Carl Rove on "Health Care Debate"

According to Rove, public opinion regarding the Obama Health Plan is a major factor in the president's declining popularity numbers. While this may sound encouraging, it is important to remember that the Democrats control both houses of Congress and have the votes to potentially pass this legislation. Legislation that would not only massively increase our national debt, but would also seriously restrict the health care choices of millions of Americans and their doctors.   --   S. Lane

The GOP Is Winning the Health-Care Debate

Passing health-care reform could be harmful to the health of congressional Democrats.

Just look at how President Barack Obama's standing has fallen as he has pushed for reform. According to Fox News surveys, the number of independents who oppose health-care reform hit 57% at the end of September, up from 33% in July. Independents are generally a quarter of the vote in off-year congressional elections.

Among college graduates, opposition to health-care reform is now 50%, while only 33% support it, according to Gallup's Sept. 24 poll. College graduates are slightly more than a quarter of the off-year electorate.

Among seniors, opposition to ObamaCare hit 63% in last month's Economist/YouGov Poll. But the number from that poll that should spook Democrats is this: 47% of seniors said they "strongly" oppose health-care reform, just 27% "strongly" support it. Seniors are the biggest consumers of health care, and their family members will probably take their concerns seriously. Seniors will likely cast about 20% of the votes next year.