RNC Poll: Independents Not Buying Obamacare

On the eve of the tomorrow's vote, a poll commissioned by the Republican National Committee shows that the President's health care reform bill is extremely unpopular among undecided voters. Meanwhile, demonstrators continue to protest the bill on Capitol Hill.

On the eve of the tomorrow's historic health care vote, a privately-commissioned poll by the Republican National Committee shows that the President's health care reform bill is overwhelmingly unpopular among undecided voters.

In a memo obtained by FrumForum, Chairman Michael Steele tells the other members of the RNC that their poll shows the danger that Democrats face in passing the President's health care package.

The poll shows that 69% of undecided voters would be less likely to vote for a candidate who voted for the health care reform bill tomorrow. Meanwhile, a strong majority of undecided voters (60%) opposed the legislation, with 45% strongly opposing it.

President Obama tried to keep his party in line today, predicting that health care reform was only "24 hours away". Meanwhile, Republicans and other opponents of the President's health care reform bill organized to make a last-minute effort to 'kill the bill'.

Soon after Obama's statement, RNC Chairman Michael Steele questioned Obama's confidence in the passage of the bill. In the memo to RNC members, Steele said that "despite [President Obama's] lofty rhetoric, the president has been telling wavering Democrat members of Congress that his presidency is on the line, cancelling a scheduled overseas trip and trying to assure them that everything will calm down after his government takeover of health care passes."

The RNC poll also holds other good indications of a strong Republican showing in November. Among undecided voters, 46% said that they would prefer a “Republican candidate who would be a check and balance to President Obama and the Democrats in Congress,” compared to 19% who disagreed with the statement. 53% said that the would consider voting for a Republican so as to "send a message to President to President Obama and the Democrats and make them listen to voters like me."

While the Republican Party rallied against Obama's health care plan, the tea party movement gathered on Capitol Hill for another day of protests. Talking Points Memo reports that some of the protests may have led to some unfortunate incidents in the Capitol complex:

A group swarmed a very calm looking Henry Waxman, as he got on the elevator, with shouts of "Kill the bill!" "You liar! You crook!"

Not long before, Rep. Barney Frank got an uglier version of the treatment. Just after Frank rounded a corner to leave the building, an older protestor yelled "Barney, you faggot." The surrounding crowd of protestors then erupted in laughter.

TPM is also reporting that protestors yelled the word "nigger" at Rep. John Lewis (D-GA).

The protests will continue throughout the evening, and FrumForum's Noah Kristula-Green will be on-site to report on the candlelight vigil this evening at the Capitol. Stay tuned for more developments.

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