Question On ObamaCare Haste

I have a question concerning the heavily liberal push to pass ObamaCare. This is a question that has puzzled me for a while, now. You see, the Democrats are pushing hard to pass the bill... and are telling Congressional Democrats that passing ObamaCare will build support for them in the 2010 elections.

This is the part that puzzles me. WHY do they think this? Every opinion poll in the past months has shown declining support for ObamaCare bills. The newest Washington Post/ABC News poll, for example, shows the country is pretty evenly split with 49% opposing and 48% supporting ObamaCare passage.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/17/AR2009111700021.html

In the new poll, 48 percent say they support the proposed changes; 49 percent are opposed.

The new poll provides ammunition for both advocates and opponents of reform. For opponents, a clear area of public concern centers on cost -- 52 percent say an altered system would probably make their own care more expensive, and 56 percent see the overall cost of health care in the country going up as a result.

Few see clear benefits in exchange for higher expenses. Rather, there has been a small but significant increase in the number (now 37 percent) who anticipate their care deteriorating under a revamped system, putting that number in line with opinion in July 1994, just before President Bill Clinton's health-care reform efforts fizzled.

Among those with insurance, three times as many continue to see worse rather than better coverage options ahead (39 to 13 percent), and fewer than half of those who lack insurance see better options under a changed system. Six in 10 see it as "very" or "somewhat" likely that many private insurers would be forced out of business by a government-sponsored insurance plan, a potential result that GOP leaders frequently warn about.

Given all this, how can the Democrats believe that PASSING ObamaCare will actually INCREASE support for their party? Doing so will immediately alienate half the voters... many of whom are indpendent voters who supported Obama last year.

This is a serious question, and if you have an answer for me I'd like to read it. HOW can supposedly intelligent men and women believe something that is so obviously untrue? HOW can they believe that forcing half the country to do something they don't want to do will INCREASE their support?

This is not a debate on the merits or shortfalls of ObamaCare, it's an honest question.

Anybody willing to try and answer it?