Chart of the Day

Membership Ticker

You come to Mother Jones for unique journalism, and we love doing it for you—especially at a moment like this. That's really it. That's the upshot of our fall fundraising drive, and we're hoping to raise $250,000 in a much shorter than normal three-week window, by November 5, so we can keep right on doing it. Please pitch in early to help us get there.

$250,000

You come to Mother Jones for unique journalism, and we love doing it for you. That's it. That's the upshot of our fall fundraising drive, and we're hoping to raise $250,000 in a shorter than normal three-week window so we can keep right on doing it.

Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.

Republicans took their best shot at sinking healthcare reform over August, but it turns out that public support for their position was sort of a like a convention bounce: sharp but short-lived. At least, that’s the takeaway from the latest Kaiser poll, which shows that support for healthcare reform has already recovered from the beating it took during the summer townhalls. This is pretty much what I expected all along, and I wouldn’t be at all surprised to see public support creep back into the low 60s if Obama and the Democrats continue to lower the temperature and work steadily to produce a solid, defensible bill with demonstrable benefits for the average consumer. With this level of support, healthcare reform is decidedly doable.