>>>>>Here is another pertinent article, this one from yesterday's paper. It says a large majority of Americans favor a major overhaul of the system we have now.
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>>>>>http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/21/health/policy/21poll.html?_r=1&scp=12&sq=health%20care%20reform&st=cse
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>>>>>ROF,L and LOL!!!! When you consider the source, this is hardly fair and balanced reporting. I most certainly do not know anyone who wants the bureaucrats in DC in control of our health care. Furthermore, everyone that I know is against having to pay more taxes.
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>>>>>Which group of people was polled? Do they disclose the demographics of the group? Please don't tell me to read the article. I do not read any of the biased garbage printed in the New York Times.
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>>>>This post discusses the methodology of the poll: http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2009/06/lazy-sunday-linkage-public-option-iran.html
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>>>>The question asked was:
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>>>>"Would you favor or oppose the government's offering everyone a government administered health insurance plan like Medicare that would compete with private health insurance plans?".
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>>>>The post also says:
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>>>>The NYT's polls have a reputation for having somewhat left-leaning demographics. This is not entirely undeserved -- their samples generally contain somewhat more Democrats and somewhat fewer Republicans than the consensus. (EDIT: Although this particular poll at a 10-point D-R gap, which is pretty typical these days). Nevertheless, even 50 percent of Republicans favored the public option in this poll. If you re-weighted the demographics to put more Republicans in the sample, the public option would still be extremely popular.
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>>>>For an examination of a bunch of recent polls on the subject, check out: http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2009/06/public-support-for-public-option.html
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>>>>Tamar
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>>>>Tamar
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>>>Here's a follow-up demonstrating how the Times/CBS poll oversampled Obama voters.
>>>http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2009/06/21/nyt-cbs-stock-pro-obamacare-poll-obama-voters
>>>http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=49999
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>>That's troubling. Maybe there is a reasonable explanation for why Obama voters were disproportionate in the survey. Or maybe not. I would be really disappointed if they intentionally juiced the sample.
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>You are so sarcastic.

Sorry, I forgot you don't like emphasized words.