You talkin’ to me?

When the socialists get up on the podiums in their townhall meetings and advocate a single payer health care system that will put private insurance companies out of business, who exactly is their audience? Are they talking to you?

Consider the latest poll from Rasmussen:

Thirty-two percent (32%) of voters nationwide favor a single-payer health care system where the federal government provides coverage for everyone. A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 57% are opposed to a single-payer plan.

Fifty-two percent (52%) believe such a system would lead to a lower quality of care while 13% believe care would improve. Twenty-seven percent (27%) think that the quality of care would remain about the same.

Forty-five percent (45%) also say a single-payer system would lead to higher health care costs while 24% think lower costs would result. Nineteen percent (19%) think prices would remain about the same.

There’s wide political disagreement over the single-payer issue. Sixty-two percent (62%) of Democrats favor a single-payer system, but 87% of Republicans are opposed to one. As for those not affiliated with either major party, 22% favor a single-payer approach while 63% are opposed.

Got that?

Republican Americans oppose single payer 87-13.

Independent Americans oppose single payer 63-37.

Democrat Americans favor single payer 62-38.

Who’s out of the mainstream again? And what about those Democrat Congressmen and Senators from mixed districts? What do they tell their constituents? Who are their consituents anyway? Do they rush right out and proclaim the virtues of single payer? I guess they could do that if they didn’t want to get re-elected. Trouble is, these people DO, in the end, want to be re-elected and to have careers in Washington. If they run back to Congress after recess and vote AGAINST their constituents on this issue, they’ll certainly be packing their bags VERY soon. As soon as next year in some cases.

Which is why the Democrats are in a bit of a bind right now. They’ve gambled that a vote for the mixed race guy from Hawaii was a vote for Socialism. As the latest from Rasmussen bears out, this was a mistake.

Will Americans take back their country beforethe socialists do lasting harm?