all this very serious coverage from the conservative media and fox news, well, ladies and gentlemen, here it is, here s the plan for the affordable care act alternative. it s 2014. this is like me running in, stop the presses. i know the way out of the cuban missile crisis. i ve got it solved. turn the ships back. it is late for the republican alternative to the affordable care act. although, it seems notable from a meta perspective that they ve decided that maybe health reform that health care needs to be reformed. granted what they re proposie i is t.o.r.t. reform and portable health insurance dollars george w. bush tried to move on, too. it s not a comprehensive idea about how to get people covered. it s at least an acknowledgement we can t go back, republicans admit what we had needed fixing. that s a paradigm shift. sort of once they ve shifted to that, i sort of feel like the democrats win because people trust democrats to be able to reform a system.
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and you suggest all these things that everyone watching believes will not be accomplished. so i think you ll see a mix of large proposals and things that he can do on this own to advance the ball. but the main thing is he will frame the argument in the way i believe the american people are seeing it. what s interesting to me, chris, is how much this argument has shifted because now you see, even republicans acknowledging that, yes, this is a big challenge. now, their prescriptions are completely different. i don t think they re particularly helpful. but the fact that marco rubio and eric cantor and others are now talking about this as a central challenge tells you how much public opinion is beginning to catch up with the politicians in washington. we are awaiting the president leaving the white house for the speech there on your screen. that s where we expect to see him leave momentarily. washington post has a poll about which party is closer to your view on the minimum wage. democ