7-year-old dying girl in this michigan? well, she has just been arrested. we ve got the details. and south carolina governor candidate nicky haley is leading in the polls. now two men sign affidavits swearing that they had extra marital affairs with her, something she denied. she continues to say it s all lies. we debate in kelly s court. see you top of the hour. jon: let s get back to the election questions you want answered in our america s asking town hall. the panel is with us, bernard whitman, a former pollster for bill clinton, chip salzmann, former campaign manager for mike huckabee, bob cusack, the managing editor for the hill, and, bob, i hope you re feeling eloquent because you got advanced word on this one, can we be sure the gop will stick to its guns if balance of power shifts on capitol hill? what do you think, bob? i think this is going to be tough for them. this is a republican party who will not be with president
america s town hall. jon: we ask that you try to keep it short so we can get to as many of them as possible. jenna: and we welcome our panel today. bernard whitman, chip salzmann is a former campaign manager for mike huckabee, and bob cue zack, managing editor for the hill. welcome to you all and, bernard, we ll start with you with that question on health care reform because we re seeing a lot of questions about health care. why do you think we re seeing the reaction where a lot of our viewers are saying that they re seeing a lot of their rates going up instead of going the opposite direction? well, we have to remember, the health care law just passed, and the benefits of the health care law are going to be phased in this over the next couple years. it s going to take quite a while, i think, for americans to see the full benefits, but as they start to see some of them like not being able to drop children for pre-existing conditions, you re seeing more and more people actually come
that issue. jenna: it d be interesting to see, again, will we actually see folks cast their vote? bob, don t worry, we haven t forgot about you. got a great question from danny smith after the break, can we be sure republicans will stick to their guns if balance of pour shifts? this so, bob, we re going to give you a second, we have to go to commercial, and jon s going to be back. jon: we ve got more great questions like that one, like this one from judy: will president obama actually be allowed to pass any laws in the next congress? that s coming up. othing changes. [ man ] then try this. new and improved freestyle lite® blood glucose test strip. sure, but it s not gonna- [ bp ] wow. [ man ] yeah, that s the patented eestyle zipwik™ design. [ woman ] did it just ta the blood? target the blood? yeah, it drew it right in. the test starts fast. you need just a third the blood of onetouch®. that is different. so freestyle lite test strips make testing. [ man ] easy? easy. [ man ] gr