Two Democratic pollsters advise Democrats to pay attention to the polls

Patrick H. Caddell and Douglas E. Schoen were pollsters for the past two Democratic Presidents, Caddell for Jimmy Carter and Schoen for Bill Clinton. Together, these two pollsters are imploring the Democrats to listen to what a majority of Americans are saying about health care reform.

Via the Washington Post:

The White House document released Thursday arguing that reform is becoming more popular is in large part fighting the last war. This isn't 1994; it's 2010. And the bottom line is that the American public is overwhelmingly against this bill in its totality even if they like some of its parts.

The notion that once enactment is forced, the public will suddenly embrace health-care reform could not be further from the truth -- and is likely to become a rallying cry for disaffected Republicans, independents and, yes, Democrats.