and let's put up that gallup poll again while you're talking. i think you will agree with me -- you don't look at it per day but you look at trends. that is one of the more dramatic trends going straight up from the middle of last week when this president, as maureen dowd said in her column today, started fighting. >> that's a fair way to look at it. again, all this polling out there, the bloomberg poll was conducted -- some was conducted before he even signed the bill. gallup is a one-day poll, one day, which is always an unreliable way of polling. so i think we all take a deep breathe, let's see how this plays. i really think a lot of americans are now tuning in to learn what is in the bill. you know, they sort of knew something about it, but now they're like, okay, this is law. now what does it mean? >> is that good or bad for the president? >> you see -- we'll see. you know, the -- obviously, the white house believes it's good for them because the more people see that there's going to be the getting rid of preexisting conditions, a little mo

now as this passes there is one gallup poll today suggest some people like it. an conventional wisdom has done a 180 and now the republicans are in trouble. are they going to pay for the fact that they were unified against health care. it is the most amazing example of washington as a fickle town where people actually can't think for themselves but follow polls wherever they go. >> bret: a.b.? >> well, i'm going to join in. i mean, i think that there are fresh polls since reform passed, showing the majority still oppose it. showing the majority still believes the democrats passed it for political reasons and not because they thought it was the right thing to do. there are majorities who believe that president obama now has a big accomplishment under his belt. so go figure. i think that as the democrats bask in the glow of their relief, mostly, and a little bit of triumph, we don't know whether or not they can muster the momentum to dig themselves out of a political hole, whether or not this will become a new season in america as president obama said today or whe

the first term president in gallup history. thought he was going to bring us together. what happened? >> i think it's the polarization of these two political parties, larry. they're the downfall of our country right now, and our country better start waking up and quit voting for democrats and republicans. >> larry: who else is there? >> wait a minute. george washington, thomas jefferson and john adams all warned us way back way. they said the fall of america would not come externally, it would come from internally when political parties took over the government. it's clear today that these two political parties put their party ahead of the country because they vote for their party first and the country second. until this country wakes up and quits electing democrat and republicans to office to send that message, well, we're going to get that type of government, then. >> larry: what do you think of the american tea party? >> i think they're kind of a laugh, because they're supposed to defend the constitution and all this. well,

the 2008 gallup poll names singapo singapore's mrt the best in the world in terms of customer satisfaction. >> we too extra care to ensure when we designed the station we wanted to make sure it was spacious so people would feel comfortable walking in them. >> reporter: but not too comfortable. loitering is illegal and there are hefty fines attached. >> i'm going get fined. >> reporter: in this country famous for its fines, there are of course penalties for driving through the gantrys with insufficient funds. >> this is what people say. it's a fine country. fine, f-i-n-e. >> reporter: not surprisingly road pricing isn't popular with drivers. >> people don't like paying for things which they perceive to be free. i mean, i've paid my road taxes. i've paid my income taxes. why do i need to pay for this? >> reporter: sommer chants in singapore's chinatown have another complaint. they say the tolls are discouraging shoppers in their area. the government is well aware of their unhappiness. >> they don't agree with it, but i think they've come to accept it and i think that's probably the best we c

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a new gallup poll shows 49% say the new law is a good thing. this morning from washington. good morning, john. >> reporter: good morning, jeremy and vinita. the senate is already debating changes to it. republicans are campaigning against it. but president obama's health care reform plan is now in effect. >> we are done. >> reporter: with a pen stroke, health care reform became the law of the land. >> i'm signing this reform bill into law on behalf of my mother. who argued with insurance companies even as she battled cancer in her final days. >> reporter: it was the culmination of a reform plan then-candidate obama introduced three years ago. >> every american has the right to affordable health care. >> yes, we can! >> reporter: the celebration seemed more like a campaign rally. >> yes, he did. >> let us always remember the lesson of is day and the lesson of history. we don't fear the future, we shape the future. >> reporter: the new law set off a republican backlash, including a repeal effort -- >> i think the slogan will be, repeal and replac

