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Little after that this afternoon. your thoughts how he performed and, did he answer a lot of the questions americans have? >> no, he didn't. because he came up there and -- the president just did this as an act of ceremony. he realizes i have to do the end of the year press conference, and when he was asked about health care he described the problems as nothing but a bad run of public relations problem. >> a bad run. >> right. and it's the complete opposite of that. this is a president who has not been able to manage this healthcare law and bring it to fusion. whether or not you agree with the...

-and-a-half pennsylvania well, "happening nd really over the last several weeks, the white house bogged down with criticism over the struggling obamacare rollout. the president holding events and speeches to play up the benefits as press secretary jay carney gets really hammered really at the daily briefings. this is a daily occurrence now. administration members and surrogates hitting the sunday shows for weeks now, but the so-called architect of obamacare addressing poor enrollment numbers with chris wallace this sunday called it really a public relations problem. >> no one has launched a bi...

Because it's coming really on the heels of the government shutdown, which demolished the republican party's poll ratings. this has been a gift now to the gop because they can now refocus on what they see as the incompetence of the website. i think it's a big public relations problem, and there are some substantive issues here as well. i think the administration is belatedly getting on top of it. the appointment of jeffrey zeintz to come in as a systems engineer person, offers assurance that the website will be up and running by the end of november. it's an important assurance, if they can deli...

Between security concerns and privacy concerns. >> you know, jim, this is obviously damaging. there's been a whole series of allegations not only involving germany but france, mexico. this is a key relationship, though, a personal relationship between the president of the united states and the german chancellor, angela merkel. >> no question. clearly a problem. as you mention it's affected virtually all of our close allies -- germany, france, the uk, brazil. it is partly a public relations problem. there's been tremendous public outrage in these countries when these revelations have happened. ...

By threatening other things. but i think it's going to be a public relations problem for them. >> david, the president has been obstinate, too, saying he's not going to negotiate on certain things. when it comes down to it, he will probably have to compromise on some level. what is it he's most likely to compromise on? >> somewhere on the debt. there could be cuts, spending going on. but back to boehner. the president's in a better position -- i think john boehner's job is on the line here. there's 80 house republicans that held a gun to his head and he let this deal in january pass which rais...