about the coverage and how many in the marketplace, one of the myths about the affordable care act and the marketplace. those predictions were based on criticisms that people would move from employer-based care and companies would move their folks into the marketplace. the biggest difference between the numbers and where we are right now and the congressional budget office numbers, which i think are the numbers you re referring to. people didn t move from employer care. we haven t seen a big change in that. that is one of the things in terms of the myths overall. people said there would be job creation issues and we know we had some of the strongest private sector job creation in history. people said people would dump into the marketplace. that hasn t happened. more people that would have part-time work. that hasn t happened either. what has happened is we have reduced the uninsured rate by a dramatic and historic amount and the other thing that has happened that is very important
of the debt, and the mortgage that we re putting on the backs of our kids in the future. that s a conversation americans want to have. we still have job creation issues and so forth. and the party s so far out right now, how do they swing back? that s my question to you, joan. you ve got to answer there. how does boehner bring his party back to the table where there can be a deal? because without a deal, failure. failure of this whole process. i don t think he does. i mean, i think he brings some people who vote with democrats to lift the debt ceiling. this worries me as a democrat. to some extent, you could say this is a victory for republicans. they are getting what they want in terms of a shorter lifting of the debt ceiling. we do come back at least in the senate bill talked about last night. it never took shape, so we don t know really what s in it yet. but they were going to come up with some kind of debt solution and they were going to have a big negotiation on the budget tha
of our kids in the future. that s a conversation americans want to have. we still have job creation issues and so forth. and the party s so far out right now, how do they swing back? that s my question to you, joan. you ve got to answer there. how does boehner bring his party back to the table where there can be a deal? because without a deal, failure. failure of this whole process. i don t think he does. i mean, i think he brings some people who vote with democrats to lift the debt ceiling. this worries me as a democrat. to some extent, you could say this is a victory for republicans. they are getting what they want in terms of a shorter lifting of the debt ceiling. we do come back at least in the senate bill talked about last night. it never took shape, so we don t know really what s in it yet. but they were going to come up with some kind of debt solution and they were going to have a big negotiation on the budget that was going to be done by the middle of december. and liberals
job opportunities for virginia contractors on projects in northern virginia and hampton road. martha: that will be a central issue as we look at all the job creation issues across the country. you guys will be debating that for sure in virginia. i think it s interesting as you look across the country as you try to make a political comeback, george allen we thank you very much for being here. good to talk to you sir, and we want to point out that it s good to have you. we talked to tim kaine s folks as well we d like to ask him on and hear his side of the race in virginia. bill: obama won virginia in 2000, the first time since 1964. we ll see which way the winds blow there. martha new reaction from the white house on a nearly stagnant jobs market. a democratic on the house jobs committee. what needs to be done to turn him around. we ll talk to him. martha: the fight to hold onto a republican seat in a democratic
this detract from his central message about jobs and the economy, and oil prices skyrocket? i blogged on this yesterday on my inside politics blog for jet. when you thought he could take a deep breath and exhale, you have a middle east situation. what is happening in the mideast is extraordinaryly. you see jordan s king abdullah trying to get ahead by getting rid of his cabinet. this spilled over from tunisia to egypt and could go to jordan. obama only has to fear a disruption with the suez canal and a problem getting this oil and if the prices skyrocket, that creates more problems at home. we ve got high unemployment. we ve got job creation issues and oil prices skyrocketing and a disruption would be a real problem for this president. there s also the foreign policy aspect to this. the middle east becoming a place of unrest over protests is not