immigration deal is triumph of hope over experience. just go for something small. high-tech immigration. let in as many engineers that would be a good start. what about obamacare? is that going to see a revival because obviously the republicans are pit g their election hopes in 2014 on attacking obamacare and saying, look, everything we predicted about it has come true. yeah. i don t see the revival. obviously the media is very excited and ready to do the comeback story and the look after all of that problem, websites working now and everyone was getting coverage and they are going to talk about the numbers who will now get insurance. i think it is the quality of that insurance that the patient is not going to ignore. that they don t get the doctor they had, don t get the coverage they wanted and it is built in now that we are going to get rates by next fall based on who is signed up. mainly older, sicker people. 2014 will be the story of
it is obama administration at home and abroad. we start on the home front where the president no doubt is happy to put 2013 behind him. can the white house move past their obamacare woes? push forward with what s shaping up to be a populist agenda. let s ask dan hager. assistant editorial page editor james freeman. dan, the president has has a comeback strategy, i suspect. what sit? what are the prospects? i think it is going to be difficult for the president himself to come back, paul. i think that the damage that was done to his credibility with obama kir is pretty significant. you know, saying you can keep your doctor or your health care plan which wasn t true and when the public withdraws its belief in the president, he has a problem. nonetheless, they have a big election contest in november of 2014. i think that a lot of the effort is going to go into to the
deal done? well, you know, they have not been able to agree on the terms of the interim agreement. that s not going to make that six-month deadline. i think obama would like to keep the focus on that just to sort of distract attention so he doesn t have to deal with some of these other issues like syria. the problem is al qaeda, for instance, is on the rise in iraq. they ve just taken over half of f fajulah and ramadi province. these are all places obama has either withdrawn from or decided like, with syria, he doesn t want to commit to. he has got himself in a dilemma. the places that are really hot, he doesn t want to go. he d rather concentrate on something diplomatic like iran. i think obama would say that s a problem over there, you know, we got out of iraq, it s not a big issue anymore for us. the american public don t want to go back there. so, look, it s unfortunate but
and can you talk about what congress can do not blaming each other? okay, well that s kind of hard because i think chris and i like this every week once or twice a week. the reality is, even though i am a progressive liberal proud democratic talk show host 45 percent are conservative and they even say enough is enough. what the republicans can use is stop the fragmentation and reunite. both sides need this to act in the best interest of the american people. bottom line is these are separate instances. your guys wanted to de fund obama care you got a government shut down. the american public don t even go over it. absolutely. now what do you do? when you have china saying we need to have a de americanized world, both left and right need to realize that we are their employers. we can vote them out left or right and they have a
and can you talk about what congress can do not blaming each other? okay, well that s kind of hard because i think chris and i like this every week once or twice a week. the reality is, even though i am a progressive liberal proud democratic talk show host 45 percent are conservative and they even say enough is enough. what the republicans can use is stop the fragmentation and reunite. both sides need this to act in the best interest of the american people. bottom line is these are separate instances. your guys wanted to de fund obama care you got a government shut down. the american public don t even go over it. absolutely. now what do you do? when you have china saying we need to have a de americanized world, both left and right need to realize that we are their employers. we can vote them out left or right and they have a