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Turnout. >> when you look at the polls, the republican base is a lot more excited about this law than the democratic base is for. i suspect what the democrats will do, bob alluded this, is cherry pick something. for example, the drug coverage for seniors. catastrophic coverage. those sorts of things. they say the republicans want to roll that back and go on the attack. you kind of net this out. substabtively, it's a draw. turnout is the real problem. i don't know what can be done about that on this issue between now and november. the democrats have to pivot to something else. >> george, do you...

People like the woman i just described, who i saw in pennsylvania yesterday we're helping because of something we did. i think there is a strong, good, right story to tell. be proud. it's helping millions of people. in alaska, a group supporting democratic senator mark bagic is proudly running this ad. >> i was lucky. i beat cancer. but the i shurns companies denied me because of my pre-existing condition. now i have health insurance again. in kentucky, democrats are hitting republicans for opposing state exchanges set up by the affordable care act.

Explanation why anybody covering this wouldn't point that out because it is something that you've seen in the past, if you look at the state exchanges. they say about somewhere between, 15 to 20% of the people who put it in their basket don't end up purchasing it. so you have to assume that there is going to be around that percentage of people not actually purchasing it. now, some people will say, maybe it will be a little different. maybe they will be 10% because this is coming up against a deadline and so people will be forced to buy but i think that in reporting numbers you have to point ou...

That the federal government cannot dole out subsidies. they have to go through state exchanges. if dana -- if this gets to the supreme court and is overturned, this is the only hope for this entire bill being dismantled, and it could happen. >> i think jesse is on to something about the numbers not really adding up. remember early, the first few months, they found for every enrollee, there was, i think there were four medicaid recipients signing up for medicaid. they were going on, finding out i qualify for medicaid so i'm going to sign up for that instead of paying a premium and buying insura...

>> okay, robert, you are first. what do you think? >> we have seen more than 100 celebrities and athletes tweet or make appearances on behalf of the affordable care act. and now are seeing these celebrities on "saturday night live" mocking the affordable care act. i think this is a problem for the administration. you are not seeing a lot of interest from the young people that need to be enrolling. the young people that are supposed to be really interested in this law, i'm not sure they are going to be a major political constituent for democrats in 2014. >> difference between promoting and mock...