Support for health care reform plummeting among independents

Published November 6, 2009 5:00am ET



On the heels of an Ipsos/McClatchy poll showing the public 49/39 against health care reform, Mickey Kaus wonders why health care reform is becoming more unpopular.

According to the poll, support for health reform has dropped 7 percent among Democrats — but it’s also dropped a whopping 15 percent among independents. Given how independents broke strongly for the GOP on Tuesday, it’s hard to read these poll trends as anything less than ominous for congressional Democrats.