Obamacare Stumbles Compared to Bush’s Hurricane Response

Barack Obama “won the presidency by exploiting a political environment that devoured George W. Bush in a second term plagued by sinking credibility, failed legislative battles, fractured world relations and revolts inside his own party,” the New York Times reports.

“President Obama is now threatened by a similar toxic mix. The disastrous rollout of his health care law not only threatens the rest of his agenda but also raises questions about his competence in the same way that the Bush administration’s botched response to Hurricane Katrina undermined any semblance of Republican efficiency.”

Politico: “It’s hard to know right now where the Obamacare mess falls on the presidential calamity scale.”