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Quality going up. so on the big metric, it's certainly doing the good things. there is a narrative that you put off the employer mandate, you do this, maybe the affordable care act isn't working. i just don't buy that because that is not the heart and soul of the bill in terms of transforming the health care system. >> do you think -- those are co competing narratives. one is we're delaying it, and the other is on the ground reality of people accessing health care the way they haven't before, millions getting treatment when they couldn't afford before. and i guess i ask you if we're looking th...

Vision of barack obama and the democratic party is but we need you to get out there and work. we need you to be enthusiastic. and that's the important thing for the latino vote, the women's vote, and interestingly enough in virginia, the veterans' vote because they think they have a got chance there. if barack obama cannot ignite those people in northern virginia, he's going to lose virginia. if he loses virginia, he could well lose the election. that's the sort of on the ground reality. mark warner was concerned and hopes that things will develop over the next few weeks and i've got to say th...

costs more to fill up. 12 cents in a week. about 11% so far this year. we've never seen gas prices this high so early in the season. usually you see gas prices going up into the spring and summer driving season. never so high so early. what goes into a gallon of gas? here's the breakdown according to the way the government looks at it. 12% of the price of gasoline are the taxes that we pay. 6% goes to distribution and marketing. 6% is refining. look at that, kyra, 76% is crude oil. crude oil is a price that is set in the global market that is a lot of different head winds and cross w...

Professor of arab studies at columbia university, and bret stephens, foreign affairs columnist for the "wall street journal" and a frequent guest here. so what petraeus seems to be saying, i'm out there talking to these arab leaders, it hurts our relationship with them and makes it more difficult for them to ally with us, they all complain about this. so he's sort of reflecting that ground reality, no? >> i think there's some element of truth to that and it's certainly convenient for our political leaders to make the case that discontent in their country has to do with what settlements israel ...

For the middle east. joining me to talk about all of this are rashid khalidi, professor of arab studies at columbia university and bret stephens, a frequent guest here. so, bret, what petraeus seems to be saying, look, i'm out there, i'm talking to these arab leaders. it hurts our relationship with them. it makes it more difficult for them to ally with us. they all complain about this. so he's sort of reflecting that ground reality, no? >> well, i think there's some element of truth to that. and it's certainly convenient for our political leaders to make the case that discontent in their count...