THREE MARTINI LUNCH: APRIL 28, 2014

Jim and Greg discuss the media defending Obama less and less, John Kerry's statement that Israel is on the brink of becoming an "apartheid state," and House GOP leadership's idiotic strategy of campaigning to "reform" ObamaCare while going all-in on promoting amnesty.



Politico: By the Way, Healthcare.gov is Still Missing 'Massive, Critical Pieces'

Heather highlighted this story over the weekend, but it merits additional play. The Obama administration has mastered the art of Friday "news dumps" -- and although Politico's piece wasn't a traditional dump per se, the White House is certainly hoping the media will mostly ignore this story, which was published on Friday evening. Since the disastrous Obamacare launch in October, we've followed the troubled website's progress. We've noted testimony from administration officials that much of Healthcare.gov's so-called "back end" was still under construction, threatening to wreak untold havoc on consumers and providers. Now that some of the most dysfunctional state exchanges are weighing whether to fold their operations into the federal system -- with shambolic Cover Oregon being the first to take the plunge -- how is said federal operation holding up? Ahem...

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