Hendrik Hertzberg and Ryan Lizza on how Obamacare is affecting mid-term races.
The Political Scene | The New Yorker
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🗓️ 15 March 2014
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Hendrik Hertzberg and Ryan Lizza on how Obamacare is affecting mid-term races.
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| 1:15.0 | politics. It's Friday, March 14th. I'm Dorothy Wickenden, executive editor of The New Yorker. |
| 1:21.2 | This week, President Obama appeared on the web comedy series between two ferns. |
| 1:25.5 | I have to know, what is it like to be the last black president? Seriously? What's it like for this to be the last time you ever talked to a president? Obama wanted to use the show to talk about the Affordable Care Act. The deadline to sign up is March 31st, and a key to its success is getting more young people to sign up. Have you heard of the Affordable Care Act? |
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