stop low enrollment numbers won't do it. number two republican there's say it is not just the website. they'll say it is proof it is unpopular. the people dome want to do this. what does the president need most of all? to have some good policy news to change the political dynamic. until he gets that, you'll have people piling on and panic among the democrats. that's the state of play the president is in. there always seems to be a bit of bad news that obscured any good news. the decline at this point in a second term presidency is dangerous and hard to stop. >> and of course you don't want to be a lame duck one year in. joining me now, the former u.s. treasury second lawrence summers. great to have you with us, larry, really appreciate it. you wrote in the financial time the rollout, i'll quote, is an not ever inexcusable error when you talk about the exchange. the "washington post" reports you received a memo in may of 2010, a long time ago saying the white house was not, quote, up