joining our final panel of the year is wall street columnist and deputy editor dan hen ger, editorial member dorothy rabinowitz, assistant editorial page editor james freeman. let's get right to it, dan. certain lay lot to talk about. what's your choice? >> i think obviously the biggest story of the year was obamacare. officially the affordable care act. it isn't just that it was a big story in itself but a big story of what it's told us about the future of liberal governance. barack obama came into the presidency and from the first inaugural speech he told us he was going to deliver benefits from the government, the government should be able to do that. in fact, two weeks ago he even said we are all the american people the government, the government is us. he introduced obamacare and first thing that didn't work was the website. it just simply didn't function. this was when people expect websites to work. but i think in some was the more important thing is the cancellation of the policies and the limited choice of doctors, this was not a failure of the act. it was intended to work th

. >> columnist dan henning ger says 2013 will be remembered as the year when the whole progressive ideal fell apart. you agree with that? >> no, i don't agree with that. >> pressure man congressman a maryland democrat acknowledges obamacare's rough start. but says progressivism may be dead or greatly exaggerated. >> the pro gristive movement is about making an investment in our kids so they can compete in a globally technology enabled world. it is about adjusting to climate change. that's what i think the progressive movement is about. >> people will say for 100-years american liberals had been lusting to create a truly nationalized healthcare system. >> charles kessler is the author of a book on president obama and his place in the movement. >> under johnson they created medicare and medicaid. when bill clinton failed liberals and conservatives thought this was it we had seen the high water mark of liberalism. but lo and behold along comes barack obama and does the thing which seemed impossible this was their holy grail. >> their entire identity is wrapped up in the success of this law.

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