Collapse: Obama Lacks Votes in House as Polling Collapses

First from Drudge:

WHIP COUNT: DEMS LACK THE VOTES
Wed Sep 09 2009 17:03:37 ET

At least 44 more moderate Members of the Democrat Caucus have gone on the record in opposition to the current health care bill in the House, Hill source claims. Likewise, at least 57 liberal Members of the Democrat Caucus have gone on the record saying they will vote against a health care bill without a strong public option. In other words, unless multiple Democrats flip on their stated position on health care, Speaker Pelosi lacks the votes to pass a bill through the House on the strength of Democrat votes alone.

The leader in this would have been Mike Ross who turned against the current house bill this week and apparently has been joined by other moderates, of course on the other side of the aile liberals are screaming they won't vote for a plan without the public option.

Now the polling from AP via rcp:

Public disapproval of President Barack Obama's handling of health care has jumped to 52 percent, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll released hours before he makes his case for overhaul in a prime-time address to Congress.With his health revamp moving slowly and unemployment edging ever higher, Obama's overall approval rating has also suffered a blow. The survey showed that 49 percent now disapprove of how he is handling his job as president, up from 42 percent who disapproved in July.

The grade people give Obama on health care also has worsened since July, when just 43 percent disapproved of his work on the issue.

The poll underscores how the president has struggled to win public support to reshape the nation's $2.5 trillion health care system and to put the brakes on a deep recession.Forty-nine percent say they oppose the health overhaul plans being considered by Congress, compared to just 34 percent who favor them.

Of course expect one last push by the media using the Presidents speech tonight, color me skeptical that it will work.