According to this morning’s Rasmussen polling, support for the Democrats’ health care plan is cratering. It isn’t likely to get more popular as more information is reported on. Here’s what Rasmussen’s latest polling shows:

Just 38% of voters now favor the health care plan proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats. That’s the lowest level of support measured for the plan in nearly two dozen tracking polls conducted since June.

The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 56% now oppose the plan.

Half the survey was conducted before the Senate voted late Saturday to begin debate on its version of the legislation. Support for the plan was slightly lower in the half of the survey conducted after the Senate vote.

According to Ed’s post, the crosstabs must worry Democratic strattegists:

The big takeaway from the internals is, as always, independent voters. They are looking a lot more like Republicans on this issue. Where Republican voters oppose ObamaCare 83/13, independents aren’t far behind at 70/23. Self-described moderates have fled as well, opposing ObamaCare by almost exactly the overall topline, 55/39.

After the Tuesday Night Massacre, Democrats were quick to spin their defeats as the result of local issues and bad candidates. Based on what this polling is showing us, I’d say that voters are telling us the same things on health care as they were telling us that night: that they’re rejecting Democrats for being too radical.

In fact, the Democrats’ rating with independents has deteriorated since the election. Bob McDonnell won with 66-34 percent support amongst independents. Chris Christie won with 58-31 percent support of independents. According to this morning’s reporting, independents are now abandoning Democrats on health care by a 3:1 margin.

Nothing indicates that independents will start supporting Democrats anytime soon. If this trend continues, this could be a major indicator of an impending disaster for Democrats in 2010. While it’s still a ways off, these trends should worry candidates and strategists alike.

It’s time for sane Democrats like Doug Schoen and Joe Lieberman to retake their party. It’s time that they flushed the demagogues from the Democratic Party.

Technorati: Polling, Scott Rasmussen, Independents, Moderates, Health Care, Obamacare, Doug Schoen, Joe Lieberman, Democrats, Election 2010

Cross-posted at California Conservative