virtually all Insider Democrats think that they will be better off if the Health Care Takeovre passes this year

The Political Insiders Poll has virtually all Democrats thinking that they are better off getting health care passed this year. Just 9 percent of Democrats think that their party is better off the government health insurance takeover his dead this year.

Q: Given the outcome of the Massachusetts Senate race, what would be best politically for your party on health care reform?

Democrats (102 votes)

House approves Senate bill 29 percent
Congress adopts significantly scaled-back bill 36 percent
Congress passes compromise between House,
Senate bills 24 percent
Health care reform is shelved for 2010 8 percent

Volunteered responses: Congress adopts any of the bills, 2 percent; GOP kills health care reform, 1 percent.

Surprisingly, most Republicans also think that they are better off if a bill passes, but they are no where as unanimous.

Q: Given the outcome of the Massachusetts Senate race, what would be best politically for your party on health care reform?

Republicans (95 votes)

House approves Senate bill 41 percent
Congress adopts significantly scaled-back bill 14 percent
Congress passes compromise between House,
Senate bills 4 percent
Health care reform is shelved for 2010 36 percent

Volunteered responses: None of the above, 3 percent; Any of the above, 2 percent.

Somebody is obviously wrong about these estimates.