Public Option Support

Three cheers for Polls.

The number of people who used to be in favor of a public option for health care seem to have grown in general. People who used to be against it, such as senior citizens and independent voters, have warmed up to the idea, but some of Obama's fellow democrats are becoming less supportive. The number of people who used to be in favor of a public option for health care seem to have grown in general. People who used to be against it, such as senior citizens and independent voters, have warmed up to the idea, but some of Obama's fellow democrats are becoming less supportive.

Twice as many see the plan as leaning toward too much government involvement, but since last month there has been a nine-point increase in the number who say government should be more involved.

People cannot seem to make up their minds about whether government involvement is good or not. I don't know why Americans fear being labeled socialist, it really is nothing like a Marxist society whatsoever.

57 percent of all Americans now favor a public insurance option, while 40 percent oppose it. Support has risen since mid-August, when a bare majority, 52 percent, said they favored it.

So public option support is growing. That is great, I'm in favor of it. But when it really comes down to it, how much does that really affect whether it gets on the bill or not? Not very much.