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Will obamacare help anyone at election time. among republicans concern they are betting too much on obamacare for the mid terms. 2016. former secretary of state hillary clinton is hedging her bet. the former presidential candidate defending obamacare but saying she is open to evidence based changes. we are back with karl rove. karl, to what extent is obamacare going to be the strategy of both parties going to into the mid terms? >> well, i think its going to be a big part of the republican strat...

The president and gop. while the president, its a priority for him right now talking about the minimum wage and response from the gop as this article says is obamacare. will they still have a winning argument the affordable care act. is that what they are going to hold on to for the mid-terms? >> it sure looks that way. they seem to atheist magic bullet. the bill will be unfolding all year. people will go to their doctors and i think the republicans are running out of horror stories. if you exam...

Americans actually do want the federal minimum wage to be raised. 52% of republicans in fact say they want it raised, but from all indications and people of your ilk and people who are doing a lot of political reporting are saying nothing major will get done. they are in cruise control or neutral right now coasting into the mid-terms. why wont congress act if it seems this is something the american people want? >> well, of course, youre going see more attention there. this has become one of the ...

Because i guess we dont think it is sexy enough. is the president right here? >> well, i think democrats do have a turnout problem in mid-term elections. democratic voters are disproportionately younger and disproportionately minorities. and those voters dont come out in mid-terms the way they do in presidential races. democrats need to tell their voters, what happens at a presidential race is as important as what happens in a mid-term if you really want to have a governing majority to run the c...

It has no room or place in our society today. >> i dont think its supporting slavery at all. we are honoring our ancestors who a lot of them gave everything that they had for what they believed in. >> in georgia, the war inside the state. raising the confederate battle flag brings up the question of heritage or hate once again. then on capitol hill, a shift before the mid-terms. could the recent set of retirees change the landscape enough to give the democrats the upper hand in the house. we...

Re-election or the democratic challengers in those blue states that you mentioned. >> molly, from a purely strategic standpoint, would it not be advantageous for, perhaps, republicans to see this issue that, again, you know, when you ask the average american they say yeah we like the minimum wage to be raised. heres an issue with john q six-pack. why not take it off the table before mid-terms. why not make that an issue that democrats cant use? >> well, you would have to ask a republican why the...

2014 mid-term elections but already the congressional races are having a major impact on what does or as zachary just mentioned does not get done in our nations capital. looking at the big picture today our first team comes to this conclusion. both democrats and republicans have cleared the decks of anything that could divide their parties before 2014 mid-terms. both sides are deploying a do no harm strategy. its not even march 1st and both parties are waving the policy white flags. mark murray ...

Re-wrote the obamacare law designed to affect the key mandate. critics argue he did it to help the democrats avoid paying a bigger political price in the 2014 mid-terms. but motive doesnt really matter. a deadline was clearly written in the law. it was written, the employer mandate shall kick in. and the president ordered the country to ignore it on his own without congressional approval or any legislative review. now, this is not the first time. in fact our research team says this is the 28th m...

Obamacare going into the mid-terms and into 2016. >> ebony? >> yeah, megyn, the original question, i dont think voters will be concerned about recesses and appointments. they will be concerned that the job numbers continue to rise. they will be concerned about a senate that is willing to have the guts to address immigration reform. lets point out that president obama has used less executive orders than any president in 100 years. and to be fair, even though, nobody likes executive orders, megyn ...

And this is going to define the obamacare going into the mid-terms and into 2016. >> ebony? >> yeah, megyn, the original question, i dont think voters will be concerned about recesses and appointments. they will be concerned that the job numbers continue to rise. they will be concerned about a senate that is willing to have the guts to address immigration reform. lets point out that president obama has used less executive orders than any president in 100 years. and to be fair, even though, nobod...