doug schoen joins us, fox news contributor, and a form advisor to president clinton. right, mercedes, since you're on the more conservative side, what did you think of sarah palin? and let me just say that there were no new issues that she presented, no policy positions that she was advocating. it seemed to be 99% criticism of president obama with what some people will regard as rather accusey one liners. but how did you view it? >> she's very likeable. very powerful. she's got great one liners. she knows how to rally the audience at cpac. i was there for the past couple of days. what's interesting is she pointed out ted cruz and how we need to send more reinforcements in. one of the interesting areas that she got into was the divide between the gop establishment and the tea partiers. and basically reminding the voters to be cautious of the gop establishment, which really goes against what the republican party wants to go, which is a big tents where we can bring more people into the party. where she was the most effective was in criticizing president obama. obviously

joining us now, with comment, former clinton advisor, fox news political analyst, doug schoen. od to see you, doug. former reagan political director, fox news political analyst, ed rollins. and political reporter for "real clear politics," caitlin huey burns. good to have you with us. looks like the fix is in when the fbi is blocked from carrying out a investigation of two powerful senator, one the most powerful senator in washington. >> well, it look like the investigation was into the former attorney general that you mentioned. it is not clear how capitol hill will handle this. whether there will be separate investigations since the doj dropped. there could be outraged towards the department given obviously holder is not the most popular person on capitol hill. this affects members of both, both parties. so i don't imagine it being a big issue up there. lou: a big issue? >> in terms of lawmakers expressing outrage. lou: you mean you expect them to get away with blocking it, is that right? >> we just haven't seen much on capitol hill in response to these yet. lou: caitlin doesn

bbeaut ley to the left, pat caddell in the middle, a former pollster for president jimmy carter, doug schoen as well. good to have you, and good to be back. i was off last weekend. i would like to say i watched -- >> but. >> but i didn't. i relaxed, but i was with you in spirit. what does senator rand paul's win mean? >> it was a decisive win. it speaks to two or three things. first, anger, indeed, even disgust with washington. a desire for privacy because of his strong criticism of the nsa, and also he has spoken out against international entanglements and involvements. this is a reflection in the republican party, a significant segment of the republican party for those sentiments. >> that's what's working within the room, but he's pretty popular otherwise in some corners of the country. john, what works for him? >> what doug said. he's libertarian in a party that's becoming more libertarian, believe it or not. we heard nothing, really, over three days about social issues. in the past, the right gets trumped up on that. this group, which is younger and more libertarian, they like the nsa st

lubeaut ley, former republican congressman, pat caddell in the center, fox news contributor, and doug schoener for bill clinton and a fox news contributor as well. gentlemen, a quick round the table reaction to what's happened now. this was just in the past hour with secretary kerry. >> let meçó be very simple and straightforward. lavrov plus kerry equalsçó capitulation. put simply, harris, when we talk of the federalizationÑi of ukraine, it is effectively as if we are discussing the breakup of a sovereign nation in the midst of a presidential election. this is unbelieve that this is going on, and i must tell you, i'm deeply concerned. >> it's interesting getting your take on it because it was like it was code for qsomething. that's interesting words, pat. >> that's what's happening. the ñrpresident, who by the way no longer discusses the crimea. look, the parallels areñr frightening. i say it every week. che czechoslovakia was broken up. this is what is happening to ukraine. putin called obama, who he knows will fall overÑi on his feet, a got him to tell him, i'm going to need the baltic st

doug schoen joins us now. former adviser to bill clinton. and monica crowley.03 million on the ad. $1 hi left. what do they do with $304 million? they haven't signed up one person successfully by the website alone. >> the website is pretty much inoperative so people cannot sign up. there are allegations of fraud. but what's interests being the request for this particular investigation, not just oregon but other states as well. maryland, massachusetts, minnesota, hawaii. but oregon stands out as the worst of them all. both democrat senators of oregon have requested this as well. this is a bipartisan request into where all this federal money went for a non-operating website. martha: we are talking about in this example. but there are several other states that have exchanges that have gone horribly. there are a few that are good. new york, kentucky, rhode island. they seem to be handling theirs well. >> i'm not somebody who wants to fully repeal obamacare. but i do think we need to fix it. it means you have to ask hard questions about what's work and what's not. a

a former pollster and fox news contributor, and joining us from tucson, arizona, via satellite, doug schoener pollster for bill clinton and a fox news contributor as well. good to see you all. quick round the table question for you. what are you going to be doing to observe this fourth year milestone of obamacare. let's start with doug? >> well, harris, i'm out here in tucson working on my own, on my own health and fitness because i just don't understand the preventive care component of obamacare. so i'm using self-help and fighting the inevitable battle against aging. >> your democrat friends will not be looking to you to help sell this. john. >> i just came from a broadway play called all the way about the first year of lbj's presidency and the analogy to our current president and president johnson is striking. where that president, president johnson, was hands on working with both sides, pushing them together to get consensus, to pass what then was unbelievably contentious civil rights legislation, compared to how he did obamacare, which is at the root of why it isn't popular in this cou

we're going to talk about that now with doug schoen, former adviser to president bill clinton, and monica both are fox news contributors, and good day to both of you. he said a lot in that interview that i think needs to be captured and examined in terms of the party's message for midterms. what did you take away from what the former mayor said? >> i think what the mayor said is critical, and it gets to the crux of not just obamacare, but the growing resistance to everything that the obama administration or at least most things they are trying to do right now. as i've pointed out, obamacare for the left and for obama, for this white house was never really about health care or health insurance, it was only and always about government power and control. the fundamental transformation of the nation of which the president spoke when he was a candidate in 2008, the fastest and most efficient way of trying to get that fundamental transformation of the u.s. economy going was to try to hijack one-sixth of the u.s. economy. how do you do that? through socialized medicine. you start with obamacare,