kay haguen just doesn't get it. >> tell kay haguen obamacare hurts north carolina. >> much more in a minute on obamacare. first another milestone related to 2014. at year's end congress led let a package of tax breaks expire though they saved taxpayers and businesses billions. go to the facebook page for more. we want to hear from you on twitter. joining me to talk about the arrival after obamacare and expiring tax breaks, peter swietser and the third way senior vp and cofounder jim kessler. obamacare first. obamacare is doing what it was designed to do to drive people into insurance programs. the insurance industry like this is. when people say it is a failure of implementation, this is what it is designed to do. it's only getting worse. you are dealing with the individual mandate. 4.7 million people lost coverage according to health and human services. next year the employer mandate kicks in. the white house estimates probably a minimum of 6 million will lose coverage. this is only the beginning. >> i guess if the white house estimates 6 million it could be multiples of that. what

kay haguen wasn't even there today. she was running from obama because he was there. 1,000 jobs my tukus. we will see. steve, you're terrific. thank you. while speaking in north carolina president obama also took time to criticize the state for its employment situation, while at the same time he's calling on congress to extend long-term jobless benefits. apparently mr. obama missed the memo. north carolina did exactly the opposite, it lowered unemployment benefits this last summer and look at this, the unemployment rate has plunged. clearly incentives matter, mr. president. let's discuss this. here we have north carolina republican governor pat mccrory. welcome to the kudlow report. we appreciate it, sir. >> thank you, larry. it's great to be on your show. >> as i understand it, you took down the unemployment benefits or you gradually reduced them and you actually met with greater success. i guess if you provide an incentive to work, more people will work. tell us about your plan, because i don't think president obama u

kay haguen told us if you liked your insurance, you could keep them. >> tenow kay is backtracking.we need real reform, not more politics. >> the ads have been running uncontested. democrats are struggling to keep pace with republican spending. >> in 2008, democrats vastly outspent john mccain, pounding him into the ground. the same thing in 2012, mitt romney couldn't keep up with the pace of democrats. so this is fascinating. i guess there's just not as much of a fund-raising base in support of the affordable care act. but this is having a huge impact. and, you know, the democrats in these states are saying that it's kind of like what obama did to romney back in ohio really early on. they painted him as this out of touch rich guy, and these impressions stick. why aren't the democrats responding? >> here's what it's like to fly into a battle ground state and be outmatched on the air. you check into your hotel room with your candidate, you turn on the tv to get a flavor of the local news, waiting for the local news to come on, you local commercials talking about what an idiot your gu