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Hold off on measuring the drapes in the senate majority leaders office as well. joining me is dana milbank and former governor ed rendell is back with us. thanks to you both. youve been through this. isnt it a little early for donors to be getting so skittish? >> sure. five months ago everyone thought the republicans were dead before the implementation of the affordable health care act bombed out so things can change. theres so many outside forces that can change things. i think right now the ba...

Crime. >> i would have to argue that point. if i could revisit history about 20 years ago when bill bratton was the first police commissioner, we had over 2200 homicides in the city every year. through the use of stop and frisk that these shootings and these homicides were so dramatically reduced to approximately 500. it was done through the implementation of stop and frisk. >> whats the disconnect here? glen is saying theres no data that shows. stop and frisk works. youre saying there is data. ...

>> well, its worrysome. what is the transmission path from the farm to the table is the discussion and we know that the world health organization, the fda says there is probably a connection. the problem is there hasnt been -- thats not without question and the industry has said unless you can say without any question that there is a connection, we should not worry about too much regulation. >> the fda telling "the new york times" in december 2013 the fda began formal implementation of a strateg...

What the president should want to accomplish. you know especially as were talking about legacy here? >> i know, jon. just as kirsten was say, if you do this pivot, if you do pivot to health care and you screw up the implementation of it, you have a big problem because you have a drop in confidence among the american people and that thats what weve seen. we have by the way, jon, increasing skepticism finally, by the media, the mainstream media because they feel obama has done his own pr, doesnt n...

Principles, trying to show the gop is the party for big ideas. >> doing immigration reform in a common sense, step-by-step manner helps our members understand the bite-sized pieces and it helps our constituents build more confidence that what were doing makes sense. >> the bill as amended is passed. >> thats a contrast from the senate which last year passed a massive bipartisan comprehensive immigration reform bill. while the senate provides a path to citizenship for the estimated 11 million ill...

Be policy. for example, you mentioned the big oil shock under president bush, the younger bush 2, but we invaded iraq. it wasnt a total accident that that happened at the time. >> well, the other part of this that im wondering is how do you factor in sort of when a policy takes effect and how long -- so not necessarily a policy, but almost like a philosophy of a president, and when it eventually kicks in and actually impacts the economy. what is that lag factor? so clintons philosophy, economic ...

It becomes a war basically of he say, he say, she say, whoever say. there is no -- the narrative is very much in flux. how much of a concern do you think that should be? and also the numbers here are staggering. >> well, the numbers are staggering but lets take a look at the results of the 2012 election. americans for prosperity spent tens of millions of dollars. they did it in a way that wasnt particularly targeted. when we ran ads saying wait a second, this is a couple of oil tycoons who are d...

Similar to the bumps you had in massachusetts when you were rolling out a state health care program and that this is the white house saying this is romney care, essentially on a larger scale, some bumps along the way but they ironed them out there, well iron them out here. >> theres two things. the administration keeps on wanting to talk about the implementation and the so-called bumps. these bumps are real people. real people whose lives have been seriously affected. will the bumps be ironed ou...

Bankruptcy for a short time in order to get their way, that was a time. after that, if the election had been held two weeks after that, we would -- the democrat wuss have won. i think now, of course, with the website collapse, its harder. so, you know, the thing about this is, people are making the pronouncements now, but whats going to happen in the election in 2016, leave alone 2014, you cant really predict 2014 right now. there are a lot of things that will happen. i would say we wont have a ...

Fix the website, they can try to still, you know, create a p.r. campaign on the outside and do their best to encourage enrollment before the march 31 deadline. but as long as we continue to point out, as long as that back end is not fixed, as long as insurance companies are not being paid, the people who even went to the website still dont know if theyre insured. jon: democrats are saying this is all political, this hearing. >> well, thats what you would expect them to say. the affordable care a...