Kerry's health care plan is well liked among the common folk

Joel Kramer has a good article out in yesterday's Star Tribune clarifying popular support for Kerry's healthcare plans. However, he reminds us that popular support for a practical solution to some of our most nagging problems doesn't neccessarily equal a vote. That's because, as I noted in If I vote for you will you make me poor, Part I and Part II, the people to whom Republican policies are sold are the very people for whom they are an economic disaster-- Middle class working Americans. As Kramer notes:

For most Americans, the tax cut was less than $1,000 for the entire household. But one thing you can be sure of: A lot of people who favor the Kerry approach -- health insurance security rather than tax cuts -- will vote for Bush.