Are you still under impression that they do care about the poll numbers?

The only poll they do believe in is the actual election results!
Now lets put this thing aside and examine the facts. I will use my family as an example.
I am in pretty good health for my age, my wife on the other hand has couple of preexisting conditions. I am still without a job, but lucky enough to have COBRA coverage through my previous employer. This coverage is limited for 18 month so, I decided to do a little shopping for the Health Insurance few month ago. I got preferred rate coverage, but my wife got "denied" letter from the same insurer. As long as I maintain continuous coverage at exorbitant COBRA prices or get new coverage through gaining full time employment soon she wouldn't be denied payments for her medical bills. In case my continued coverage lapses for some reason, she will be denied payments of her medical bills due to the preexisting conditions. This is just her, my younger son could be another example.
Now, if you want to know how I feel about the whole thing that happened yesterday, I was relived. Something had to be done about the way we all pay for the medical treatment. Did I like the way the Dem's showed the bill down our throats, hell no! But change is well overdue. There should be some sort of the safety net system to soften the blow, but without turning it into dependency. Unfortunately most of the Gummint run programs are fertile soil for uncontrolled and inefficient bureaucracy.
So, what is the answer to those problems. All of the incumbents D's or R's have to be commended for tackling the Health Reform issue and then voted out of the office this coming November. The rest of them should be out after the next election cycle. They all too comfortable in their offices. Recall option and term limits have to be in place to keep the new once in check, and no lobbying jobs allowed afterward. Their compensation should be tied up to how much money they saved by making the government more efficient and smaller without sacrificing level of service. No political appointees to the key government agencies. Hire the best and the brightest our country has to offer. Use limited term contracts with well defined criteria to keep the top bureaucrats in check, extend the contracts if they are good or boot them out without severance if they are not.
I am still going to vote Republican, but wish we'll have a better choice next election.