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Obama's health care offensive's effect on midterm elections

Season 2013 Episode 3370 | 10m 25s

President Obama attempted to shift focus away from the technically troubled health care website to the benefits Americans are receiving under the law. For more on the politics behind the president's new push, Judy Woodruff talks to Ron Bonjean of Singer Bonjean Strategies and Brad Woodhouse of Americans United for Change.

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