In the South, indications are that the rollout of Obamacare has been a rough and uneven thing. Here’s where the Associated Press is headed:

ATLANTA — On the day consumers start perusing newly launched federal online health exchanges, Republican governors who oppose President Barack Obama's insurance overhaul have been largely silent. But the law is going into effect without them.

Thirty-six states, most of them Republican-controlled, have opted to let the federal government run the exchanges where consumers can shop for individual policies from private insurance firms.

Consumers are getting their first opportunity on Tuesday to buy policies on the exchanges, even as the law remains at the core of congressional budget gridlock that has caused a partial federal government shutdown. The exchanges' funding isn't affected by the shutdown.

A spokesman for Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal dismissed the sweeping law as "a federal issue" and said his boss had no plans to discuss the launch of the exchanges.

State workers in several other GOP-run states were ordered to refer all questions from residents to federal officials. In Oklahoma, state employees were instructed to tell residents they are "not trained or certified to answer questions about the Federal Insurance Marketplace."

But in Georgia, Democrats have decided they want to make sure frustrated consumers know who to blame. Branko Radulovacki, the physician, psychiatrist and U.S. Senate candidate who goes by “Dr. Rad,” has put out the above web video targeting both Gov. Nathan Deal and state Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens.

Deal because of his refusal to expand state Medicaid rolls, and Hudgens who promised Republicans this summer to do “everything in our power to be an obstructionist” when it comes to the Affordable Care Act.

“It’s more than irresponsible. It shows a gross lack of compassion for all of us,” Radulovacki says in the video, shot Friday in his Vinings office. “Because whether you have health care or not, you have a right to know what this health care law guarantees you.

“If Governor Deal and Insurance Commissioner Hudgens won’t step up, they need to step aside and let others who care more about Georgia and your health lead the way.”

Dr. Rad is directing supporters of his position to an Internet petition, dubbed heretohelpga.com . Which may not persuade the governor, but could serve as a healthy database for a 2014 campaign.