Comments on: BARNEY FRANK FLIP FLOPS ON OBAMACARE

By: Catron

Catron — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:03:26 +0000

Sorry, Marc. No sale. This is a respected firm (by both sides of the aisle) and other polls have shown the same results.

As for Romneycare, its failure is precisely why Massachusetts voters reject a nationalized version.

And Brown’s support of that bill is the main black mark on his career. He has now been sent to D.C. to atone for that error.

By: Marc Brown

Marc Brown — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:58:59 +0000

That was done by a firm in the pocket of the Republicans, not a news agency, and got almost zero coverage. There are no decent polls, but the data from the past months consistently shows a large number of people are unhappy with the reform from the left, not the right.

As for Brown, he supports MassCare I believe.

By: Catron

Catron — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 12:50:00 +0000

Wrong again, Marc. They didn’t publicize it while the voting was going on, but exit polling was indeed done. Click here to see the story (I’ve also added the link to the post).

52% of the voters said they wanted the Dems to stop on the “reform” thing, and 42% gave that as the main reason they came out to vote.

By: Marc Brown

Marc Brown — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 12:06:56 +0000

But there weren’t any exit polls?

Analysis I’ve heard in the UK is that again - and a key point you consistently miss - is that a sizeable portion are voting against the Dems in protest that the reform is actually too weak.

The other point is that Mass already has reformed, near-universal healthcare and this vote was much more about the economy than healthcare.