"during the run-up"

pdq,

Obviously you are a good Republican, arguing against points no one has made.

Supporters of the bill, including, myself and Carol and Big Mick on this forum have been saying that polls taken SINCE the passing of the bill have been favorable.

Show me numbers like that in a month and we will have something to be concerned about.

By the way, where were you when George W Bush was slapping the up to 80% of Americans in the face by ignoring public opinion? In 2004 I learned that the only poll that mattered was the vote. One would have thought that you had learned that in 2008. Obama's mandate was quite a bit larger than Bush's. Add that to the mandate in the House and the Senate and its pretty clear that NOT to keep the election promise would have been the real slap in the face.