So, it appears that the political Right [was] in a tizzy [yesterday] morning about this Rasmussen poll.  Apparently it shows that Americans overwhelmingly oppose Obamacare, and independents oppose it by a 3-1 margin.  Or something.  One problem: whatever problems I may have with Obamacare (and I’ve made clear that I’ve got a lot), it is definitively not a single payer plan, which is not even remotely on the table at the moment.  Yeah, I know, slippery slopes and all of that – but this would just seem to be proof that the slope will not, in fact, slip.  Which is pretty much exactly why I’m opposed to Obamacare – our existing system is bad enough as it is; that it doubles down on the combination that ensures our system represents the worst of socialism and capitalism with relatively few of the benefits of either is reason enough to oppose it without demagoging it as something that it is not.