able to acknowledge there were room for some tweaks. do you think there is a missed opportunity on the table in washington for democrats and republicans to have made some iks fixes things to have made obamacare more sustainable would you have been open to changes or improvements in obamacare. absolutely. for example for an insurance company going to a new market it has to have reinsurance and the republicans dismantled that. the reason you have to be reinsured you may have a disproproergs knit share of really sick people if that happens you go bankrupt. that s where the reinsurance comes in. republicans took it away. we need to put it back. cost sharing needs to be locked down as absolute responsibility of the administration to do cost sharing. because the president is not willing to commit to doing it we have. how about obama i mean are you are you saying that obamacare in its current form was perfect and there no room for kbroochlt. no realize the exchange was the republica
chris christi. mike let me start with you and let me read you something that our colleague here at msnbc joe scarborough and former house member rights in the washington post . he says republicans lost control of in 06 when their views were out of step with the new england and midwest. the rahm emanuel wagon ken in yuf to i bruised antiabortion candidates to pick off conservative speaks otherwise out of reach today the situation is reversed with many democratic leader and activists focused on ideological purity than regaining political power. what advise do you give the democrats who are fretting? we would have been arguably in a similar situation if things had gone the other way in this year s national elections? what what advice would you give to democrats who are who think a change of leadership is all they need. i think joe is on to something in terms of looking to cent rift policies if i were a
do you think that he is a powerful message with the kinds of voters who are going to be watching how the representatives vote on this. i well not surprisingly i agree with him and what often happens when presidents out of power their popularity goes up. what he is sketching out the macropicture where democrats come in on health care voersz republicans. for democrats and obama it s a human right. we try to expand the number of people get going spo everybody has it. republicans look at it a privilege, as a entitlement that needs to be starved. and that s what this bill represents. that s what he means about it being mean. because it isn t about getting everybody onboard the boat where we all benefit. it s about throwing some people off and giving people privileges. picking winners and lose zbleers yes. let me ask you about winners and losers in the economy. do you think that the health care industry is more encouraged by the prospect of in senate
many republican strategist and former senior dwishz to governor chris christi. mike let me start with you and let me read you something that our colleague here at msnbc joe scarborough and former house member rights in the washington post . he says republicans lost control of in 06 when their views were out of step with the new england and midwest. the rahm emanuel wagon ken in yuf to i bruised antiabortion candidates to pick off conservative speaks otherwise out of reach today the situation is reversed with many democratic leader and activists focused on ideological purity than regaining political power. what advise do you give the democrats who are fretting? we would have been arguably in a similar situation if things had gone the other way in this year s national elections? what what advice would you give to democrats who are who think a change of leadership is all they need. i think joe is on to
re-election. in every counties people are saying please save out of insurance one out of three people in rural organize isn t on the health plan they re betting peace of mind if the loved one gets sick they get the health care they need. you hear from that from republicans as well process thank you for being with us honor to have you. thank you so much. coming up president barack obama weighs in on the republican health plan already losing republican votes. we re back after this. whoooo.