look at this gallup poll.s, is that 49% believe that the garbage being whipped up in washington is caused by democratic maneuvers and they really look at who's to blame here. it goes across the board. but 49%. they're not buying a lot of what's out there. >> well, the fact that the matter is, what people had seen on television in recent days is outlandish behavior by the chief party operation in washington, d.c. and i think that speaks volumes about what's causing problems in washington. >> what exactly outlandish behavior? specifically, what do you mean by that? >> the shouting, the overrunning of the capital, the sneaking in of tea party participants into the basement of the capital, the name calling, the spitting, all of that, i think -- >> but i would say that is -- i've seen that on both sides. there's code pink and other left wing efforts to sort of express themselves. some of them get out of hand. i wouldn't just say it's the tea party, would you? >> well, the tea party emerges as rather -- not only out

in the new gallup poll, independents are voting for republicans by 17-point margins now. seeing in the old "lost in space "television show, danger, will robinson, danger, danger. it has just been building and building and building. i talked about the curve. what could bend that curve? the first thing -- when you talk to democrats and say, and they admit, there is no question whatsoever that this is really looking ugly for democrats. the only question is how bad is it. some of my friends in the political science world, they do not quite see the apocalypse for democrats that i do. my biggest competitor is between me and others. we are at varying degrees of how bad this thing is going and how awful it is for democrats. i am out wire -- an outlier here. but what could change things and save the democratic majorities? you would generally here two things. one is unemployment. unemployment getting verbetter. i am not going to talk about where unemployment is in front of a number of economists, without it getting better, it seems pretty dismal. while democrats will say, the quest

we showed you this usa gallup poll yesterday. 49% say passing the bill was a good idea versus 40% saywas a bad idea. let's look closer at the numbers, how they break down. you get a different picture. for people earning less than $24,000 a year, there's a lot in this bill for them. 65% to 23%, a 42 point margin. then the same goes for people with no coverage now, they like it, 58% to 29%. that makes sense. also young people, ages 18 to 34, many of whom can now stay on their parents' insurance, they also like the new law by a 27 point margin, but this is where it gets is inning, seniors 65 and up, the opinion does a 180, only 36% there call the bill's passage a good thing. 54% say otherwise. they already have government provided medicare, in other words, they have something to lose. keeping them honest, tonight, there is something they could in fact lose and lose it as early as next week. we're talking about access to doctors. doctors are actually going to lose federal money for treating seniors and deciding not to take medicare patients anymore. if congress doesn't do something about

gallup which i don't think dieb ronald he had a successful march term. it is now march the economy is turning around. who knows what will happen in begun stan. so far so dwa it's public adeposition old obviously those neve elections and people start cashing in some of the new entitlements we are going to be feeling pretty good. >> again, please know soon this is happening in a vacuum. you are talking about people getting in the front end of this to how it's front loaded. >> i am sorry. the motion to recommit defeated there it is 219. the attempts the long shot attempts for a redue on this commission to recommit has been . >> i can't -- inaudible). the american people know this whole idea we are going to get all of these benefits now that's the problem the healthcare world is going to turn around overnight. it is a fallacy. at the end of the day you have $3 trillion we don't have federal government making decisions you made yesterday they are going to be making tomorrow. that's the reality here. whether it c when it comes to november people can't be out t

gallup is at 51%. the president taking a big jump over the past week.stion all morning. how long do you think the president has before americans' sentiments on health care reform kind of set in cement and then it's hard to change their mind? >> that's a very good question. the fact that he is out i think out in iowa or heading out there to make a push for the public push for the legislation indicates that at the white house, they want to work on that public opinion right now. it's not an unlimited amount of time. i mean, you're not going to change people's minds, i think, six months, nine months from now. i think you really over the next month as we talk about what's actually in the act, what's not in the act, and how it's going to be implemented and everything, i think that's extremely important. >> all right. i agree. >> eugene robinson, thank you very much. coming up, a look inside. >> can i say to gene, gene, you've got -- i had mika after the town hall meeting meet my friend mark mclaughlin who's in town just to prove that i do have one friend. >>

