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ARE THE BIG OBAMACARE ENROLLMENT
NUMBERS.
WITH ME THIS MORNING IS PETER
HAM BY OF CNN.
LET'S SHOW OUR VIEWERS.
REPUBLICANS ARE GOING TO SAY
THEY'RE COOKING THE BOOKS.
BUT LOOK AT THIS NUMBER.
IN THE FIRST MONTH GOING THROW
THE OBAMACARE WEBSITE DISASTER,
106,000 PEOPLE SIGNED UP.
THEY ARE GOING TO SURPASS 7
MILLION BY THEIR DEADLINE LAST
NIGHT.
WHEN IT COMES TO THE NUMBER,
THEY GOT THERE.
>> THEY GOT THERE.
THESE WERE THE NUMBERS THAT THE
CBO SET OUT.
THERE WAS A LOT OF NAY SAYING
EARLY ON.
WE STILL HAVE TO DIG INTO WHAT
THIS MEANS.
A LOT OF THE NARRATIVE AROUND
HEALTH CARE COULD BE BAKED INTO
THE CAKE.
YOU HAD REPUBLICANS OUT SPENDING
HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
ON THIS, AND YOU FEEL LIKE
DEMOCRATS HAVEN'T REALLY MOUNTED
A GOOD FIGHT YET.
NOW YOU'VE GOT THESE 7 MILLION.
>> I THINK SOME OF THE FINGER
WAGGING WE SAW YESTERDAY FROM
THE WHITE HOUSE, SOME OF YOU
GUYS DIDN'T THINK THAT WE WOULD
GET THERE, THIS IS SORT OF THE
WEBSITE GLITCHES YESTERDAY AS
PEOPLE WERE RUSHING TO SIGN UP
WAS AN INDICATOR OF WIDESPREAD
ENTHUSIASM.
IN SOME WAYS, IT'S LIKE TAX DAY.
>> THE POLITICS AT THE MOMENT
STILL FAVOR REPUBLICANS.
BUT LET'S NOT MOVE TO THE
POLITICS JUST YET.
IF THEY HAVE 7 MILLION, AND
3 1/2 TO 4 MILLION MORE GETTING
ACCESS THROUGH MEDICAID.
THE GOAL OF THE LAW WAS TO
EXPAND ACCESS, TO GET MORE YOUNG
PEOPLE COVERED.
SO PEOPLE CAN'T BE, I'LL USE A
TECHNICAL TERM, SCREWED BY THEIR
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
CAN THE REPUBLICANS STILL ARGUE
WE'RE GOING TO REPEAL THIS THING
AND THROW IT AWAY OR IS IT NOW
THAT IT IS THE LAW OF THE LAND.
BY THE TIME YOU GET TO THE NEXT
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OR
ANYPLACE WHERE THE REPUBLICANS
MIGHT HAVE ENOUGH VOTES, DO YOU
JUST CHANGE IT?
>> THERE ARE SOME REPUBLICANS,
BOBBY GENDALL FROM LOUISIANA IS
ONE OF THEM SAYING WE CAN'T RUN
SOLELY ON OBAMACARE THIS YEAR.
PEOPLE LIKE JIM MILLER SAYING WE
SHOULD FOCUS ON JOBS AND THE
ECONOMY, EDUCATION, THINGS LIKE
THAT.
THE DEMOCRATIC ARGUMENT THAT HAS
SURFACED, WHICH IS LOOK, SEND ME
TO WASHINGTON AND WE'RE GOING TO
TWEAK IT, SEEMS TO BE ACTUALLY
THE MORE COMPELLING ONE.
I REPUBLICANS I THINK ARE GOING
TO START ADOPTING THAT AND
DEMOCRATS ARE GOING TO BE LEFT
SCRAMBLING.
>> SO THAT'S THE QUESTION.
POLITICIANS ARE NOT KNOWN FOR
BEING TERRIBLY BRAVE.
THE LION IN THE WIZARD OF OZ.
THIS IS ARKANSAS.
IT'S ONE SENATE RACE.
BUT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IF.
IF YOU HAVE A COMPETITIVE SENATE
RACE IN YOUR STATE, YOU'RE GOING
TO SEE AN AD LIKE THIS.
>> MARK PRYOR VOTED FOR THIS
LAW.
>> DO YOU THINK HE'LL BE
RESPONSIVE TWO YEARS FROM NOW.
>> THERE'S JUST A SILENCE.
>> HE VOTED FOR OBAMACARE.
TELL HIM OBAMACARE HURTS
ARKANSAS FAMILIES.
>> THIS IS WHY REPUBLICANS DON'T
BACK DOWN.
THIS IS VOTER INTENSITY.
IF IT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING
IN THE ELECTION, MOST IMPORTANT
OF THE PEOPLE WHO SAY THAT, 30%
SUPPORT THE LAW, 60% OPPOSE IT.
IF IT'S A MAJOR FACTOR IN YOUR
VOTE, 53 OPPONENTS.
THAT'S WHY REPUBLICANS THINK
THIS HELPS THEM.
>> >> AND IT'S EMOTIONAL, RIGHT.
?
YOU HAVE THIS WOMAN THAT'S A
DOCTOR, THE BUMPER STICKER SAYS,
KEEP YOUR DOCTOR, FIRE YOUR
SENATOR.
DEMOCRATS HAVEN'T YET FIGURED
OUT HOW TO FRAME OBAMACARE AS AN
EMOTIONAL ISSUE.
>> THOSE ADS ARE GOOD.
I WAS IN THE GREEN ROOM HERE AT
CNN WITH A MAN WHO WALKED UP TO
THE TV AND TURNED AWAY.
SHE HADN'T SEEN THE AD BEFORE
AND SAID, WOW, THAT WAS A REALLY
GOOD AD.