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Obamacare. employers tell me they don't understand the law, they don't know when it's going to take effect. it's a very uncertainty issue that you mentioned. it's really hindered the economy for the last four years. it's a question of what's better for employers now, if we delay this whole thing for a year or two or whether we let it go into motion. both options are not very good. i think delaying it is probably the lesser twoft evils. >> speaking of hindering the economy, as you know, extended unemployment benefits run out for more than a million people today. it's a good thing or bad thing f...

For the first time in history was a compromise reached. republicans felt somewhat vindicated after the botched rollout of obamacare. at first it was technical glitches but as more people signed up for the plan, they discovered higher prices, less coverage and despite the president's promise, consumer choice when it comes to doctors, it was limited. >> we knew it was a promise he could not keep and now it is a promise that broken. >> reporter: president obama's credibility had taken a hit earlier in the year when it was found the nsa spied on americans. the 30 yield edward snowden hid out in ch...

The implications? >> well, obviously, we're going to try as hard as we can to reach it. the affordable care act is something that's good for the country. it really is a new day for the american people. they can't be denied now because of preexisting conditions. they won't hit lifetime caps, and we have been a little bit behind the curve. but on christmas eve and the day just before that, there were about a million people either on the website or made a phone call to enroll, and so we've seen the numbers spike up incredibly since november 1st. >> do you believe that the individual mandate will ...

Things and show them how we can do this and attract more people to our party and eventually in 2014 make it a gop senate. >> it seems like based on 2013 and all the problems, it's going to be really difficult for democrats to run on president obama's first year of his second term. so responding to that, gop has a lot in their play book, they have a lot to go after democrats with. are democrats really going to keep running on obama care and all of these things you just mentioned? >> i think democrats are going to run on beyond the benefits of the obamacare act. 3 million back on their parents h...

More per family. the second big tax increase is the medical device tacx. as an economist, this never made any sense to me. now there's a enough tax on companies which will slow development of enough life saving devices and drugs. >> just like we're going to have a doctor short and, we're also going to have a shortage of engineering and biomedical devices and all that kind of thing that help people live long person. that being said, end of 2013, soon we'll be at the 2014, where will obamacare be and where will the millions without insurance be a year from now? >> i hope we'll have repealed the ...