. >> let me throw this number out because you hear a lot about the acre, but the gallup poll was fascinating, 46% said president obama did an excellent job. 32%, democrats in congress. this isn't the mainstream. it is a very vocal and very angry minority, but very much a minority. >> it is. i mean, i think what mark is saying is that what's going on in the republican party, as you see all these amendments coming up to health care reform, which is in fact passed but they want to gum up the works is they're making a play for the works. this is about the 2010 midterm elections. i don't want to say congressional leaders, republicans or democrats, in any way, shape or form condone this kind of language or activity, but what you're seeing on the floor of the senate going on is that. it's diversionary. some folks are getting overheated on this. >> when you look at the president's agenda, taking this more big picture, in this climate, is there any legislation that he can get republican support for? are we in like a lock down? >> education, i think the president should call republican leaders to the

they are devastating for democrats across the board, gallup, pugh, fox, rasmussen.eople are saying we don't want the bill and we think it will make our healthcare change not for the better but worse. >> democrats want healthcare reform and republicans and independents don't. independents care more about the deficit than anything else. that is why obama has lost 17 points over the last year with independents is all over the deficit. if democrats can convince just some independents that the healthcare reform bill will reduce the deficit that he can win in december. hold the democrats, hold your base, pick off some independents, that is the formula for the elections in november. >> the fox poll shows that the support for obama care has slipped since january. it was -- the disapproval as gone up and approval -- disapproval has gone up and approval has gone down. 55% oppose the healthcare plan. that is since january. again, where is the momentum here and how is this playing positively for the democrats? i think they made a huge miscalculation. >> it is the first time you

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usa today gallup poll is passing the health care bill a good thing, bad thing or no opinion. 49% sayood thing, 40% say a bad thing. cornell, you know the environment coming into this is not good for the democrats. what do you make of that? is it evidence of a little bounce? >> i think this is evidence of democrats taking back control of the messaging here. i think we saw republicans get out and define what health care reform was going to be. we saw the president go out on the road and take back our messaging on health care, we saw the polls begin to move up. what you have right now is more americans understanding actually what's in the health care reform bill and less of them thinking that death panels, for example, aren't a part of this. the numbers are moving up. >> is this why you hear from republicans not just repeal but repeal and replace? are they seeing something out there that makes them nervous about the party of repeal? >> i think repeal as a stand alone message becomes a litigation of some of the good things that may be unobjectionable in the bill. it also defines your mes

the gallup poll. 30%, you know, 30% have problems at work. mine, these are tough stats.ts over a long period of time, give you a brief little example, let's say you are out of work. recommend this to all of the viewers. immediately go with your heart and here is the pun. go with your heart. go with your passion. become a volunteer. that's just -- let's say it is united way, minneapolis salvation army. volunteer there. any kind of -- i want to tell what you happen pps they have three problems, every nonprofit, every charity. money, money, and money. so you have to go out and raise money. you have to knock on doors and make presentations. you are getting a lot of no's. you become a better salesperson. now you are ready for all the rejection out there in the job market and get this, larry. com become a better communicator and better leader and all -- all these things. better network. >> larry: you are networking. you have a chapter entitled beat rejection before it beats you. >> correct. >> larry: elaborate. >> did you probably picked out the number one chapter and the numb

. >> 22 gallup poll, congress approval rating is at 16%. americans think congress is doing a good job. other 84% didn't get any bailout money. so i don't know. >> nice to see bai

gallup poll today shows that things have turned around.ost americans, 4 wers, not most, close to most support this health care plan things are changing now. >> bill: let's let that shake out for a couple of days. how about gloating in the face of a very controversial situation? do you think that's wise? >> i'm not sure i would use the word gloating. look, i think they are celebrating. certainly you would have the right-wing celebrating if they were able to defeat this bill, you could be sure they would be gloating. >> bill: that is true. >> that's just the way it is. people tend to -- >> bill: gloating on one side makes it okay to gloat on the other side. >> i wouldn't say that. it's part of the human condition. >> bill: human condition. [ laughter ] >> crowley, how could you be so rude. >> i'm so glad i could make crowley laugh. i'm glad that the human condition -- she would not be gloating if, in fact, this was -- >> bill: crowley was just jubilant. >> she is jubilant at my joke. >> i'm actually going to agree with alan. i have no proble

