thus far? absolutely it is. it s not unusual for a second term president to go into the last congressional election of his tenure in a very weak position. obama is in an especially weak position because, for example, 75% of the american people think big government is the country s biggest problem and he epitomizes advocacy for big government so he s got some real challenges coming. jon: up until now, people have always liked him. i say up until now. you know, i guess he s still considered likable but a good number of the american people don t think he s honest and trustworthy. he s taken a real hit in the polls in that regard. and in a very real sense, that change is probably the politically most significant fact other than the obamacare rollout problems of 2013 because he s had and in the view of many people deservedly so, a great
start of the affordable care act, there are concerns that a number of enrollees still haven t gotten their insurance cards or prescription drug cards. some insurers are giving people until the end of the month to pay the first premiums. some drug stores are using enrollment forms as proof of coverage. the senator says it s in the billions of dollars being spent. we ve asked specific questions of the department about its spending, about how it s paying for things, where the money is coming from, what the success has been, what the testing of the website has been, how things are changing and the answers that i ve received took seven weeks to get any answer but it s like putting a check in the box without providing any real information. senator moran complains the department of health and human services is basically making its own spending decisions on
founders designed the system to work. when you seek compromise and consensus, things get done. when you seek to discredit the other side, things don t get done. that s the dilemma that obama has. jon: we have elections coming up in november. big midterms. thanks for joining us my mesh you pleasure. don: democrats and congress are feeling the heat regarding the midterm elections in november. democrats currently control the senate with 53 seats examine two independent senators also caucus but fears with an obamacare backlash are raising the possibility that republicans could take back the senate this coming year. chief political correspondent is live in washington with more so carl, the numbers go like this. the republicans need to pick up six seats. can they do it? sure. but it s going to be a tough task.
little about obamacare has the airwaves will be dominated by stories of complications and dropped insurance and president barack obama will once again have to explain what went wrong. so they have lined up all the positive stories they can trot out to show people that all of the fuss was worth it. at best-case scenario you have a situation where you re showing winners and losers. i don t think very many people will be happy with this. but what it gets back to an issue i talked with you more than enough times you re probably tired of hear egg it this is originally a problem with the website. goes to democrats said before it was problem with the website but that was just the website. clearly healthcare.gov is bigger problem and led to multiples of ripples p of issues afterwards. this entire move of pushing back deadline to december is sort of like the fix president obama suggested where insurance companies can bring back canceled plans. it is not really a fix but an effort the administ
for those with no income tax. spokesman from h panned r block release ad statement. billions of dollars of tax breaks will expire impacting teachers, students, homeowners and investors and others if there is no action to extend them in the new year. there is no guaranty with tax breaks which have been extended up four times over the next seven years will exist after december. a group of lawmakers have been pushing to simplify the entire tax code, agreement on two sides continues to end in a stalemate making a very un predictable future for millions of people. there is a lot of uncertainty with people. they don t know whether to move forward or not, take the fine or not. there is a lot of up decision. lack of regulatory tax and incenter with obamacare, what do we do and not do. since law make remembers home for another week, there is no chance it will be renewed this year. similar to year s past, congress will address the issue later in