AND ON OBAMACARE – AT 9:04 A.M. ET:  From the way the White House is talking, you'd think Americans are flocking to Obamacare, as in those old Soviet posters showing workers, their pitchforks over their shoulders, rushing smilingly into the fields to service the people's crops.  Not so.  From Fox:

Over half of American voters regret that the Affordable Care Act passed, and nearly two-thirds say it never would have -- if we knew then what we know now.

In addition, more than half think the health care law will ultimately be bad for the country, and that it’s more about the government controlling our lives than getting Americans health care.

These are just some of the findings from a Fox News poll released Thursday.

Fifty-five percent of voters wish the health care law had never passed. That includes majorities of young people under age 30 (55 percent) and those with annual household incomes under $50,000 (52 percent), as well as more than a quarter of Democrats (28 percent).

Some 37 percent are glad the law passed.

The poll also finds that by a 51-42 percent margin, people think in the long run the law will be bad for the country.

Democrats are alone in thinking the health care law will be a good thing in the end: 70 percent feel that way, which is twice the number of independents who say the same (35 percent) and more than five times the number of Republicans (13 percent).

Overall, 64 percent of voters don’t think the law would have passed if we knew back in 2009 what we know today. Majorities of Republicans (74 percent), independents (68 percent) and even Democrats (54 percent) say it wouldn’t have passed.

COMMENT:  Obamacare if failing because it is horribly designed.  It can lead to a Democratic debacle in November if the Republicans agree on an alternative, and if that alternative is popular with the public.  Again, Republicans must have a positive, winning message, not just depend on Dem failure.

February 14, 2014