a new gallup poll by "usa today," one-day poll conducted monday, that's yesterday, finds 49% say it's a good thing that congress passed the health care bill. 40% say it's a bad thing. so times change, things change. so quickly, victory looks good to the american people so far. your thoughts? >> i think victory does look good to the american people. i also think that as they become more accustomed to this bill, as the president said, as its reality confronts some of the rhetoric that we've heard about it, they will learn some very important things about what this bill does. i think the republicans have painted themselves into a corner. if they want to run against us. in november, on opposing closing the doughnut hole for seniors, opposing protecting children with pre-existing conditions against the insurance companies that are denying them coverage, opposing $1.3 trillion in deficit reduction, opposing tax credits for small business, they put themselves in a tough position. >> okay. let's listen to some of the president today as he signed the bill. >> our presence here today is remarka

the "usa today" gallup poll finds 49% characterize the new law as a good thing. 40% say it's a bad thing we dig a little deeper the poll finds only 4% say the new law makes the most important changes needed to the health care system. nearly half, 48%, say it's a good first step but more changes are needed. nearly a third, 31%, say the new health law makes the wrong type of changes. >>> well, f-bombs away, vice president joe biden got caught up in the moment during yesterday's health care bill signs. as nbc's lee cowen reports, this one will likely ensure biden's place in the cursing hall of fame. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. >> reporter: the thing about historic moments is there are microphones to capture them. and on tuesday, posterity got an earful. whoa. wait. what? damage control was instant and brief. the white house press secretary simply tweeted, yes, mr. vice president, you're right. but the president's face seemed to fall as he looked at those two microphones in front of him. no doubt fearing the vice president's f-bomb had just exploded in ears a

"usa today" gallup poll, people after reform passed the house. 49% of the people say it was a good thinge 40% said it was a bad thing. joining me now is maryland congressman chris van hollen. he's the chairman of the dccc and assistant to house speaker nancy pelosi. congressman, congratulations. >> ed, it's great to be with you on this historic day. >> it certainly is. you were up in that room. it had to be quite a feeling to see that unfold and to have this actually happen. of course, the republicans are saying it's armageddon and john mccain says there will be no cooperation. what's the memo say on your desk to the people who are running for office on the democratic ticket? >> well, two things are going to happen immediately. the first of all, the american people are going to see right away that they were misled, and that they were fed a bunch of fear mongering scare tactics, because the president just signed the bill and i don't see any death panels popping up, do you? the world is still here. it's not armageddon. they have a huge credibility gap on the other side because their story

. >> reporter: the latest look at public opinion came in a "usa today"-gallup poll. it found support for reform improved after the landmark house vote. 48% of those surveyed said the reforms are a good first step. 31% said the new law makes the wrong types of changes. meanwhile, at the white house president obama signed an executive order that reaffirms existing law against federal funding of abortions. it was part of a deal to win over a critical bloc of anti- abortion house democrats in last many of them were on hand today for the signing, at a private ceremony. but back at the capitol, the senate slogged on, through a slew of republican amendments. they ranged from barring coverage of viagra for sex offenders to protecting states' rights. >> if this bill goes through without this amendment, your tax dollars are going to be paying for viagra for child molesters. that's what's going to happen. >> the amendment that i offer today is to allow states to opt out of this health care bill if ever there was an encroachment on the 10th amendment this bill is it. >> reporter

because the polls show, at least the latest gallup poll, that the support for health care and for democrats seems to be inching up since the signing. >> well, first off, i think they're trying to avoid the topic, which is the substance of the bill. you know, this bill is an explosion in the size of the government. it's a huge intrusion into everybody's life. this is part of an effort by this administration to radically increase the size of the government, take government spending from -- it'll go from 20% of gdp, which is the historic level since world war ii, up to 26%, 27% of gdp. as a result taxes have to go up or we'll have to do something else to pay for this bill which will be extremely debtmental to our economy and probably reduce, in my opinion, the type of nation, the quality of life we pass on to our children. those are the core issues. they don't want to talk about those issues. so they pick out these marginal groups or these groups that go over the top, and, believe me, groups go over the top both on the left and the right, and try to make them the issue. but that's not the issu

