Computer programers and IT experts agree – the Obama administration knows EXACTLY how many people have signed up for an “affordable” healthcare package. Clearly if they are not forthcoming with that information, the answer must not be very impressive.

Treasury Secretary Jack Lew: “I don’t have the exact number. … Our metric for this week was could people get online, get the information they need to make an informed decision. They have been getting that information. … I think they are going to be signing up.

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney: "Let me see – I – let me see what facts and figures I have. … I’m glad you asked that question, because I want to be clear about it. When it comes to enrollment data – you know, I want to clear this up – we will release data on regular monthly intervals. What I can confirm right now is that people are signing up through federal exchanges, but we’re not going to be – you know, we’re – this is a(n) aggregation process, and we’re not going to release data on an hourly or daily or weekly basis. … This is – these are – these are – this is large volume. There’s no question that there’s large volume. And we’re – and these are rough estimates about the volume. One of the reasons why we’ve been able to – or why we’ve provided the information about the volume is because – that it is the principal reason why we’ve had slowdowns and other issues that we’ve had to try to resolve to make the consumer experience better.”

Clear as mud?