Then why do politicians do it? Are their egos so insecure?
My assumption is that they watch them to gauge whether the American people are responding positively or negatively to a position that they have taken, or events that they are involved in........their egos come into play when the polls reflect very negatively on what they are doing, but they have decided to do it anyway.
The other piece to the puzzle that the average citizen does not see is that politicians commission their own internal polls on issues, and they also poll their own constituencies.......these, we never see, and are the most important to them, as they are indicators of whether or not they are going to be thrown out of office in the next election cycle due to their position on an issue.
I can't help but believe that the reason that many Democrats are waffling on all of these massive health care initiatives is that their internal polling is showing them that they are hovering on the brink of becoming private citizens next election cycle......and it is scaring them to death.
Since they have a clear majority in both houses, there is nothing else stopping them from passing these things, except for the eventual ramifications.......and the closer we get to January first, when the new election season begins, the more reticent they become on these massive "reform" issues......
Just my opinion........
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