joining me today, washington bureau chief at the huffington post, ryan grim, syndicated columnist kathleen parker, and msnbc host ronan farrow. ryan, i will start with you. i know "the huffington post" can sometimes focus intently on republican failure. i think the news media has been actually fairly even handed in the affordable -- in the coverage of affordable care act. but has the media been too even handed as far as giving air time to glitches and broken promises and not truly focusing on what the law is doing at large? >> i think it's been one of the most embarrassing experiences for the media in a long time. they kept dragging out these people and saying, you know, look at the devastation that was visited upon this woman in florida or wherever because she's getting her policy canceled and now she's in all sorts of trouble. but then if you look a little bit past it, oh, well, actually her insurer might have lied to her and she's actually eligible for comparable or better insurance at less cost. i mean, there's no question that some people, you know, had some plans that they liked that were c

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founding partners of insight agency robert gibbs and syndicated columnist for "the washington post" kathleen parker. joining us from seattle washington, washington state insurance commissioner. mike, before i get to you, i want to get our folks in new york on the record here. robert, specifically, 80% isn't good enough? >> in baseball you'd be in the hall of fame twice. >> also baseball with like 50%. >> you would. i think it's a measure of improvement, a measure of how far they have had to come in order to get 80% to be a success rate. not many 10 years old, mine included, would think 80% -- >> is that a c or a b? >> there's all sorts of grading systems these days. i think, as we've talked about before, the end of the month is crucial, not as just some arbitrary day on the calendar, begins a two-week period of time from december 1st to december 15th in which people if they don't want a gap in coverage, have changing coverage or want it january 1st have to be enrolled. it's not an arbitrary date, it's a real important milestone in the enrollment period. people have to have selected a plan in order

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jan says this -- kathleen parker has this from the op-ed page from today's "washington post."atricia is joining us next from new york on the independent line. caller: hello. you asked another call if they think the president misled -- there was nothing to mislead. the insurance companies have been doing this for years, where you raise the standard for health care. that benefits everyone. why would the president to meet to lie about that? theinsurance for us, american people. i have been sick quite a while, over the last 10 years. i have had three insurance policies. the last one i had took the and seven saving 600 dollars -- $607 from insurance. my monthly policy wasn't there. x,y charge back every single , testll, hospital stay that i took. they charged that from the back -- forsen another company having to explain each claim, that puts me in a financial hardship. wasn'tsurance policy worth the paper it was written on. it has caused me strife. i don't know what's to do. i have no insurance. corrects what do you pay monthly or what have you been paying monthly? i pay $632 per

. >> thank you, let me point out from kathleen parker this morning in "the washington post," there'shis headline, a misguided witch hunt, demonizing hillary clinton will not do the gop any good to. the caller's point. charlie cook, your thoughts? guest: i think each side is greatly exaggerating what the problems are. we've seen in 41 years in politics, 30 years doing the newsletter, 29.5. very, very few clear cut cases of election fraud, voter fraud in any races whatsoever. but at the same time, i think sort of on the democratic side when they complained about voter intimidation, i think those charges are exaggerated too. the fact is we have a lot of voters in this country who believes that either their side wins or the election -- it's not a matter of my side lost, it's we won or it's stolen. that's -- those are the only two options. and i see that on the left with -- on the left, particularly during the bush 2000 i've seen it on the left and on the right. >> let's take a look at the big picture in 2014. these are some of the races that charlie cook is toss up. let's look at the big