Resurgent Republic

Congressional Democrats have spent most of the last year hiding from the voters, refusing to engage them in the town hall meeting format that proved so damaging during last summer’s healthcare debate. Now, buoyed by some carefully selected polling data that suggests support for the new law may be increasing, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her leadership team “have sent lawmakers back to their districts urging them to hold town hall-type meetings,” the Hill reported Wednesday, “in the belief it could help Democrats avoid major losses in November.”

It’s a fool’s errand, akin to asking them to climb atop a log as it heads toward a buzz saw.

Most of the polls conducted since Congress narrowly approved the new healthcare show it is still not popular. A recent Rasmussen Reports survey of those likely to vote in the November 2010 election found 60 percent of those queried were opposed to the law while only 36 percent said they were for it. A poll of 1,000 likely voters conducted by Resurgent Republic found likely voters in agreement that the law should be repealed “by a 53 to 41 percent margin, including a 52 to 39 percent margin among Independents.”

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