THE OBAMA PRESIDENCY HAS SUCCEEDED TO EXACTLY THE EXTENT HE'S EMULATED W:

When it comes to rolling out massive healthcare programs, President Obama is not measuring up to his nemesis, George W. Bush.

Rollout thus far of the Affordable Care Act has been riddled with glitches, delays and consumer complaints. Contrast this with rollout of Medicare Part D, the prescription drug benefit enacted under Bush.

As a reporter in 2005 covering health care policy for The Hill newspaper in Washington, D.C., I followed the horse jockeying behind rollout of this massive entitlement program. Its passage was strong-armed by former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay by a razor thin House margin as a giveaway to seniors--by far the most potent voting bloc--in hopes of forever bringing them to the "R" column. DeLay's political fantasy was never fulfilled (seniors did favor Republican Mitt Romney over Obama, but they're still electorally fickle), yet rollout of Medicare Part D was a policy wonk's paradise compared to ObamaCare.

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