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Implementation is 99%, and they dropped the ball on that. >> absolutely. well, david gergen, is this bad management? is this bad staffing? is this bad messaging? >> well, im sure the white house now in retrospect probably thinks its a combination of the above. but i was surprised this week when the president told chris matthews in an interview that he really didnt think he had to reflect upon his management style, everything was fine in the white house. the real problem was inside -- was the fac...

Breaking news. ben stein is right. except for the part about nixon. he probably should have played more golf, it would have gotten him into less trouble. >> bill clinton played a lot of golf and it did not avoid trouble. >> there are a lot of golf analogies we could talk about. bens right, obama dropped the ball on this. it doesnt surprise me he may have only met with her once because he certainly didnt do anything else he needed to do to make this rollout a success. look, obama care, said this ...

Get behind the plan, or actually distance himself above it. i sense that hes going to try to stay a million feet above it and say they let me down on my signature legislation. not we let america down. >> yeah, i think youre right. the spin is basically is that the problem is not with the plan. it is with the implementation of the plan. that is the calculation i think made in the white house. the problem is the inherent nature of the plan is what led to the implementation. >> you cant disconnect ...

With more. his group conducted the survey and has a big op-ed on this. the president said im as responsible as many people because i never with the person who was supposed to implement this program. >> as far as executive role it is a colossal failure because this is his signature piece of invitation. you would expect heed have an interest in how tte implementation is going. the records indicate based on his schedule and white house logs they had no intimate one on one meetings concerning the ob...

Group, was the nsa issue, that the whole issue of, you know, sort of oversight and messing with my cell phone or my social media or getting access to my private life which this group holds extremely dear is a huge no-no. >> well, thats the first breach. when you get to the point of breach between the president and these most important supporters that he had -- because, remember, to tuckers point, not only do young voters provide votes, but they also provide the patina of cool. they make you look...

Its hes the manager in chief. the president of the united states. so, hes not happy, hes got to change it. hes in charge. ultimately, the american people hold him responsible, so i thought it was really passing of the buck guys, hes got to fix it. it was surreal. >> this is like hes the matador. you know, and hes waving that cape. go right on by me. its not going to stick to me. >> hes not even like a matador. this is sort of like a passive observers. like a pundit. like me saying sitting back l...

Talking about his management style. we brought you that story about the study, saying how many times president obama met one on one with the hhs secretary, the hhs department of health and human services has responded with this quote. secretary sebelius has been to the white house countless times since becoming secretary. hes frequently at the house for meetings related to the implementation of the affordable care act, including dozens with the president in the last year alone. with that, lets b...

Million people have lost share coverage. bill: its reported president obama met one time with kathleen sebelius i in the leadup to obamacare. you said when the rollout happens that the first emergency meeting the montana calls at the white house was in mid-october. that would make it two weeks after the first of october. is that true? >> yeah. this was a report this weekend in the "new york times." the president is disengaged. we have seen his disengagement no more rightly shown than in this imp...

Joining me with reaction, tennessee congressman marcia blackburn and devin nunez. wait a minute. i know the speaker, speaker boehner, his staff, they are all going to the exchange. is the staff getting the exemptions or not spp. >> one would think his staff saying with the federal health benefit program is an exemptions. this is something the administration tried to do. 1700 waivers. 22 delays. they have missed over half the legal deadlines. you could say for them its kind of business as usual a...

Day or two switch the dialog away from some of the problems with implementation, with the mistake about, if you like your health care plan you can keep it. hes now broadening the dialog and hes sworn to do that, because its a winning proposition. people want to do it. and especially as we get into the holidays. its a great time to be delivering that message. >> its an all political move, too. >> hes making this call to citizenship and unity which is always lovely to the ears. and i can make all ...