Ron Klain: “HR-1 is a high priority for us. Obviously, right now, the central priority is passing this rescue package to beat the…”

Well, look, Anderson, I'm covered by the Hatch Act, I have to be careful what I say about electoral politics here at the White House.

So my focus isn't so much on the polls, but on us continuing to do our job, delivering for the American people, doing things that are at the top of people's agenda, like the President's announcement yesterday to try to bring down the price…

I think he's absolutely up to the job. If you saw after the debate -- he had a bad night at the debate, I won't deny that. But after the debate, he gave an hour-long press conference. After the NATO Summit, where he talked about world…

So I don't think rallies have proved effective for candidates in the midterms. And so we're trying something different that we think will be effective.