Health care reform legislation seemed like a sure thing just a few weeks ago, but now that the Democrats only have a 59-41 majority in the U.S. Senate, passing a comprehensive bill looks less likely with each passing day.

Sixty Senate votes are needed to seal a bill’s fate, and Democrats must try to find a way around that. A small majority of adults (53%) see no need to change the cloture rule, even though it makes it nearly impossible to pass any major legislation in a hyperpolarized Congress and nation. That may be just fine with people, especially independents, who want that bipartisanship, but distrust government.

Read all of John Zogby’s column on attitudes toward the Senate cloture rule at Forbes.com.

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