obamacare is poison, is political poison for democrats. in the fall. well, massive amounts of money, as i said, have flowed into this race from outside groups. it always happens in these special elections. it s coming from left and right. the national republican campaign committee and karl rove s group called american crossroad, they have been hammering sink on health care by flooding the airwaves with ads like this one from the u.s. chamber of commerce. by the way, it s not a local chamber of commerce, it s the big lobbying operation called the chamber of commerce. let s watch. 300,000 americans will lose their health coverage because of obamacare. alex sink supported it, and she still does. now sink is running for congress, and she is still pushing obamacare. canceled health plans, higher premiums, medicare cuts, people losing their doctors. a disaster for families and seniors. with alex sink, the priority is obamacare, not us. where did they get that announcer, mark?
focusing on the affordable care act that again, if she loses, i think they ll be heartened by it and take some practical leonardo lessons from. let me go to the question of psychology. gene, i always thought the american voter tends to be a negative voter, get rid of this guy, get rid of that guy, get rid of carter, get rid of w., though it was too late to get rid of him. we tend to drive new people into office to drive the old ones out. it s a tough bielection. doesn t like his policies in ukraine, doesn t like his medicare policy, doesn t like affordable care. it s just an accumulation to me, opportunity for people to hit the to bang on the pipes and say more hot water, or whatever they re angry about. you know, it, chris. on the other hand, the republican party is not exactly that popular right now either. but your point is well taken if voters are mad at everybody, you know, it s the president s party that probably suffers most. you know, win or lose, i think
practical. the psychic one is that it will show a candidate withstand a withering assault on the affordable care act with the practical message of let s keep it, but let s fix it. and that s the message you re going hear from a lot of democrats with fuller voice if she wins. the practical benefit is also going to be the outside groups. if sink wins, a lot of these outside groups who played heavily in this race and their contributors are going to say hey, do we really want to spend all this money? does spending all this money really make a difference. okay, gene, what about the other result? this is a close one. it s going to end some time tonight. my question, suppose somebody as well liked, as prestigious as alex sink loses, what does that say about the environment out there politically come november? well, you know, she is the better candidate in this race. it s a swing district. it s very close. in fact, republicans have a bit of an edge in that district. but if she loses, i thi
off a win here, it may mean, may mean the democrats survived the gop s anti-obamacare onslaught. we all know in his plan for november. watch it. we ll see what happens. plus, you ve never seen a president like this president. president obama on zach galifianakis tongue-in-cheek web show between two interference. watch. you said if you had a son you would not let him play football. what makes you think he wants to play football? what if he is a nerd like you? you think a woman like michelle would marry a nerd? why don t you can her if she married a nerd. could i? no, i m not going to let you near her. there is more. trust me. the president definitely brought his a game. finally, the death of joe mcginnis, the hero of my youth, the guy who blew the lid on vietnam and richard nixon both. this is hardball, the place for politics. to think about where their electricity comes from. they flip the switch and the light comes on.