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We begin with health care and whether republicans can repeal it. michael steele was chairman of the republican party, maggie habberman writes for politico. welcome. republicans had vowed to repeal obamas health care law. to do that, mitt romney would have to win and republicans would need to retake the senate and even then, it could be complicated. the senate minority lead er mitch mcconnell conceded that yesterday when speak tog a group back home in kentucky. >> thought it was a good idea for t...

>> greta: and reb members of congress are a bit hot under the collar, firing off a strong message to the nations governors, telling th the govers not to implement the changes. do governors agree? louisiana governor bobby jindal joins us. governor scott of florida told us he wont begin developing these changes. im curious, louisiana, your state, do you intend to begin developing these exchanges? if not, why not? >> absolutely not. we declared a year ago we were not going to do the exchanges. were...

>> greta: and reb members of congress are a bit hot under the collar, firing off a strong message to the nations governors, telling th the govers not to implement the changes. do governors agree? louisiana governor bobby jindal joins us. governor scott of florida told us he wont begin developing these changes. im curious, louisiana, your state, do you intend to begin developing these exchanges? if not, why not? >> absolutely not. we declared a year ago we were not going to do the exchanges. were...

As you said sh they have the to retake the senate. thats the biggest step. its not easy to undo an entitlement program. thats essentially what we are talking about here. so when it gets to the issue of whether this would be hard, you would be going against something the supreme court ruled upon. i think this is something republicans are mindful of. it is a good rallying cry for the base. the optics of undoing what the supreme court did are very serious. i think thats what people are talking abou...

Has spoken. why not? >> absolutely. look, this election, this coming election gives american voers a chance. weve got two very dirpt infrastructure candidates. president obama has doubled down on this creation of a brand-new entitlement program over $500 billion in medicare cuts, $500 billion in tax increases, $1.7 trillion in new spending we cant afford. we cant afford the programs that we have. we wants to create a new program. theres never been one day a majority of the american people wanted...

Government health care. governments on experts, they say health care spending is going up. cms actuaries say health care will go up 7% in 2014 as this law begins to be enacted. they did not bend the cost curve down as the president promised. they did not make health care spending more sustainable. we cant afford another entitlement program. well have more people in the cart than pulling the cart. well go the way of europe if we dont repeal. >> a lot of facts and figures and charges that are disp...

Governments on experts, they say health care spending is going up. cms actuaries say health care will go up 7% in 2014 as this law begins to be enacted. they did not bend the cost curve down as the president promised. they did not make health care spending more sustainable. we cant afford another entitlement program. well have more people in the cart thanulling the cart. well go the way of europe if we dont repeal. >> a lot of facts and figures and charges that are disputed. i want to slow this ...

Going to fully implement the law even though the supreme court has spoken. why not? >> absolutely. look, this election, this coming election gives american voers a chance. weve got two very dirpt infrastructure candidates. president obama has doubled down on this creation of a brand-new entitlement program over $500 billion in medicare cuts, $500 billion in tax increases, $1.7 trillion in new spending we cant afford. we cant afford the programs that we have. we wants to create a new program. the...

>> we have two critical decisions. do we set up exchanges and expand medicaid? were not doing either. it makes more sense to elect mitt romney and appeal obama care. this is simply growing government health care. governments on experts, they say health care spending is going up. cms actuaries say health care ç will go up 7% in 2014 as this law begins to be enacted. they did not bend the cost curve down as the president promised. they did not make health care spending more sustainable. we cant ...

Instead of giving them federal programs. weve been under the national rates and averages. under president obama, median family income has gone down $4,000. since ive been governor, its gone up $2,000. they need better paying jobs to afford health care. i agree we need to reform the health insurance marketplace. i do agree the status quo is not acceptable. i just dont think this expensive, unsustainable entitlement program is the solution. >> so the solution, mitt romney says, is repeal. this is ...