the most recent gallup poll on marijuana shows a record high 44% of americans now support its legalizationince just 2001. you may not no this, but the united states is the world's largest consumer of marijuana. 26 million americans using pot in 2008 alone. that's about one in ten americans. it's already california's most lucrative cash crop. providing the counter-narrative, however. law enforcement fills who say legalizing could spur an increase in crime and other anti-drug activists who fear a general denigration of society. but let's give it a broader context. it's not just california, let's talk about mexico, america and the drug connection. new this week, the national drug threat assessment by the department of justice, which found mexican drug cartels ramping up production in their country, while increasing the flow of meth, heroin, and yes, pot, into our country. quite simply, it means mexico gets the violence, and americans buy the drugs. more than 18,000 people in violent death in mexico since the government there declared their war on drugs three years ago. secretary of state hill

a usa today gallup poll asked, who's to blame for incidents of vandalism and verbal threats that followed the health care bill passing the congress? 49%, 49% say democratic tactics are a major reason for the incidents? hold it right there. the tactic? the democrats used to pass health care is called the legislative process. there's a reason that americans believe the democrats are to blame for the hate talk. it's called the conservative media. this very same poll shows that 46% blame harsh criticism by conservative commentators on television and on radio. limbaugh, beck, hannity and the rest of the hate merchants on the radio dial on the right have been on a mission to destroy this president and the democrats since day one. they have a strong hold on the market. ever since president obama took office it has really turned ugly. >> we need to defeat these bastards. we need to wipe them out. we need to chase them out of town. >> i'll tell you, i only have one mission from now until november. it is to defeat them. it is to defeat them. >> a crisis i believe is perpetuated purposely by this ad

there is a new gallup poll on the postal service.itain, you get five days or six days of delivery? guest: 6 days of delivery, but it is going down one day. host: this survey says that most are ok with five day's mail, eliminating saturday service. the we will ask you about that, for those of you who support or oppose the idea. the postmaster general is testifying today before a senate committee. but first, a news update. >> just in, but a congressional -- the congressional budget office has determined the house reform plan will cost $940 billion over 10 years, but will trim the deficit by $130 billion in the first 10 years and more in the second 10 years. steny lawyer says those deficit numbers should help ease the numbers -- the worries of deficit hawks. jobless numbers in show the newly laid-off workers seeking benefits fell slightly last week. cia director leon panetta in an interview with the "wall street journal" confirms a drone strike last week killed a top al qaeda trainer suspected to be involved in december's suicide bombin

and today there's a new gallup poll out that suggests it's swung the over way and close to a majorityieve this was a good... >> rose: but doesn't that almost by definition say you weren't doing as good a job as you could have and it took waking up after the scott brown thing and being able to put the president out there more on the road, get speaker even manufacture charged than she was in order to raise the profile at stake. >> i think what massachusetts did was it sent a strong signal to supporters of health reform they that we needed not to make the perfect the enemy of the good. and it solidified our base because a lot of the debate we were having wasn't with the folks who opposed health insurance reform, it was with people who felt it didn't go far enough. >> rose: right. >> people who wanted... who really did want government-run health care and didn't feel it satisfied that. people who didn't want insurance companies involved in providing health coverage. that debate really ended with massachusetts when people realized, you know, this isn't the panacea in our view but it's... ev

today" and gallup reported that the people of america, citizens of america, favor what we did by a score of 49 to 40. that's a pretty significant majority. people support this legislation. why? because they're tired of being treated by the insurance industry the way they're treated. my friend talks about the mountain of debt of this bill. mr. president, we have rules and guidelines in this body, in this congress, and one of them is that we have an independent body that has been setup not by republicans, not by democrats, but by us. it's independent. it's not partisan. and that agency, congressional budget office, determined this bill over the first 10 years will save about $140 billion. over the next 10 years years, $1.3 trillion. this is make believe they talk about all these things that are going to cost so much. $1.3 trillion. now, i also have to comment on this, mr. president. my friend, the republican leader, talks about how hard they were working yesterday when we were at a 45-minute meeting at the white house while the president made history signing for the first time in 100 years

