty-two percent say they have confidence in Obama, while 39 percent say they have confidence in Edwards. Forty-nine percent say Clinton would do a better job on health care than her Democratic opponents.

Registered voters see Clinton's experience with a failed health care proposal as an asset rather than a liability. Sixty-six percent of all voters, and 77 percent on Democratic primary voters, say her past experience will help her to reform health care if she becomes president. Clinton was appointed by her husband, then-President Bill Clinton, to chair a commission on health care reform in 1993. Just 25 percent of all voters, and 15 percent of Democratic primary voters, say that experience will hurt her.

Fifty-two percent of registered voters say the lack of health care reform in the 1990s was beyond Clinton's control. Only 5 percent say she was "mostly responsible" for the lack of reform, while 39 percent say they do not know enough to have an opinion. In a CBS poll in 1994, 43 percent said Clinton's involvement was one reason health care reform did not pass, while 49 percent disagreed.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/09/17/opinion/polls/main3269421.shtml

[Alamom]

1. Thank you for posting. Interesting & good news. eom

[William769]

2. Just keeping it real.

With all the bullshit that was posted yesterday here, I thought a perspective that was not just DU was needed. :)

[durrrty libby]

3. Hillary appeared on Joe Scarborough this am. She talked about

the plan and it was a wonderful segment

I imagine it will be repeated during the day

[William769]

4. She was also on CNN (American morning). NT

[Maribelle]

5. When Hillary speaks about her plan she warmly uses the word "choice".

It is refreshing and sincere. It gives me hope for a more financially secure tomorrow.

Welcome Hillary!

[William769]

6. Learning from what happened in the 90's, has serverd her well.

Just goes to show what a great leader she will be.