right. if the law works, the law is on its path. even now, it s hard to repeal, increasingly hard to repeal as millions of people sign up for it. i m not sure, jim, it reflects the reality of the health care system. i wonder if it reflects the reality of the news business, where we cover one thing at a time, so we covered health care, and now robert gates book and now chris christie. if there are problems with the health care, the affordable care act, like lots of people aren t recognized by the insurance companies, or there s more catastrophes people are using the system, right. it s one thing about enrolling. we ve only been talking about enrolling. people are using. it will be back as a story f it works well, then this is the republican nightmare that other issues will take over from the affordable care act. go ahead, perry. big date is march 31st. we know the enrollment data shows lots of young people are not enrolling. the enrollment is really among people who are old
down a bit. republicans ratcheted back their rhetoric and the white house seemed to have stopped the bleeding. but are problems with online enrollment actually getting better? well, not in oregon, a local station reports that democratic governor the press secretary cut short the interview with them when the governor started to get press about problems with the oregon exchange. there are allegations that the governor knew the site wouldn t be ready for the scheduled october launch. phil hasn t enrolled, by the way, a single person. maryland governor martin o malley championed the health care cause, but now is asking for millions of dollars in emergency funding to cover people who haven t been able to enroll. maryland s had problems with their exchange. at the same time, the washington post published a blistering account of how maryland s exchange simply wasn t ready on time. it s clear some democrats are feeling the health care heat more so now on a local level than you see with the p
and the return to power, about that era. and liz winstead is back. and perry bacon jr. joins us. politics editor at thegrio.com. and john fuguelesang is back. we ll start with you, john, because you inspired this segment in a way. do you see you mentioned those three or four issues in your tweet there, you say you and people who sort of share your values felt ahead of your time, looking pack right now. do you feel we re living in a moment that is different than ten years ago where liberalism, there is more wider acceptance, openness to liberalism, is there a liberal resurgence going on or just now there is a whole new set of issues you feel ten years from now you ll be saying i was ahead of my time? there isn t progressive talk radio, things are worse than ever for progressive talk on the air. i think the entire history of progressive social values in this country and elsewhere are that which is radical becomes controversial and debated and
bring in michael coen with the century foundation and columnist for the guardian, mirrian elder, perry bacon jr. still here, spencer ackerman is here as well. spencer, i ll start with you. i think we can all acknowledge when it comes to the revelations about domestic surveillance that have gotten so much attention this year that have caused so much debate, we wouldn t know anything about that if it wasn t for edward snowden. make a strong case there was a valuable service provided by that. at the same time, he released the documents that he released got into international secrets about international spying. that had nothing to do with domestic surveillance. some people make the case had no business being out there in public at all. he went to a country, russia, with a horrible record on human
i can t imagine him chilling in the streets and going to american burger places. see if he shows up in sochi, watches some bobsledders or something. i want to thank perry bacon, spencer ackerman, michael coen and miriam elder. still ahead, politics meets pop culture. hey kevin.still eating chalk for heartburn? yeah. try new alka seltzer fruit chews. they work fast on heartburn and taste awesome. these are good. told ya! i m feeling better already. [ male announcer ] new alka seltzer fruits chews. enjoy the relief! [ male announcer ] rocky had no idea why dawn was gone for so long. .but he d wait for her forever, and would always be there with the biggest welcome home. for a love this strong, dawn only feeds him iams. with 2x the meat of other leading brands. .to help keep rocky s body