Poll_NN1 :_: Obama_NP1 ,_, Clinton_NP1 health_NN1 plans_NN2 have_VH0 troubling_JJ parallels_NN2 The_AT public_NN1 's_GE view_NN1 of_IO President_NNB Obama_NP1 's_GE healthcare_NN1 plan_NN1 is_VBZ strikingly_RR similar_JJ to_II how_RRQ voters_NN2 reacted_VVD to_II President_NNB Bill_NP1 Clinton_NP1 's_GE failed_JJ efforts_NN2 to_TO reform_VVI healthcare_NN1 in_II 1993_MC and_CC 1994_MC ,_, a_AT1 new_JJ poll_NN1 shows_NN2 ._. 
Voters_NN2 today_RT are_VBR roughly_RR as_CSA familiar_JJ with_IW Mr._NNB Obama_NP1 's_GE plan_NN1 as_CSA voters_NN2 were_VBDR with_IW the_AT health_NN1 are_VBR proposals_NN2 in_II June_NPM1 1994_MC ,_, with_IW more_DAR than_CSN 60_MC percent_NNU saying_VVG they_PPHS2 knew_VVD some_DD aspects_NN2 of_IO the_AT plans_NN2 ,_, according_II21 to_II22 a_AT1 new_JJ national_JJ survey_NN1 by_II the_AT firm_JJ Public_NN1 Opinion_NN1 Strategies_NN2 ._. 
In_II June_NPM1 1994_MC ,_, 23_MC percent_NNU of_IO those_DD2 surveyed_VVN said_VVD they_PPHS2 favored_VVD the_AT Clinton_NP1 plan_NN1 ._. 
This_DD1 August_NPM1 ,_, 25_MC percent_NNU say_VV0 they_PPHS2 favor_VV0 Obama_NP1 's_GE proposals_NN2 ._. 
In_II 1994_MC ,_, 23_MC percent_NNU favored_VVD the_AT reform_NN1 plans_VVZ Bill_NP1 and_CC Hillary_NP1 Clinton_NP1 were_VBDR trying_VVG to_TO sell_VVI ._. 
Some_DD 25_MC percent_NNU favor_NN1 what_DDQ Obama_NP1 has_VHZ traveled_VVN the_AT country_NN1 to_TO support_VVI ._. 
Healthcare_NN1 plans_VVZ a_AT1 hard_RR sell_VV0 "_" The_AT data_NN is_VBZ hauntingly_RR similar_JJ to_II what_DDQ we_PPIS2 saw_VVD in_II 1994_MC ,_, "_" said_VVD Bill_NP1 McInturff_NP1 ,_, a_AT1 partner_NN1 in_II Public_JJ Opinion_NN1 strategies_NN2 ,_, a_AT1 firm_NN1 that_CST serves_VVZ Republicans_NN2 ,_, in_II a_AT1 statement_NN1 ._. 
"_" President_NNB Obama_NP1 is_VBZ learning_VVG the_AT same_DA lesson_NN1 that_CST the_AT Clintons_NP2 learned_VVD :_: Too_RG much_DA1 government_NN1 intervention_NN1 in_II the_AT healthcare_NN1 system_NN1 can_VM alienate_VVI more_DAR voters_NN2 than_CSN it_PPH1 attracts_VVZ ._. "_" 
Some_DD 37_MC percent_NNU of_IO those_DD2 surveyed_VVN by_II Public_NN1 Opinion_NN1 Strategies_NN2 between_II Aug._NPM1 11_MC and_CC 13_MC still_RR had_VHD no_AT opinion_NN1 about_II the_AT Obama_NP1 healthcare_NN1 proposals_NN2 ._. 
So_RR it_PPH1 must_VM be_VBI troubling_VVG for_IF the_AT White_NP1 House_NN1 that_CST 49_MC percent_NNU of_IO those_DD2 surveyed_VVN liked_VVD the_AT Obama_NP1 plan_VV0 less_RRR when_CS they_PPHS2 heard_VVD more_RRR about_II it_PPH1 ,_, versus_II 38_MC percent_NNU whose_DDQGE support_NN1 grew_VVD as_CSA they_PPHS2 got_VVD more_DAR information_NN1 ._. 
Seeing_VVG more_RRR and_CC liking_VVG it_PPH1 less_RRR That_DD1 compares_VVZ to_II 52_MC percent_NNU of_IO those_DD2 surveyed_VVN about_II the_AT Clinton_NP1 plan_NN1 in_II 1994_MC who_PNQS liked_VVD it_PPH1 less_RRR as_II their_APPGE familiarity_NN1 with_IW it_PPH1 grew_VVD ._. 
Some_DD 34_MC percent_NNU liked_VVD the_AT Clinton_NP1 plan_VV0 more_DAR as_CSA they_PPHS2 heard_VVD more_RRR about_II it_PPH1 ._. 
Mr._NNB McInturff_NP1 played_VVD a_AT1 role_NN1 in_II defeating_VVG the_AT Clinton_NP1 healthcare_NN1 plan_NN1 ._. 
He_PPHS1 conducted_VVD the_AT polling_NN1 for_IF the_AT "_" Harry_NP1 and_CC Louise_NP1 "_" television_NN1 commercials_NN2 that_CST were_VBDR instrumental_JJ in_II turning_VVG public_NN1 opinion_NN1 against_II the_AT Clinton_NP1 plan_NN1 ._. 
He_PPHS1 was_VBDZ also_RR a_AT1 key_JJ adviser_NN1 in_II Senator_NNB John_NP1 McCain_NP1 's_GE presidential_JJ campaign_NN1 ._. 
The_AT new_JJ poll_NN1 underscores_VVZ results_NN2 from_II August_NPM1 's_GE NBC_NP1 News/Wall_NP1 Street_NNL1 Journal_NN1 poll_NN1 ._. 
In_II the_AT NBC/Journal_FU poll_NN1 only_RR 41_MC percent_NNU of_IO those_DD2 surveyed_VVN approved_JJ of_IO Obama_NP1 's_GE handling_NN1 of_IO the_AT health_NN1 care_NN1 issue_NN1 ,_, with_IW 47_MC percent_NNU disapproving_JJ ._. 
The_AT NBC/Journal_FU poll_NN1 ,_, which_DDQ McInturff_NP1 helps_VVZ direct_JJ ,_, offered_VVD little_DA1 comfort_NN1 to_II Republicans_NN2 ._. 
It_PPH1 found_VVD just_RR 21_MC percent_NNU of_IO the_AT population_NN1 approved_VVN of_IO the_AT Republican_NN1 's_GE handling_NN1 of_IO the_AT health_NN1 care_NN1 issue_NN1 ._. 
Are_VBR higher_JJR taxes_NN2 inevitable_JJ ?_? 
Obama_NP1 made_VVD a_AT1 campaign_NN1 pledge_VV0 that_CST he_PPHS1 would_VM n't_XX raise_VVI taxes_NN2 on_II anyone_PN1 except_II the_AT very_RG well-to-do_JJ ._. 
But_CCB his_APPGE options_NN2 are_VBR narrowing_VVG ._. 
