Critical 'Swing' States Appear To Oppose Healthcare Proposals
By Matt Towery
June 25, 2009
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While we have not finished polling other critical swing states, including many represented by Democratic senators -- there's good reason to believe that North Carolina residents don't read the healthcare issue much differently than do people in other critical swing states.
Perception is reality to the public. If you feed them a polling question designed to make them "like" something, most respondents will say they do indeed like it. But if you ask them straight up what, based on what they know, they think about a particular piece of legislation, you'll get a more realistic snapshot.
Sen. Hagan has five more years before re-election. That's five years to dig herself out of a hole not of her making, and regain her popularity. But it doesn't look like she'll be able to get back her political sea legs by hanging out with a congressional Democratic leadership that traffics in toxic pieces of legislation.
If it's any consolation, Senator, you're not alone.
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Matt Towery is author of the new book, "Paranoid Nation: The Real Story of the 2009 Fight for the Presidency." He heads the polling and political information firm InsiderAdvantage.
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