there were many there were many cost reports because the process back then took about 14 months and they had more than 70 hearings on aca back then. it was very public. so, it was definitely done differently than what we re seeing now. this was introduced on march 7th and they want it on april 7th. the cbo is an independent verifier of costs. this is the way it s been done in the house to go through the cbo. one thing to note is that the cbo director was actually appointed by paul ryan. look, i mean, all the watch dog independent, nonpartisan groups have said, this is a plan that will cost more and cover less. so, what paul ryan is trying to do, he s trying to force a very bad plan that will have political consequences down the road. elise, if i k i want to switch back to the wiretapping story for a minute. sorry to ping pong around. i want to play some clips we put
haven t been that and you liked what i do. three months ago that was their game plan. it s not just that mcdonnell now is a drag and i think he is servings a drag, the cuccinelli folks, i ve talked to them, they believe he s serving as a drag, but they also lost him as a potential advocate. this was a guy four months ago that had 60 plus percent job approval rating. oh, my gosh. no doubt about it. it s an amazing downfall. but for cuccinelli because of his social he was counting on mcdonnell to be his verifier to northern virginia to say no, it s not i m not what terry mcauliffe says i am, not what you read in the media, all that stuff and he doesn t have a verifier anymore. cuccinelli getting it from all sides as well. the bob mcdonnell problem, him having to separate himself from comments made by people running for lieutenant governor he s done a good job keeping that guy under wraps. he has. i have to put out an a pshg
three months ago the entire campaign plan was to moderate cuccinelli, cuccinelli was going say i ll be like mcdonnell. i ll govern like him. i ll govern center right. now he has to run away from him. that s a double whammy on conduct cornerback. not just that mcdonnell is a distraction is that he loses the opportunity to have a verifier from somebody who was up until basically the last six weeks as this scandal has percolated. somebody who was fairly trusted with the middle of the electorate in virginia with, you know, centrist democrats, independents and senate republicans. boy, mark mckenna this for me at least a big loss for conservatives at least in the short term. we don t know how things are going to play out. but, what was so great about bob mcdonnell and he was rock conservative, i m talking about
campaigning together on monday and the places they re going. youngstown, ohio, working class white voters. prince william county. one of the ultimate one of two ultimate swing counties in the state of virginia. loudoun is the other one. outer suburbs of washington, d.c. and orlando just a mega i-4 corridor. they fell like bill clinton is the best verifier they have with the white suburban vote? it tells me those are the states they want to cut into to stop movement by romney and tells me that bill clinton is a closer. that s what they want. they want the closer to come in in the final days and rev up the crowds and right now, you know, as we all know, there s only a few percentage of people that are undecided so what s really important is getting these people out to vote and that s something that bill clinton can do. michelle, i ve been surprised, frankly, that the schedule seems to be a mix of both campaigns.
rivalry, as i think that presidents of the same party can t help themselves. it s more than a friendly rivalry, it was a real rivalry four years ago at this time. the relationship between the two was quite strained. and it s gotten better, obviously, and the president has turned to the former president in some difficult moments, he did it after the 2010 election. so it s not surprising he s trying to bring him in on this. this is different, though. this is bill clinton deciding, i am going to come out and not just say i m in favor of, but he s doing the kind of things that i would hope i would have done when i was in office. that serving as a verifier on the presidency. not something we heard before. how important do you think it is to voters? incredibly important. because there is an excitement level issue with even president obama s base have you noted you ve been traveling sure. it s not an issue they don t support the president. and there are a ton of people