i am looking at a wall street journal poll 70% of the people so they don t understand the health care law. how concerned are you about the new health care law? 68% when you add very concerned and somewhat concerned. that is a reflection of the unknown. how do you see it? i agree with the american people. what we do know is we have seen higher taxes, higher premiums and fewer jobs as a result of obamacare. the american people are reacting in a very negative way to the evidence so far about the impact of that law. the reason they are concerned about their personal health care in the future under obamacare. the support repeal, what about this defund effort? i am for anything we can do to end the impact is going to have in the american people.
health care reform. fallen revenues linked to the rhetoric. it now says no current workers will lose full-time status and in 2014, hourly employees will be able to get the same insurance as executives. the tide is turning on the health care law. 49% of the country want to keep or expand the law while only 33% support repeal. that s the lowest support for repeal since the law was passed in march of 2010. did red lobster think that they could deny that this is the claw of the land? nice try, but we ve got you. [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus presents the cold truth.
it s an 8-point swing. that is a pretty significant shift. jon: when you look at the poll results this thing doesn t within among very much constituency groups at all accept democrats. 71% of democrats oppose the obamaa healthcare law appeal. that was the only subgroup in this entire poll that opposed it by a majority or a plurality. then you look at those who support repeal, republicans, that might be obvious, indianas, 50 independents, 50% of them. college grads, noncollege grads, and surprisingly steven all income groups. this thing is getting a pretty resounding drubbing. it sure is. you remember when charles shaoeurpl shaouplschum schumer
repeal have also shifted since just november. the most recent ap poll says 26% support repeal, 56% want more not less. the politics have changed in important ways but you are looking at a democratic party that has something that they know how to defend. remember, a year ago they didn t know what they were talking about because it hasn t been decided. all the messy negotiations, it made it extremely hard to rebut anything because they had nothing to put their hands around. now it is here, those provisions are popular. when you are talking about pre-existing conditions or what seniors get, it is a different world. if just support within the republican pollees has dropped from 61% to repeal just after the election to 49% now, is there any contemplation that kind of number might continue to change at anywhere near that sort of pace and that at some point this continuing stage
i think they are feeling wind behind their backs because the president has gone over the psychological mark of 50%. by the way, the poll numbers on repeal have also shifted since just november. the most recent ap poll says 26% support repeal, 42% want more not less. the politics have changed in important ways but you are looking at a democratic party that has something that they know how to defend. remember, a year ago they didn t know what they were talking about because it hasn t been decided. all the messy negotiations, it made it extremely hard to rebut anything because they had nothing to put their hands around. now it is here, those provisions are popular. when you are talking about pre-existing conditions or what seniors get, it is a different world. if just support within the republican pollees has dropped from 61% to repeal just after the election to 49% now, is