is where the skepticism comes from, how many actually paid, how many actually had insurance? are they new people getting access, is the white house right, should we give them a bit more credit? well, i think that is how you look at it. if you think we gave them too much blame for the way the rollout went then perhaps they deserve the credit. we know there is incremental good news, but is this program going to be a success in the long-term? we don t know that. and the fact remains that obamacare sort of top line is unpopular. and so people seem to have internalized a lot of conflicting information about this. they like some aspects of it and don t like others. what sort of came out of that big machine of voter opinion is a negative, and i think democrats are muddying it as well when they try to change the subject. you see them trying to run away from obamacare. there certainly is not a feeling on the campaign side that this has turned into an unmitigated
the single biggest spender, dishing out $16 million. although romney s campaign and his backers in total outspent by $8 million. i m joined now by jonathan, director of communications for american crossroads. good to see you, jonathan. good morning. good morning. that is a lot of money by any standards. but the wall street journal kind of dissed groups like yours this morning, and i m quoting here, super pacs are looking less super. signs are few that super pacs have had the major impact that both supporters and critics predicted. the flood of spending doesn t appear to have significantly influenced voter opinion in key states in the presidential contest or in top congressional races. so for all your hard work, all your fund-raising, the wall street journal is suggesting you might be irrelevant. is that fair? well, what it did is unfortunately the journal piece took what we did in isolation and didn t compare it against what obama was doing at the same time. so go back to
2007 moving into 2008, which gave him the chance to kind of move into imagination with the win in iowa. if somebody can take the blueprint and use social media, use twitter, use facebook and some of those things to get their message out in a cost-effect i have effective way to create the buzz, there may be a shot. do i see it? not necessarily, but if somebody has a shot they have to take it. i wish it worked that way, lenny. you have to have something new to say, not just a new way to say it. that s what happened with president obama. it can happen. i don t think it will happen, though, alex. we appreciate you guys staying on the political beat for us before you go celebrate new year s. we can tell you to enjoy it. thank you so much, lenny and alex. happy new year. tuesday the gop candidates vying to run against president obama will get the first real test of voter opinion. and tomorrow night wolf blitzer takes a close look at what each of the candidates is doing to win last-mi
these are images from burbank overnight. 21 fires in the last two days have cost more than $350,000 in damage. mostly cars but some homes including one where doors front jim morrison used to live. so far just one firefighter with minor injuries, but the fear is it is only a matter of time. we are dead serious about trying to apprehend the individual or individuals who are responsible for this. we want to get these s.o.b.s before they hurt somebody. investigators say it is possible not all the fires are arson. multiple groups are now offering a total of $60,000 in reward money for information leading to an arrest. joining me now sh the mayor of west hollywood, john duran, four of the fires have been in his city. also with me los angeles fire captain jamie moore. first, captain, we have heard 21 fires over two days. the l.a. times is saying 35 fires over three days k. you clarity how many fires you are dealing with here and do you think they are all linked? well, yeah, we
somehow got this information to gloria allred, and gloria allred is denying those allegations. by the way, we should tell you meg whitman has said she will gladly take a polygraph test to show that she s telling the truth, that she did not knowingingly hire this woman as an illegal immigrant and that they never received the letter from the social security administration, and once they learned of her illegal immigration status, she was let go right away. rick? rick: casey teagueal in los angeles. casey, thanks. jenna: from a polygraph test potentially to the power play on politics now. joining us to talk a little bit more about what we have in store for us the final weeks before the midterms, fox news digital politics editor chris. first day of october, we often talk about the october surprise. and sometimes that s a news event that could shift voter opinion, but we re also going to talk about an october surprise when it comes to political strategy. is what we re seeing out in