Public perception and official pronouncements seem, increasingly, to be at odds. We are told by the administration, for instance, that the economy is improving and in recovery. The public thinks not with almost half believing we are still in a recession.

This week, we have been hearing from the new Secretary of HHS that Obamacare is “working.”  Which would seem to predict an increase its anemic approval ratings.  No so, as Sarah Ferris of The Hill reports: