Commentators noted how President Obama "hit a home run" with last weeks State of the Union address. Little notice was the lack of mention of health care in the address. The issue only received 44 words or 0.6% of the speech compared to 224 or 3.2% last year, 570 words or 7.8% in 2010, and 427 or 7.2% in 2009. This is surprising as the Affordable Care Act is supposedly one of the President's proudest accomplishments. An analysis of the address can be read here.
There was also little mention of the issue in Mitch Daniels response to the address, while it is still often discussed on the campaign trail. While polls have shown that the law is unpopular only a few have asked why it is unpopular. These polls mostly have asked if the law is "too liberal" or "not liberal enough." I have not found any mainstream media polls that mention single payer while some have mentioned the public option. These posts are summarized below.
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