Poll: Plurality Opposes Health Care Bill -- Some From Right, Some From Left

In addition, President Obama's approval rating remains in good territory, with 55% approving to 42% disapproving.

Liz Sidoti? You hear this?

I see Eric still fails at reporting polls.

Listen here: 46%-49% with a 3% margin of error is not a "plurality" for anything. It's a tie. It means that if you were to do this poll again under the exact same conditions and asking the exact same questions, you could very well end up with getting 47%-47%. And this isn't even taking into account crosstabs to take into account demographic factors so that the sample actually represents the American public rather than merely representing Americans with land line phones who happened to be in the house when the pollster called (it should be noted that if CNN weighted for any such demographics, it isn't evident based on the actual poll report).

I can't believe I'm saying this, but CNN's headline is more accurate than TPM's. CNN merely reports "Americans Split on Health Care Reform."

isn'tit Health Insurance Reform now? Seriously. Isn't that what it's being called now?

And ABC's polling out today shows the opposite with 53% supporting the PO, 43 opposing it. That number goes up even more if the question is if the PO is available only to people who do not receive insurance through an employer, or through the existing Medicare or Medicaid programs. It goes to 72% supporting it, 28% opposing.

So forgive me if I don't buy CNN's numbers and the premise of this article.

Those 10 percent who oppose it due to it not being liberal enough do NOT oppose it. Ask them this question - "this or nothing", they say "this." Ask the others, they say "nothing." Therefore, the truth is that 56 percent of the people want this bill to pass. There it is - right there - in black and white. The people want it. So get it done.

Why is this so hard to understand?