The Time for Talk Is Over, Mr. President. We Mean Your Talk.

Scott Rasmussen and Doug Schoen have spelled out what many of us already suspected: President Obama can no longer move the public opinion numbers on health care. “The overwhelming majority of voters have insurance coverage, and 76% rate their own coverage as good or excellent. Half of these voters say it’s likely that if the congressional health bill becomes law, they would be forced to switch insurance coverage — a prospect hardly anyone ever relishes. These numbers have barely moved for months: Nothing the president has said has reassured people on this point. The reason President Obama can’t move the numbers and build public support is because the fundamentals are stacked against him. Most voters believe the current plan will harm the economy, cost more than projected, raise the cost of care, and lead to higher middle-class taxes. That’s a tough sell when the economy is hurting and people want reform to lower the cost of care. It’s also a tough sell for a president who won an election by promising tax cuts for 95% of all Americans.”

He’s turning into President Telemarketer: incessantly bugging you, trying to get you to buy a product that you don’t want, can’t afford, and have heard terrible things about. But he’s convinced that this call at dinnertime will be the one that changes your mind.

Allahpundit at Hot Air contends the numbers have moved on some questions — just in the opposite direction from what Obama intended: “Just 27 percent want Democrats to ram it through. Do note that the question here is slightly different than in the Gallup and Fox News polls. Theoretically, the AP’s sample might support reconciliation eventually, if further attempts at compromise with the GOP failed. But that’s academic: There aren’t going to be any further attempts, and frankly I’m skeptical that many who oppose reconciliation now would come around to it down the line. After nine months of this garbage, who seriously believes that just a little more effort at detente will break the impasse? If you don’t want them to go it alone now, you don’t want them to go it alone period, so wavering Dems will simply have to swallow that 68-percent figure. Good luck, kids. Exit question: Just 24 percent of Democrats are ‘very enthusiastic’ to vote in November compared to 42 percent of Republicans. If this travesty passes, which figure will see more movement? Remember, the left is counting on ObamaCare to goose turnout.”

From this morning’s Morning Jolt

–Jim Geraghty