“I contend that the anger will GROW ...”
I think you are exactly correct. There is still a large reservoir of semi-apolitical voters who generally take their time in judging, and usually wait until the smoke clears. These voters will swing to the “anger” column.
This is the high water mark for support for HC. Everything now will revolve around problems (doctors quitting, problems such as CAT and ATT, etc.).
Also, this anger took a long time to simmer. It won’t disappear in any short period of time. Even last summer, the predictions were that it was a temporal display of anger, but now, it is clear that the anger has solidified and grown.
Seven months. Boy, I don’t know. That’s a lot of time to do damage control, bait and switch, and distraction maneuvers. I recommend tea partiers watch their ass from now until january first. They will be trying to make examples of those evil right wing extremists.