HIT & RUN BLOG

Given the long, steep nosedive that ObamaCare's popularity has taken since last summer, liberals who still favor passage have had to work especially hard to come up with reasons why passing a deeply unpopular health care bill is still a good idea politically. Thus, they have been put in the position of arguing that once the bill is passed, its popularity will rise. The public may be skittish now, the bill's supporters admit, but they'll come around. But as Associate Editor Peter Suderman writes, there's scant evidence to bolster this belief.

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