MB Civic

Jane points out the real problem for the Dems in Nov .. the mandates in the health care bill ..

SurveyUSA polls one of the suburban districts that will be key to the Democrats’ ability to hold the House in 2010, this time Tim Bishop in (NY-01). Bishop holds a 2 point lead over potential GOP challenger Randy Altschuler, who was already up on the air with ads. Unlike Snyder and Driehaus’s GOP-leaning districts, Bishop’s district has a +3 PVI Democratic advantage. Party affiliation in the district is 27% GOP, 33% Democratic and 39% Independent. When asked how they feel about a health care bill which forces them to buy insurance or pay a penalty, 66% of Independents say they are opposed and 48% say they are strongly opposed

so not the economy, not the idiotic mosque debate in nyc, not any other reason the pundit class pulls out of their ass .. its because the health care bill — with no public option and no medicare buy-in and a requirement to buy shitty health insurance from the private sector — is hugely unpopular with independents .. as Jane writes, “Well, we warned you” – mab .. read more
UPDATE: Markos Moulitsas weighs in at Daily Kos — “It’s a slow motion car wreck in the works, and the best the White House and its allies can do is complain that we didn’t clap loudly enough”