MSNBC: ObamaCare Launch = Iraq, Katrina

MSNBC Guests Compare Obamacare Rollout to Iraq War, Katrina: ‘Not a Whiff of Leadership’ (Mediaite)

Former George W Bush communications director Nicolle Wallace and National Journal columnist Ron Fournier critiqued President Barack Obama’s spectator-like handling of the Affordable Care Act rollout on Tuesday’s Morning Joe, alternately comparing it to the Bush administration’s handling of the Iraq War and Hurricane Katrina.

“I think that the statement ‘No one is madder than me’ is what sticks in a lot of people’s craw,” Wallace said. “The notion he’s sitting and watching from the residence of the White House and says, ‘Oh, gosh, that didn’t go well’ just rings really strange to people. He should have been in the command and control post, making sure that everything was in order. Should he have been running his own simulation and testing of the site? Obviously not. But should he have made sure that his signature domestic achievement was rolled out smoothly? And did he have plenty of time, thanks to Republicans, who were running a goat rodeo?”