Unemployed, Karl “Mr. Permanent Republican Majority” Rove is trying his hand at being a comedian. If his column in the Wall Street Journal is evidence of his stand up, he might have a future. Here’s the opener: Passing health-care reform could be harmful to the health of congressional Democrats. If it looks like BaucusCare, without a public option, he may be right, with there no doubt that Democrats are up against it in 2010, but not because of their attempts at health care reform. The problem is the country’s bailout blues.
However, one thing Mr. Rove neglects to analyze is just how bad Republicans suck in the eyes of the American people.
Via Political Wire, Quinnipiac has the full skinny.
* Voters disapprove 64% to 25% of the way Republicans in Congress are doing their job, with even 42% of Republican voters disapproving
* Only 29% think Republicans on Capitol Hill are acting in good faith
* Voters trust Obama more than Republicans 47% to 31% to handle health care
* By a 53% to 25% margin, voters have an unfavorable opinion of the Republican Party
The numbers are all over the place right now.
But if you want to know why Pres. Obama is working so hard to get Republicans on board, just look at independents in the Quinnipiac poll: Democrats are OK with a one-party bill 63 – 29 percent, but opposition is… and 62 – 32 percent from independent voters.
And about the public option:
“”President Barack Obama’s approval rating has held at 50 percent over the past two months of high-intensity debate on health care and other issues,” said Peter Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute. And while the spotlight is on the President, Republicans are taking a public opinion pounding.”
The bottom line is that the finished product matters. It also matters that whatever Democrats pass, and they will pass “something,” it won’t be implemented by mid-terms. Someone tell Mr. Rove.
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