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  • Bio: Congressman Shuster represents the 9th District of Pennsylvania. He serves as a Deputy Republican Whip and is the Ranking Republican on the Railroads Subcomm.
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Obama Campaigned Against Spending Freeze

As we prepare for tomorrow's State of the Union Speech, it is interesting to point out that during the campaign, President Obama took great lengths to express his opposition to an across the board spending freeze. He likened a freeze ... more URL:  www.realclearpolitics.com

Opinion on Health Care Swings in Negative Direction

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In the survey, only 33 percent say President Obama’s health-reform effort is a good idea, versus 46 percent who consider it a bad idea.

That result is essentially unchanged from last month’s poll. However, the number saying that Obama’s health plan is a bad idea has increased 20 percentage points since April, when the public supported the reform effort by a 33-26 percent margin.

So the percentage favoring the health bill today (33%) is precisely the same as it was nine months ago, in April. Meanwhile, the number who oppose it jumped from 26% to 46%. That means the swing in opinion was entirely from undecided to negative, by 20 points!

You probably couldn’t ask for a clearer measure of the degree to which opponents of reform completely defined — and indeed dominated — the debate. Ya think this has something to do with the inability of Dems to rally behind the provisions in the bill that people actually liked?

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