CNN POLL: 58% oppose Ryan plan, only 35% support.

[jefferson_dem]

CNN Poll: Majority gives thumbs down to Ryan plan
By: CNN Political Unit

Washington (CNN) - A new national poll indicates that a majority of Americans don't like what they've heard so far about congressional Republicans' plans to change Medicare.

According to a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey, a majority also don't think the GOP has cooperated enough with President Barack Obama and, for the first time since they won back control of the House last November, the number of Americans who say that Republican control of the chamber is good for the country has dropped below the 50 percent mark.

The poll indicates that 58 percent of the public opposes the Republican plan on Medicare, with 35 percent saying they support the proposal. The survey's Wednesday release comes as the president met with House Republicans to discuss, among other things, Medicare reform.

The House Republican 2012 budget, authored by Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, passed the chamber in April without a single Democratic vote and included a proposal to overhaul Medicare. Under the plan, the government would no longer directly pay medical costs for those 55 and younger, but instead would offer subsidies for seniors to use to get private health insurance coverage.

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[Thrill]

1. 35% support it? Which means the media and Democrats

aren;t doing a very good job educating America. Thats too damn high

[FrenchieCat]

3. Putting the Democrats and the Media is the same sentence where

there is something that they should be doing the same is silly.
The Democrats have to fight the media......
the Balloon Boy Corporate media doesn't ever educate anybody,
and this won't be an exception!

[CakeGrrl]

4. The media has no intention of educating America - it wouldn't help the GOP

It can't be forgotten that the MSM is now owned by corporations. They have an interest in seeing the GOP in power, so they follow the dregs of the GOP like Palin around instead of covering actual news.

If we had a truly free press that wasn't tainted by political leaning, the American public would be in for a rude awakening about what was going on in Washington.

[emulatorloo]

7. Media presents every Republican idea as if it were GOLDEN.

It is so obvious with the Ryan plan, they are promoting it rather than illuminating it. Or more to the point, they aren't explaining what it would mean if it were enacted. It is all sugar coating and misdirection.

[JAnthony]

5. These are the good old Bush supporters, never do facts matter to them!

These people will NEVER see the world as it is.

[marlakay]

9. That's all the rich and the very brain washed! nt

[AtomicKitten]

2. They are gaining traction. Democrats need to step up and tell the truth over and over again.

[Dawson Leery]

6. Those 35% who support the Ryan plan need to

give up their medicare benefits and buy private insurance.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

8. We need to get the message straight? It's "Ryancare"! We need to start referring to it as just that!

[uponit7771]

10. The oppose numbers need to be up around 65...then we're dippin into kkkon numbers.

...right now it's just independents.

A couple of more issues that really get on their nerves should be the ting that gets a turn around in 12