the reason we ask is there is a brand-new gallup daily tracking poll.proval. they got a weekly and a daily. and the very latest daily shows that 46% of americans approve of the president. 46 disapprove. it is a tie. >> gretchen: just last week he was up 51% on approval. that was the day he signed health care. so we'll see how that trend continues to go and whether or not the democrats or the republicans are correct. >> more americans disapprove of the health care law that has been signed into law. >> gretchen: let's talk about this. you remember those three navy seals who have been accused of when they captured this very well-known terrorist in september of 2009, the accusation was that they punched him and that they were maybe not supposed to do that. now, believe it or not, they may go on trial and have their lives upended as a result. last week there was a very monumental move in this case in the sense that the judge decided to give some of the witnesses immunity so they could testify and apparently those witnesses are going to testify against the pr

that is the gallup poll from last year. this agenda to be radical left and they want to give up health care for all because they want that to be part of the language. host: joining us on the democratic line a and atlanta, go ahead. caller: good morning, people keep bringing president obama for what is going on withçó the health care bill. he has only been in office a little over 14 months. if you pay attention in history class, you know you cannot do anything to a bill or anything else until it clears both houses of congress. stop blaming the president for your failure of your elected officials from your home state and a room down doing their jobs. host: the front page of the "washington times" this morning has a headline "no sugarcoating in latin america" about an acquaintance visit. philadelphia inquirer as a piece -- a and next to that is a chart with key numbers in the iraq war. let's take a look at those as we go to the next phone call, said antonio, texas, rose, independent line. caller: good morning, i really enjoyed

. >> reporter: a new "usa today"/gallup poll finds more americans now favor the health care overhaul.9-40 gap, those polls say the new law is a good thing. jeremy and vinita? >> thanks to john hendren. >>> the president has quietly signed an executive order he had promised at part of the push to get health care reform passed. the order reinforces existing policy that no federal funds can be used for elective abortions covered by private insurance. the white house refused to permit coverage of the event and released a photo of the signing. >>> education secretary arne duncan says that reading skills among american students are not up to par. according to test scores. the latest figures for fourth and eighth graders shows students had little to no improvement. it's a similar situation for math skills. fourth graders are showing no improvement but among eighth graders there was a slight improvement in math scores. >>> the u.s. and israel have apparently failed to heal their deepest dispute in decades. a meeting last night between israeli prime minister netanyahu and top diplomat george m

and if you look at this chart, what you see is, this was a gallup poll, 2009 gallup poll, majority of americans, this is the first time, mr. speaker, a majority of americans, 51%, consider themselves to be pro-life over the terminology pro-choice. so this isn't pro-abortion vs. anti-abortion. this is pro-life over pro-choice. the pro-abortion marketing verbiage. what we see is that in 2001 40% believed in pro-life, 49% believed in pro-choice. back in 2005 it was 42 to 52. in 2006 45-47. we are tightening up. in 2007 42-51. in 2008 46-48. in 2009 43-50. and in 2009 it has finally come full circle where the pro-lifers are at 49 and the pro-choicers are at 44. so we have seen this very narrow trend all the way through finally eclipsing just about a year ago. and i think it's because women especially, but men as well, realize that that baby in the womb is actually a human being. and that human being deserved to have the right to life. the other interesting thing that i think we need to talk about as we focus on women in history is that women really oppose the use of federal funds for abor

a recent "gallup poll" found that 64% of americans say the u.s., in the world militarily. but when they were asked to look ahead 20 years, the numbers almost reversed. only 36% say they think the u.s. military will still be number one, in 20 years, spider marks joins me, and good 0 see you, welcome back. >> thank you, martha, good morning. martha: good morning to you, sir. what do you make of those numbers? that is disturbing to me. >> it is disturbing. i think it really reflects probably three things, one is, what i would call the downward pressure to reduce spending in the government, and i think for the most part, the military acknowledges they have to participate like everybody else, and it has to be done within reason, and with some really sharp risk calculations, and number 2 is the resurgence of russia as a military power and china's growth, and north korea, and i think the third factor, is the fact that we will probably be in combat of some sort, during the next 20 years, so i think that combination would lead someone to believe, look we'l

