their own exchanges and expanding medicaid. let s fast forward to the state of the union, months afterwards. economy continuing to strengthen. i think the president s numbers will recover and people s confidence will recover. then, of course, chuck todd had that great point that was a good point. do we have that clip? here s what chuck todd had to say on meet the press. he pointed out a freudian slip? he made a great point. watch this, chuck todd. page three of the report it says here that the team is operating with private-sector velocity and effectiveness. okay. that is an acknowledgement that, you know what? if this was a government operation for at that long time and it failed now we re bringing in the private-sector folks. that s an indictment on the whole idea of government as a solution, frankly. i m sorry, i was going to tell robert gibbs that s the first time i ve laughed since
things they can t do. page three of the report it says here, the team is reacting with high pressure velocity and effectiveness. that s an acknowledgment that, you know what, this was a government operation for a long time and it failed. now we re bringing in the private sector folks. that is an indictment on the whole idea of government as a solution, frankly, when you look at this. and the president as a manager, and people around him who can get the bureaucracy to move in a particular direction, which is not easy, but this is your point on how nimble government is. the challenge is i think the goals are laudible, mayor, and it s something the president articulated brilliantly as an election and reelection mantra. but this is a tough bet, and he had a responsibility to make sure the rollout was not this disastrous in order to achieve these goals. because now they re at risk of losing the credibility of government as an agent of
an important part of that. it s not the only part. but we re continuing to work every day to make the improvements that are necessary. when you compare it to the private sector, the report put out by the administration over the weekend said, quote, the team is operating with private sector velocity and effectiveness now. can you reasonably expect that it s working under that effectiveness according to the administration with, by your own estimation, 24/7, bringing in outside consultants, is it reasonable to expect that krou can keep that same level of private sector velocity and effectiveness, as you call it, over the next months, years, as it s really the government doing it, not the private sector? this is a government operation. that obviously was not working before. you now say it s working with private sector velocity. can you reasonably keep up that pace? i d say a couple of things about that. the answer is yes, we can, in the days ahead continue to work around the clock as w
quite well. medicaid extension. it s a fact. it may take until 2017 when this president leaves office you ll see almost every state in this country running their own exchanges and expanding medicaid. let s fast forward the state of the union. health care working better. people signing up. no washington shutdowns. i think the president s numbers will recover and people s confidence will recover. on meet the press chuck todd pointed out an interesting tidbit. the team is operating with proift sector velocity and effectiveness. that s an acknowledgement that if this was a government operation for a long time and failed now we re bringing in private-sector folks that s an indictment on the whole idea of government as a solution frankly. mark, one of the most interesting things and most disturbing as you look at how the administration handled this was the fact that they weren t
page three of the report it says here, the team is reacting with high pressure velocity and effectiveness. that s an acknowledgment that, you know what, this was a government operation for a long time and it failed. now we re bringing in the private sector folks. that is an indictment on the whole idea of government as a solution, frankly, when you look at this. and the president as a manager, and people around him who can get the bureaucracy to move in a particular direction, which is not easy, but this is your point on how nimble government is. the challenge is i think the goals are laudible, mayor, and it s something the president articulated brilliantly as an election and reelection mantra. but this is a tough bet, and he had a responsibility to make sure the rollout was not this disastrous in order to achieve these goals. because now they re at risk of losing the credibility of government as an agent of change. republicans are insist he en