If you're wondering why the states are pressing on with this lawsuit over health care reform — and how it's playing with voters — here is some timely insight from Flemington, N.J.-based HCD Research:
• Eighty-three percent of Republicans said the states' lawsuit is motivated by constitutional concerns.
• Eighty-one percent of Democrats said the state officials are motivated by partisanship, the Republicans' agenda, or personal political aspirations.
That's not surprising, and it certainly explains why Idaho Gov. Butch Otter, Attorney General Lawrence Wasden and a host of state legislators made a big show of joining the health care reform lawsuit Tuesday. It plays well, in an election year, with the Republican base.
How does it play with independents? Here, HCD Research offers no clear answer. Among the self-described independents, 56 percent say the health care reform bill violates the Constitution — but 55 percent of independents also say the states are playing politics with their lawsuit.
If independents are confused and weary of the politics of health care, who can blame them?
HCD surveyed 336 voters who watched a Fox News interview with South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster.
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Waste of money
Politically motivated and a huge waste of money during a recession.
What's that you say, Otter? We have to cut education, but we can afford frivolous lawsuits? Weird. . .
It will be great if they win
Then I can drop my car insurance too.
Republicans are acting like environmentalists
Usually the Republicans are the ones who castigate environmentalists for not getting their way on an issue and then run to court to get it overturned. Recent example was the Forest Service permit to Fish and Game to land a helicopter to collar wolves in the Frank Church. Marvel and the Wilderness Society and other then ran to Judge Windmill to get their way. But the Judge said no.
Now we see with health care reform the Republicans refuse to participate in the debate and try to develop a compromise and instead sit on the side lines and throw rocks and call the proposal a disaster and that it will bring armageddon. Then when they lose the vote they run to the courthouse and try to get it overturned. They're just like the environmentalists.
Butch is now being outdone by Wasden who has now sued the Land Board, of which he is a member, because he was on the losing side of a Land Board vote.
That's an insult-even to a politician!
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Stop whining about the stupid signature and think for yourself.
That's a poor excuse of a poll
Really Kev. The source should have at least made you skeptical. Can we stick with science when dealing with polls?
Have always considered myself a Republican but:
I have always thought I was a Republican until the health care issue was finally being addressed. The manner of this fight has amazed me. Nothing seems to have been about the problem of sky-rocketing medical costs. It was all about having an issue to stick it to Obama with. I have become fed up with it being all about getting Republicans reelected instead of what needed to do done about health care costs. Maybe the health care bill could have been better but because the Republicans were only in the discussion to gain a political edge rather than really dealing with the issue I will not support a Republican in the next election. I also don't get the fact that most of the angry people shouting slurs in the streets are the ones that will probably most benifit from the legislation and the $250,000+ folks have the the $24,000 folks fighting their fight for them. It is a stange times we are in. I just hope the riotious behavior that has been fed by all of the Republican political rhetoric doesn't get someone hurt or killed in the process.