Faith is belief in things not seen.

[telemann.livejournal.com]

There'll be a public option in the final bill, and President Obama will sign it before Christmas. :-)

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[soliloquy76.livejournal.com]

Nate Silver* had an interesting take on public option support a few weeks ago:

Estimate of districts that support/oppose a public option

blue = support, red = oppose

• The public option is estimated to have plurality support in 291 of the 435 Congressional Districts nationwide, or almost exactly two-thirds.
• The public option is estimated to have plurality support in 235 of 257 Democratic-held districts.
• The public option is estimated to have plurality support in 34 of 52 Blue Dog - held districts, and has overall popularity of 51 percent in these districts versus 39 percent opposed.

*Appeal To Authority FTW

[annainthecity.livejournal.com]

If only the voters who elected these assholes had as much voice as the lobbyists who buy them instead.

[telemann.livejournal.com]

BadlydrawnJeff says that doesn't count, since the polling was done by Daily Kos.

But I'm amused at the guys on the right that cite the poll as some justification. What was their rationale in January through June when most polls showed overwhelming support for some form of public option?

[i.livejournal.com]

where's the version distorted to account for population like they did for the election??