the new "usa today" gallup poll say 50% say passing this bill is a good thing. 40% call it a bad thing. those opposed to it are very angry. will that be enough? will there be enough steam in that anger? how many seats do the democrats lose because of this? >> that poll is a snapshot i think of the last six days. party over the president looks a like winners than a win. they have a legislative win right now. this is where the tough part starts. i would disagree with james that this has become popular overnight with the stroke of a pen. we watched the debate over a year. and the bill became more unpopular because of the partisan process in washington and because of the price tag. i think democrats are going to have a very hard time in november, going out there and explaining to the american people, that think think it was a good idea, to spend over $1 trillion, at a time when we don't have that kind of money. and we ought to have a federalized mandate, a federal standard out of washington on health care, when states are probably the best laboratories of democracy, to help get care and dr

we may end up talking about this for several months but the latest gallup poll shows that by a marriagepoints, people are glad this thing passed. that is very incident rhetting right after. maybe some euphoria. but i think one of the things that is going to be shown to be untrue is the continuous pushing by boehner and others that the public hates this, that they don't want it, that this is terrible. there is a small group of very vocal people that don't like it. but most of these polls are fairly, even some of the folk that don't like, it we talked about this before don't like it because itis not liberal enough. >> jim? >> most of the people in america, peter, are against this thing. there was some euphoria. but just because some people are against it doesn't mean it is a small inner on the. remember when the a rack war, all those people that were against it, was that a small minority? there are an awful lot the independent voters that don't like this legislation. you see it in every poll. there are this much in the poll that say they are against it. and maybe these polls that say they

>> you talk about the anger but according to the latest "usa today"/gallup poll, margin of 9%, say it is a good thing. who's out of touch? >> with all the hype and propaganda that we would get above. but i think as people understand just as we're seeing this week, there is not money in this bill to pay doctors to seen our senior citizens and medicare. they're trying to pass a separate bill this week just to make those payments for one more month. so the feel fix of health care is not happened with this bill and that will begin to come out over the next year as we go into this election. i don't think the anger's going to go away. i think you're going to see it continue to build and i believe i owe it to my constituents and americans everywhere to commit to try to repeal this thing over the next year or two. >> senator durbin, when the house sent the reconciliation bill over to the senate, it was for the understanding it would be passed as is. as majority whip, can you tell us this morning, do you have the votes right now do that? >> we have the votes to pass reconciliation but the repu

a "usa today/gallup poll" more americans favor than oppose, 49% say it is a good thing the house passed 40% say it was a bad thing and we should note, however a lot of other polling, still shows sizable majorities opposed to the law. 6 minutes past. martha: tanning is not good for you anyway, right and men and women who wrote the health insurance overhaul bill could be exempt from the legislation they created. listen to this. . only, quote, official congressional staff are required to enter the new health care program and the language may not include much of the teams that support the congressional leadership and committee staff. let me explain it. for instance, people who are employed by congresswoman nancy pelosi on her congressional staff, they have got to buy in to the health care plan, those who are employed by house speaker nancy pelosi in her speaker's office, they get to keep their private plan, as you heard the president say so many times if you like your plan you can keep it and that will apply to those folks, apparently, the loophole is taking a lot of heat, from critics on b

when you look at the gallup polls, the cross section of government agencies, center for disease control, fbi, and everything else -- the fed is less popular than the irs. it has fallen 23 points in the last five years in their approval rating. it is obvious that the population does not think they are acting unaccountably and fairly despite the intelligence. host: jacksonville, fla., on the independent line. all right, we will move on to karen on the republican line in georgia. caller: yes, my question -- i cannot hear you? ok, one question is about getting rid of the fed -- and i could not hear your answer to that gentleman's question. my second question, when you were discussing your mother talking about how her generation banded together more than our generation has -- and you are working for an institution that is for the globalization of, i would think, american interests -- how do those two correlate? bending together in this country would not necessarily mean banning together in a global way. if i understand. also, the roosevelt institute -- what is their philosophy? host: to go.

