The Obama administration's response to Hurricane Sandy is an example of how President Obama's healthcare law would work, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) said in a Tuesday morning interview with MSNBC.
"I think as people watch the continuing devastation, it reminds [them] that Homeland Security as a department has once again failed, as it failed in Katrina," Gingrich said. "And remember: This is the government that Obama wanted to have deliver your healthcare. So as you watch the long lines, you watch the failures, you watch the excuses, do you really want that to be the source of your healthcare?"
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) has lavished praise on the
administration's Sandy response, and on Obama specifically. Some Republicans
even say that if Mitt Romney loses, it might be partly because the storm
response gave the president an opportunity to look presidential.
Polls show that the public overwhelmingly approves of how Obama has handled the storm — a stark difference from healthcare, on which public opinion is divided and leans negative.
