2010 elections

Top Dem Pollster: Pass Health Care Or Face 2010 'Disaster'

Christina Bellantoni | January 21, 2010, 12:53PM

Democratic pollster Celinda Lake

A top Democratic pollster said today if Congress fails to pass health care it will be a "disaster" this fall.

Celinda Lake, who most recently served as the pollster for Attorney General Martha Coakley's losing campaign in Massachusetts, said there is deep frustration with Washington but moving away from health care would be the worst decision.

"We can't talk about it for a year and deliver nothing, that would be a disaster," Lake said. "We should pass it and then we have to go sell it. We have to tell people what is in it."

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