Support for Repeal of Health Care Plan Up To 58%

Three weeks after Congress passed its new national health care plan, support for repeal of the measure has risen four points to 58%. That includes 50% of U.S. voters who strongly favor repeal.

The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of likely voters nationwide finds 38% still oppose repeal, including 32% who strongly oppose it.

If one examines the other dynamics of this poll, there isn’t anything to give the administration a warm glow about…unless of course it’s heartburn!

This goes along with Sunday’s commentary in the Washington Examiner:
Sorry: No bump for Obamacare

Last September, just as public opinion was beginning to turn against Obamacare in a serious way, Bill Clinton made a bold prediction. “The minute health care reform passed,” he said in a policy forum in New York City, “President Obama’s approval ratings would go up 10 points.” Clinton’s prediction reflected the wishful assumption of many wishful liberal-leaning pundits and think tank analysts, as well as the strategy of Obama’s political advisers. They viewed the rising public clamor against Obamacare as a temporary aberration, not as a lasting problem that could potentially undo his presidency. When Obamacare passed, they confidently reasoned, the public would suddenly appreciate its virtues and acquiesce to federal control over nearly every aspect of health care.

Looks like Bubba blew it on that prediction, and things aren’t looking too hot for B.O. on this:

Meanwhile, polls continue to show a strong majority opposing Obamacare and favoring its repeal. The latest Fox News poll puts the opposition at 55 percent, with 39 percent in favor. This reading comes despite Obama’s backward-looking campaign tour in recent weeks to build public support for Obamacare, something he and his party were unable to do during the year prior to its enactment. The Democrats assumed they had to pass a health care reform bill, any bill, regardless of the depth or intensity of opposition. Failure, they reasoned, would harm them at the polls. As it turned out, their success may kill them in November.

But wait…surely B.O. is doing better otherwise now that the divisive Obamacare debate is over, right?

Er…maybe not so hot there, either:

Gallup Daily: Obama Job Approval
Even according to Gallup: 48% disapproval for the immaculated one, 45% approval….with the trending in a significantly negative direction for B.O.