perjure school district to participate in our gallup student poll which measures some of the most reliabletors of whether students are ready for the future. school districts in communities across the country are already using this data to determine new ways to help students improve. in all of these ways and more, we need individuals and organizations to be involved. xdwe with your help have to mobilize all americans. just the other day, they were holding a town meeting where educators and parents were coming together to talk about what we need to do to change that. that is good. we're glad that we have people talking about it, but now we want them to act on it. our campaign is more like a marathon than a sprint. we're not going to become a grad nation overnight. but working together, we will be a a grad nation and secure our future as a great nation. since taking off -- since taking office, president obama has made the education of our young people a priority even among the other urgent priorities that he has. he and secretary duncan know when fully understand the challenges that we face.

looking at that gallup poll, where democrats when they won their majority in the house, they had an 18nt lead among independent voters. they have swung in their voting for republicans by 17 point margin now. we are seeing the old "lost in space" television show, danger. we have been seeing this since last summer and it has been building and building. i talked about the curve. what could bend that curve? first thing, when you talk to democrats, they admit there is no question whatsoever that this is looking eagerly ugly for democrats. the only question is how bad is it? some of my friends in the political science world, they do not quite see the apocalypse the democrats that i do. my biggest competitor and good friend is sort of somewhere between me and where tom is. and we are at varying degrees of how bad things are. these are gradations of how bad it will be for democrats. i am the out wire a little bit. when you ask democrats, what could change things? what could save the majority? you usually hear two things. unemployment getting better. i am not going to stand in front of a room p

what are the republicans going to do because, you know, thaurz a new gallup poll out that shows moree i forget, i'll just encourage our viewers to go to repealitpledge.com and help us elect people in november that will help us repeal this bill. certainly, with all the hype and propaganda, we would expect a bump in the polls but as people find out what this does, they're going to be more and more disenchanted and they're already very angry. i mean, in fact, this week, we're having to pass a one month fix for what we pay doctors to see medicare patients. this bill needed to have something in there that made sure that if you have medicare, you can find a doctor. but seniors are going to find in a few years that they can't find a doctor and over half of the people who get this new insurance are going to be on medicaid and over half the doctors already don't see them. so i think as people began to discover what's behind all this propaganda, they're going to like it even less than they do today. >> senator demint, what can republicans do now, though? because some are now saying that a rift

after poll after poll worded basically the same way and it doesn't make any difference whether it's gallupsking the question, rassmussen asking the question, you consistently get between 50 and 55% of the respondents saying they're opposed to obama care and a significant percentage says they should start over. guest: obama care, carries an awful lot of weight with it. and when i ask people what do you think about if i were to use the word obama care or government takeover, i would get a much different answer than if i ask people are health care costs out of control? are you going to need help? guest: that's a different issue. guest: it's the same issue, a different phrasing. that's the problem with the polls. and it's what makes it difficult to understand exactly what people want. i've seen polls that would suggest exactly what you say and exactly what i say in the same survey depending on what question you're looking at. host: our conversation with david and mark. the elections show a finchingsing democracy in iraq, if they can keep it. editorial. guest: i think that's absolutely the issu

washington -- and again, these are in the gallup numbers -- washington's more partisan than it's everly, as glen greenwald on the left saying, bought off special interests. there's another side of that, though. and the problem is that this republican party in washington, d.c., right now, its leaders don't appear to stand for anything. newt gingrich at least said elect us, and this is what we're going to do. you can't beat something with nothing. and right now the republican party still has nothing. >> and americans are tired of that. they are tired. so a highly imperfect solution which i think we can all agree upon is this bill is certainly if i'm the average american, better than nothing. >> but there should be no one painting -- for example, someone like joe who is concerned, fundamentally concerned about this bill, as someone who doesn't want people to have access to health care which i think -- >> nobody's suggesting that. no, no, no. i'm just suggesting that they're not putting an alternative on the people. i don't think any intelligence person will say republicans don't want to