General Discussion

...where are critics seeing lack of support for what Democratic leaders are proposing?

The polling for republicans is the most negative of any party that I've ever seen, and that can't be regarded as just incidental to their efforts.

I mean, who do people think raised the health care concerns to a national debate and focus, or this issue, for that matter?

It's not as if republicans are operating with political support, and there's only one party talking about these protections. No prominent republican legislator has proposed any, and most are openly loath to support them.

Why don't our leaders get credit for that reality, rather than suffer these hits from pure projection. I could understand concern with getting the public on oue side, if they weren't already on our side. Look at the polling. I don't really know where this concern is evidenced in public opinion, except anecdotally here or elsewhere on the internet.