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We have covered california. theyre in orange county, and most of them are pretty excited that for the first time in a long time, they are going to get some affordable health care. >> but given the problems that exist with the system at this moment, would you be inclined to join the position of some other democrats who have suggested that maybe delaying the mandate would be a good thing? >> well, remember, that states had the opportunity to build their own system, and i come from a state of calif...

Country all together. >> this is true. >> so when people see, okay, there is a real thing. yes, there are problems with the website, but there is a real thing here where i can actually buy insurance and the republic seems to be managing to keep it together. >> yes. >> i think that theyre realizing the republican rhetoric has been pretty over wrought over all these years. >> right. is darrell issa says the white house is, of course, hiding the real costs of the affordable care act. thats interest...

>> just on a personal level, you helped work on this policy. how frustrating is this for you to see these glitches and this rocky rollout? >> very, very frustrating. i think we knew execution would be a challenge. one of the reasons we couldnt put the start of the exchanges in 2013, we knew it was a very heavy lift and would require 2014 before everything could be in place of it is complicated. part of that is the nature of the system. these are citizens. you need to have an income verification....

Got to withdraw from in two weeks, wasnt big enough dose of jobs. a weak report, 148,000 they were expected, 180,000. whats wrong with that 148, really the private sector added just 126,000. the difference being government jobs, specifically government education jobs did better in the month. it wasnt a strong -- it wasnt a report that showed there was a strong economy there. the revisions to august are good. up to 190,000. they count more information as it comes in. the drop in the unemployment ...

Is. people window shop. we know from massachusetts people window shop a number of times before they purchase. its not that rational to purchase in mid october for something not active until january 1st. my own view of it is they have five weeks until the thanksgiving week to get this thing working smoothly and to have a very good customer experience, because i think thanksgiving week the family is going to be together. mom or dad is going to be weighing in on young invincible, 20-year-old, lets ...

Apple and $150 million is accurate in that we havent had a system like this in the past. i think one of the things is that we find creating computer systems from the beginning, especially for the government, tends to be disastrous. the irs has tried for many, many years to improve their computer system and that has not gone well. i think one of the worst parts about this, listening to your last discussion is, democrats are supposed to do government well and they dont appear to be doing it. its o...

Know all the problems at this point. once you fix one problem you may find theres other problems related. you do have a complex set of interconsecutives. on the other hand i say we have examples where the connections have worked. california, kentucky, new york. so i think learning from them and making sure those people are engaged and can offer advice or the technical teams that worked, for example, like the california exchange would help facilitate this. theres no sense in reinventing the wheel...

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Are listening to me. jeffrey is a talented guy, really understands people and understands management. i think its a good thing hes moving over. hes supposed to take over as head of the economic council. how that will work, i dont know. i think thats a positive sign, but i think they certainly need to do more. daily briefings i think are essential. i dont think youre going to regain the trust of the american public without being straightforward and completely, totally candid with them. >> based o...

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