keaton dalton. thank you both for being here. let me put something up on the screen. a line here, politico said, the white house needs to give these democrats something. gives them nothing to brag about. no evidence that the site is actually better, just as some of the most vulnerable democrats are getting ready to blast the administration if they re not convinced it s fixed. so, chris, is there much convincing to do? is this just a wait and see to see if it works and hope as our kristen welker reported that there are more and more reports that the site is working fairly well for some people? i think the proof is going to be in the pudding, if you will. if people go to the website and they re having a good experience, this kind of pretty bad rollout is going to be put in the back of people s minds. people will focus on the positives and democrats will communicate that and put republicans on the defensive
0 fast enough if they are going to get those 7 million people to enroll, which is what they re hoping to do by the end of march. the administration, we should also point out, trying to lower expectations. you have h.h.s. secretary kathleen sebelius blogging that this is not a magical date. this is not going to be a relaunch of the website. top officials saying there are still going to be problems with healthcare.gov after today. but, again, they say, look, this is going to be a significant improvement. we expect to get an official update from the administration during a conference call that they ll hold tomorrow. that s when we re hoping to get some metrics so we can actually determine how much success there has been. that success and also you mentioned critics. some critics will criticize no matter what this president does. but in large part, does the administration think once you get the website, this overhaul, if you will, quote, unquote, it starts working properly, that some of t