did he say tow, former chief of staff to clinton, who will be in advisory role as counselor to the president. should that be seen as a reset, does the president think he needs a reset? it is part of the natural transition you see on an annual basis at the white house. i would anticipate you would see some more of that this year, too. reporter: a signal that more changes are to come. now some are asking will staff changes be enough or has the damage to the second term already been done. i think staff changes, they help change the media narrative to a certain extent. i am skeptical staff can change the fundamentals of the problems that obama has. reporter: those would be his still troubled health care reform program, the economy, recovery is still slow going, and the fact that president obama is still up against a divided congress. brianna keilar, cnn, the white house. skbl so can the president get his political mojo back on
lost credibility. only 39% say according to a wall street journal poll. so can he fix it? president obama is bringing in two white house veterans, as he tries to turn things around, his former congressional liaison who shepherded the passage of obama care, back to steer it to success, and most notably john modes modesto, chief of staff to president clinton, who will serve as counsellor to the president? that s part of the natural transition you see on an annual basis the i would anticipate you would see more of that this year, too. reporter: a signal that more changes are to come. now some are asking, will staff changes be enough? or has the damage to the second term already been done? i think staff changes, they help change the 3450edia
with it. this is something the administration was trying to do and that they accomplished. and so he s able to talk about some other things. we re finding, though, that democrats who are going to be back home for thanksgiving for a week or two are worried that the white house with its let s move along, nothing to see here, approach is going to leave them vulnerable. so this is a surprise. here on the show we ve been talking about how in december, republicans are going to have these show trials by these oversight hearings about obama care. what politico is learning is that democrats plan to chime in in those hearings. that we re going to hear democrats calling for more scrutiny of the affordable care act. looking for fraud, waste, abuse, incompetence. we re going to see democrats calling for staff changes. we may see democrats calling for an extension of the deadlines and the mandate. all this to try and separate themselves from it to say, yes, we passed it. yes, it was a good idea. but
significant layoffs and that s not what people want. they are ready to move on and not only balancing the budget but saving taxpayer money and turning a budget deficit into a surplus. it s not easy to get a stay. you get a stay because a judge thinks he or she will be reverse on the court of appeals so you have to tell him he s probably not right when he just decided against you. know you are seek being a stay but in the event you do not, are you unforced to unravel contracts or what are you going to do? well, in the case of this decision, again, i m not a lawyer but from what our attorney general and department of justice pointed out, it doesn t affect state employees. the people who are going to be hurt under this is local school districts, municipalities and counties. they are the ones that already have levies in place so they would have to have staff changes, which i think would be ultimately bad for kids in the
significant layoffs and that s not what people want. they are ready to move on and not only balancing the budget but saving taxpayer money and turning a budget deficit into a surplus. it s not easy to get a stay. you get a stay because a judge thinks he or she will be reverse on the court of appeals so you have to tell him he s probably not right when he just decided against you. know you are seek being a stay but in the event you do not, are you unforced to unravel contracts or what are you going to do? well, in the case of this decision, again, i m not a lawyer but from what our attorney general and department of justice pointed out, it doesn t affect state employees. the people who are going to be hurt under this is local school districts, municipalities and counties. they are the ones that already have levies in place so they would have to have staff changes, which i think would be ultimately bad for kids in the