Pollster.com

"The more I hear about President Obama's health plan..."

I wonder what McCain's pollster has been telling their respondents before asking that question...

That result is not surprising. Obama knew the longer this went, the more support he would lose. Recall early on they tried to ram this thing quickly before the break and before anyone could read a bill.

According to Perrin of the UNC, Chapel Hill "People don't reason with pure facts and logic alone." People tend to be irrational, especially for issues that run counter to their strongly-held beliefs. That's what is referred to as motivated reasoning strategies. People essentially start with a conclusion they hope to reach and then selectively evaluating evidence in order to reach that conclusion according Perrin. As a result many people are unwilling to jaw-jaw the issue but rather involved in shouting, yelling, screaming to prevent other's who want to engage in civil, rational and educated arguments at the Town Hall meetings make their points. Also, according to Albarracin, people who hold strong beliefs but less confident in those beliefs (or unable to logically or rationally convince others) are more reluctant than others to seek out opposing perspectives. So these people avoid counter evidence all together. The same could apply to the health care debate.
The above is one of the reasons voters split strongly along party lines regarding their beliefs about key parts of the various proposed healthcare plan.
According to Hoffman ... "Just about everybody is vulnerable to the phenomenon of holding onto our beliefs even in the face of iron-clad evidence to the contrary." That is why neo-cons still believe the war in Iraq is justifiable because Saddam was linked to 09/11 attacks and also had WMDs after all the evidence to the contrary.
So both far-left (liberals) and far-right (conservatives) are susceptible to this king of irrationality.

Really? More independents than Dems or Republicans? Strange sample...

This is muddled and meaningless. First, the 49% who like it less when they hear more about it could easily include supporters of a public option who believe Obama is in the process of dropping it. Second, the question of support for a public option is missing. This question is, I believe, the most accurate measure of public support for health care reform. I would suggest the deliberate act of omission of that question in this poll is enlightening.

The most interesting number is the nearly 4 out of 10 who are undecided. This, despite the onslaught of right wing hyperbole for the last month

It would appear the debate over health care reform in this county has yet to be decided.

@IdahoMulato

When someones argument is so irrational and so out of touch with reality it tends to generate anger at the person or persons making that irrational argument.

For example, when members of Congress go to a town hall meeting and say a g'ment run public option is the greatest and all these reforms they are proposing are terrific, but when asked are you going to be subject to this new system, the member says, well no. It kind of invalidates your argument when you claim something will be good for someone else, but then you yourself are unwilling to subject yourself or your family to it. The response then generates anger....since to most people it does not make much sense for someone to tell you what they are doing is good, but then they try to avoid that very thing.

"That result is not surprising. Obama knew the longer this went, the more support he would lose."

Well, yeah... especially with all the gullibile people believing all the lies out there... which are hard to defend against without a bill out there... You had to rush it in when the iron was hot to prevent the naysayers from falsely spreading lies, fear, uncertainty, and doubt...

Right now, people who are against "Obamacare" are actually against some fictitious BS being spread by the right... I'd be opposed to such "reforms", too, if I believed the lies!

Its just comical at this point. You libs have totally convinced yourselves of your own mistruths.

Remember in the old days those door to door salesmen would come by? If one came by and said hey, I got this really fancy insurance program...its great. It will solve all your problems for you. And then you say, ya that does sound good, so do you have it too then? And the guy said ummm, well no, I don't really want to impose that program on myself or my family....but trust me its for your own good, just not good enough for me.

Would you still buy it? You libs are in such a state of denial on this issue. Your lining up to be placed on a g'ment system which Congress couldn't exempt themselves from fast enough....because these politicans know this will be a living nightmare...

I mean you guys are like fish in a bowl at feeding time to these libs in power, you just come rrushing to get in line for a program they tell you will be so wonderful, yet they don't want to be o nthe system....hmmmmm. Makes people not drinking the kool aid wonder a bit!

What is it like being so dependent on g'ment to run your life that you would be so willing to go along with something they tell you is great, but at the same time they stay as far away from it as possible? Have you become so dependent that you just can't help it? I mean there has to be a reason...why do you have this urge to treat g'ment like a king and allow them to treat you like a peasant? Is it simple dependency? The inability to think for yourself, what is it that makes you so naive?

Whats good for the goose is good for the gander? I will go on record right now, if congress woould remove the exemption for themselves and their families, I would suppor ta g'ment run option. The "ONLY" reason they won't remove the exemption is that they know full well there will be rationing and many politicans are older in age...and it will be the elderly who suffer the most....