Sticking His Neck Out

" President Obama is moving to revive efforts at reforming the nation's health care system. Mr. Obama is inviting Republican and democratic leaders to a televised summit on the issue with the White House later this month. For more we're joined live on the KCBS news line by a political analyst mark sample on good morning mark good morning how risky move business to televise something like this."

" You know I don't think the risk is very much for President Obama he's very good at. Speaking policy explaining policy on his feet. I think we're trying to do is essentially called the Republicans -- here he's trying to say. You say that these aren't the best ideas and yes it's gotten very convoluted with the fight to the public option. And discussions of filibustered. Go ahead -- Throw your ideas out and compare them because of Republicans don't have good ideas that the president can say in a better way to explain to the American people. We understand you'll love the change that we're talking about but the status quo which war. Republicans have offered you nothing. -- you gotta go in art direction but problem of course if you will in the television cameras under the guise now we're really gonna talk about. It is -- that red light goes on real conversations stopped. If anyone who would ever be into -- congressional hearings or news conference. Or even. You know what you wouldn't stand off the air and -- at naturalist -- People tend to act a little bit different when they know that there are thousands if not millions of people listening to do wins -- lights."

" A twelfth and then there's the reality of the health care debate which is if you really wanna get Dandridge are gonna have to bring Ross Perot and his flip charts -- what's the what's up."

" Well no end and the president very clear that he's not starting from correctly they're being philosophical differences -- Democrats wanted to ensure everybody. In your way to do that with a lot of poor people out there to offer government subsidies and doing that allows you do things like get rid of preexisting conditions. And they -- pay for that. The market for that by. Increasing some taxes and reducing spending on Medicare that essentially the democratic plan. -- the Republicans are much more market based and they wanna do something where. May be kept private health account fit you could see -- money never be pretax dollars and that money can go to cover Bob medical problems. And that can -- work for May be some people middle class and for wealthier Americans it may not work for the poor but no the president has lost round one of this. And I think that there's a growing realization. State Democrats simply do nothing didn't yield walloped in November but it doesn't do him any good so get your big risk to go back student's question of -- your neck out even further. Deteriorating still expose -- if they figured that they might try to accomplish something."

" It sounds like it also lot of quiet those -- accused the president of breaking -- campaign promise of not making everything super transparent."

" Yes although I can't see. You Republicans saying you know thank you for keeping your promise and they would they're gonna say is. He took a Republican to win the messaging system on the QQQ work --"

" Let's flip this around now earlier the Republicans and the president has you know he's had a pretty deep forehand into your back in court. What are you gonna do this."

" Well the audit equipment stand and I think what they need to do is respond publicly on television. With a plan that will appeal to the American people if they have no alternative standard trouble putative president calling their -- but they can say look. You know the thing was complicated and you get Hilbert people's coverage we have a better way to do it and they can explain that simple way this is the risk the president taking. If the count could the American people. American people might say that -- great idea but what do we put those people in power so they can actually enact it. So they do have an opportunity what they got killed 25 which is a week from. A week from Thursday we from Friday try to figure this out give him some time to come up with a plan."