Media's Health Care Blitz

The media is blitzing to force public opinion on healthcare. They are trying to show that there is momentum for support. They know people in general like bandwagons so they want to demonstrate that the right bandwagon is to be pro-Obamacare. The AP produced a "dramatic" poll showing a uprising of momentum:

WASHINGTON — The fever has broken. The patient is out of intensive care. But if you're President Barack Obama, you can't stop pacing the waiting room. Health care overhaul is still in guarded condition. The latest Associated Press-GfK poll has found that opposition to Obama's health care remake dropped dramatically in just a matter of weeks. Still, Americans remain divided over complex legislation that Democrats are advancing in Congress. The public is split 40-40 on supporting or opposing the health care legislation, the poll found. An even split is welcome news for Democrats, a sharp improvement from September, when 49 percent of Americans said they opposed the congressional proposals and just 34 percent supported them.

So this is the poll that the AP has cited as a game changer.

However another poll question shows that people still don't like Obama's approach:

What the report on the poll doesn't mention that the poll asked more Democrats this time. Compare the percentage of Democrats and supporters:

Not to be outdone, Yahoo wants to show how a "silent majority". Even ignoring the breakdown of the AP's poll respondents, the 40% that support hardly constituets a majority.