Poll: Strong Majority Backs SCHIP Program
A new poll finds that Dems have a very strong wind at their backs as they head into tomorrow's House vote to override President Bush's veto of the SCHIP expansion bill.
The new CNN survey finds that a strong majority (61%) want the House to override Bush's veto, while barely a third (35%) do not. Key number: Forty-three percent of conservatives back the override, too.
One other key fact: The poll was taken Oct.12-14, when the winger campaign against the program was in full swing. Judging by these numbers, those efforts have failed pretty miserably.
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So if the American people were able to vote directly to override the president's veto, they wouldn't be able to come up with the needed two-thirds majority either.
October 17, 2007 2:45 PM | Reply | Permalink
Correct. A strong majority of Congress passed it to begin with.
October 17, 2007 3:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
Does anyone know of an up-to-date whip count for the S-CHIP override available on-line?
October 17, 2007 4:26 PM | Reply | Permalink
If the American people could vote directly, this wouldn't be a problem because we'd have a different President.
October 17, 2007 4:45 PM | Reply | Permalink
Is there any chance at all they will do as claimed and just keep putting it forward if they can't get the override? Or will anyone show any spine (strange to say that because they'd be voting for the override mainly out of fear of not being reelected) and just override it?
I simply don't have much faith left that the majority party will just dig in and say "Enough!"
October 17, 2007 6:38 PM | Reply | Permalink
Interesting question.
I wonder if Americans would need two-thirds majority to override a president that they elected by fifty-two percent.
October 18, 2007 5:45 AM | Reply | Permalink
Makes you wonder about polls:
USA Today/Gallup on the October 15.
October 18, 2007 6:02 AM | Reply | Permalink
That USA Today/Gallup URL is:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2007-10-15-poll-schip_N.htm
October 18, 2007 6:11 AM | Reply | Permalink
"As you may know, the Democrats want to allow a family of four earning about $62,000 to qualify for the program. President Bush wants most of the increases to go to families earning less than $41,000. Whose side do you favor?"
Makes me wonder not about polls, but about misleading questions.
October 18, 2007 2:43 PM | Reply | Permalink