to forget. reporter: president obama spent two hours today with 15 leaders of the country s biggest high tech companies, many of whom had backed his re-election. the president playing defense, explaining the disastrous rollout of health care.gov and trying to ease concerns over the nsa spying scandal, which has touched many of their companies. the president at one point joking with a ceo of the movie site netflix admiring the efficiency of the lead character in that company s hit line washington drama house of cards. like kevin spacey, this guy is getting a lot of stuff done. reporter: president obama s approval rating above 50% this time last year is now near an all-time low. a steep dive in just 12 months. and a new poll shows more americans trust republicans over him to deal with the all-important issue of the economy. critics on the left say the president also squandered the advantage democrats had after
companies, many of whom had backed his re-election. the president playing defense, explaining the disastrous rollout of healthcare.gov and trying to ease concerns over the nsa spying scandal, which has touched many of their companies. the president at one point joking with the ceo of the movie site netflix, admiring the efficiency of the lead character in that company s hit online washington drama, house of cards. this guy is getting a lot of stuff done. reporter: if obama is jealous of spacey s character, because it s because he hasn t had much success this year. his approval rating above 50% this time last year is now near an all time low, a steep dive in just 12 months and a new poll shows more americans trust republicans over him to deal with the all important issue of the economy. critics on the left say the president also squandered the advantage democrats had after the government shutdown with the administration s poor handling of obamacare. where i see the president sor
touted as a gateway to overhauling the nation s health care giving uninsured americans health coverage. but it s proving to be not so affordable. what s the fallout for the president at a time when americans feel betrayed or misled by his promises tied to obama care? his approval ratings, for example, are taking a big hit and some in the white house worry that there will be consequences for a president playing defense who repeatedly says he simply wasn t aware there would be problems that would ultimately lead to a disastrous rollout. joining us now, fox news host, governor mike huckabee, who is here to offer his perspective. governor, great to have you. let me ask you first, what we re seeing is a law designed to cover the uninsured. it s now booting far more people off their insurance plans than it can sign up. right now, on the nonfunctioning insurance exchanges. governor, the longer this goes on, what does this do to the
and, also, perhaps, a supreme court battle over health care around the time of the election. it is interesting to look at the landscape of the 2012 election, the incumbents have a tremendous advantage going into an election like this but the issues are difficult for him, the president will be on defense on health care as long as it remains unpopular and there is no indication it is likely to get more popular now after a couple years of talk about it and will remain on defense, and you have projections, unemployment is supposed to be only down to 8.2% in the fall of 2012. the stimulus, most people think it didn t work and you have the president playing defense on a whole host of issues that republicans will be looking to exploit and that is why they are starting early trying to tailor their entire approach to 2012 now. martha: they ll argue the economy is turning around and things they did are starting to work and i ll hear about that, first thing this afternoon. thank you very much,
republicans? juan: that is right. but i don t think they are about making big changes at the moment but they will play defense. what we will see in the house is a lot of questions and attempts, for example, repealing the health care legislation the president put in place. so they are going to be trying to undo some of the wall street reforms and the like that the president has already put out there and we will see the president playing defense and being stronger in terms of saying to the american people this is what i stand for and you will hear a lot the refrain i am standing for middle class americans against big industry or big government. that is going to be the new face of president obama going into the new year. dave: he will have to fight for the legislative accomplishments. ellen, if there is hope for bipartisan work here as we move forward to the 112th congress, what is it?