David Brooks always writes a good...

...column, and today's is no exception. But I have to take issue with the fourth-to-last paragraph:

Many Democrats, as always, are caught in their insular liberal information loop. They think the polls are bad simply because the economy is bad.

I agree with the second sentence. James Carville said it best in 1992, "It's the economy, stupid." I have no doubt that the unemployment rate is the most important factor in a president's popularity. Get that moving lower and suddenly Obama will be seen as a genius. Remember Reagan?

They tell each other health care is unpopular because the people aren’t sophisticated enough to understand it.

Sorry, but this one is true, too. Just talk to anyone about the bill. The opposition has been masterful at spreading misinformation. Come on, "death panels?" And what does it say about the level of sophistication in this country when Sarah Palin is the best-selling author in America?

Some believe they can still pass health care even if their candidate, Martha Coakley, loses the Senate race in Massachusetts on Tuesday.

All the House has to do is pass the Senate bill and Obama can sign it into law. No country that ever passed universal health care, i. e., the rest of the developed world, has ever considered repealing it. It would be a major step forward for America. And ask yourself this, what happens to health care in America if the bill doesn't pass?