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District, in fact. you actually cant go by this special election. the fact is the senate landscape looks very dangerous for democrats. the fact that the president is more unpopular than hes ever been in his entire tenure and the fact the aca rollout has been a terrible failure, means the republicans will get to paint democrats with this brush. theres no way to escape it. i think thats really, really dangerous for the senate hopes of the democrats. >> and the crystal ball you have is history. his...

We largely on our tv saw the end of prohibition this past week. >> what is the -- how big a test, i guess, the question is then is colorado. is there potential something could go wrong here, that might stall the momentum? >> much like the aca rollout, it is inevitable, something will go wrong, someone will smack their car into a bush and that will be used as a scalp to say this was wrong all along. but fact is this is capitalism, regulated capitalism, this is democracy, this is conservative valu...

>> thanks for having me. >> how would you characterize the way broadly the aca rollout is going, and specifically what you guys were trying to achieve today in this sum met mit with moms. >> obviously, a roque start but things are going better with the website. things are going better. and we heard stories today from moms who met with the president and first lady and talked in very personal terms about a child that was born with a tumor and how this mom was worried since he was an infant he was ...

Presidents. >> you and i talked about this before, one of the things i respect so much about this president and the way that he is conducting himself and the presidency is the willingness to actually govern, even when folks are trying to get him on something. so the great example is the syria red line. and he says, okay, maybe i said that. but the real question here is whether it is in our interests. and even in the interests of the syrian people for us to intervene. so whatever i said youre goi...

Do that until its fully functional. >> thank you. madam secretary, looking past the initial problems with the aca rollout, do you think that the affordable care act will be successful in bending the health care cost curve and reducing the fraction of our national economy that goes for health care? >> well, i think that we have already had some success. i think the goal is to continue to achieve that. a fully insured population arguably with preventive care, with an opportunity to see a primary c...

And we intend to do that until its fully functional. >> thank you. madame secretary, looking past the initial problems with the aca rollout, do you think that the affordable care act will be successful in bending the health care cost curve and reducing the fraction shrunk -- >> we have had some success. i think the goal is to continue to achieve that fully insured population, arguably with preventive care, with an opportunity to see a primary care doctor and not go through the emergency room, wi...

The website aca question there, what you see is youve got a rough third of the country that says, hey, these problems are fixable. more than another third says its too early to tell. i think thats the right answer impeerically. it is too early to tell a verdict here on the rollout of the aca. what do you think that tells us about sort of a contrast between a patient public and an a.d.d. political class? >> you know, i think thats a great point that you end up making. you know, when you looked at...