Findings from the latest New York Times/CBS poll:
By a margin of 52 percent to 27 percent, Americans said Mr. Obama has better ideas about overhauling health care than Republicans. And the percentage of Americans who approve of how Mr. Obama has handled health care has gone from 40 percent in August to 47 percent, about equal to where it was earlier in the summer.
On one of the most contentious issues in the health care debate — whether to establish a government-run health insurance plan as an alternative to private insurers — nearly two-thirds of the country continues to favor the proposal, which is backed by Mr. Obama but has drawn intense fire from most Republicans and some moderate Democrats.
Even though these "moderate" Dems (those from conservative districts) have put up some resistance, another poll found that their constituents support the public option.
What do docs want? A survey of more than 5,000 docs of various specialties found that they:
..overwhelmingly support either a public option or a public system. Indeed, when you add the two groups together, it's more than 70 percent of respondents.
Ok, let's tally the score. A large majority of Americans want the public option. Docs want the public option. Obama and (most) Dems want the public option. Amazingly, even Bill O'Reilly wants a public option. The only ones against the public option are Republicans, a diminishing number of conservative Dems, and of course, the insurance companies.
Amendments related to the public option are scheduled to be debated by the Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday. Are they listening?
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