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John Bresnahan / Politico:

Government shutdown: John Boehner's private fight for Hill health subsidies — With the federal government nearing shutdown, House Speaker John Boehner stood on the House floor Monday and called on his colleagues to vote for a bill banning a “so-called exemption” that lawmakers and staffers receive for their health insurance.

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Talking Points Memo, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, The Daily Caller, Daily Kos, Mediaite, National Review, Roll Call and Booman Tribune

Meredith Shiner / The World's Greatest …:

Democrats Divulge Emails With Boehner Staff as Shutdown Fight Gets Personal (Updated) — Reid's office is considering leaking emails between his chief of staff, David Krone, above, and Boehner's chief. (CQ Roll Call File Photo) — Updated 11:30 a.m. | Senate Democrats are considering leaking …

Discussion: Esquire, Defense One, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Plum Line, Roll Call, Talking Points Memo and Politico

Rebecca Leber / ThinkProgress:

Six Headlines About The Government Shutdown That Will Destroy Your Faith In Journalism — The government shut down because a small group of Republicans, led by Sen Ted Cruz (R-TX), insist on linking continued funding to repealing, defunding, or delaying Obamacare.

Discussion: Washington Monthly, The Huffington Post, Daily Kos, Center for American Progress, CNN and Salt Lake Tribune

Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:

‘House Of Turds’: NY Daily News Mocks Boehner As Shutdown Arrives (PHOTO) — A prominent New York City tabloid marked the first government shutdown since 1996 on Tuesday with a cover that parodies a hit political drama and mocks House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH).

Discussion: The Hinterland Gazette, Paul Krugman, Mediaite and Balloon Juice

Ashley Killough / CNN:

Durbin: Medical device tax repeal could be ‘on the table’ — Washington (CNN) - A repeal of the medical device tax may be a point of compromise between the House and Senate as the two houses of Congress work to end the government shutdown, the number two Democrat in the Senate said Tuesday.

Discussion: Firedoglake, PoliticusUSA, Politico, The PJ Tatler, ABC News, Daily Kos, Red Alert Politics and NPR

Nick Gillespie / Reason:

Let Us Be Clear: Obama Deserves Chief Responsibility for Gov't Shutdown. — Boehner and the GOP may well be “anarchists” and Reid and the Dems may be useless. But it's the president who runs the show. — Whether it turns truly apocalyptic or ends up just being a short break …

Discussion: NPR, Outside the Beltway and Hit & Run

James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:
Why This Is Not Just ‘Washington Breakdown,’ in 3 Graphs (and 1 Story)

Discussion: The Dish, Taylor Marsh, Connecting.the.Dots, Shakesville, The Frying Pan and The Moderate Voice

Politico:
Government shutdown: President Obama holds the line

Discussion: CNN, The Hill and Firedoglake

Manu Raju / Politico:
GOP braces for shutdown fallout

Discussion: CNN and The Hill

Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The House GOP's Legislative Strike

Discussion: New York Times, Hullabaloo, Post Politics, Associated Press, DownWithTyranny!, Truthout Stories, The Daily Banter, Prairie Weather and The Huffington Post

Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Politico: Obama Shows ‘Resolve and Strength’ By Shutting Government

Discussion: Hot Air

Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
In Congress, a not-so-brief case of delusion over government shutdown

Discussion: The Mahablog and The Raw Story

Joe Nocera / New York Times:
Those Banana Republicans

Discussion: CANNONFIRE, Hullabaloo, Booman Tribune, Daily Kos, National Review, The Verge, The Daily Banter and The Hinterland Gazette

Catalina Camia / Associated Press:
Polls: Americans put more blame on GOP for shutdown

Discussion: Economix, Mediaite, Right Wing Watch, Yahoo! News, Naked Politics, CNN, PolicyMic, his vorpal sword and msnbc.com

Wall Street Journal:
Lawmakers Resume Budget Battle Amid Shutdown

Discussion: Washington Wire

Elise Viebeck / The Hill:

Technical problems plague launch of ObamaCare (Video) — ObamaCare's new health insurance marketplaces experienced a range of technical glitches Tuesday morning as they opened to enroll patients for the first time. — The federally facilitated online exchanges include functions for creating an account …

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Washington Post, The CT Mirror, Weekly Standard, Talking Points Memo, The Daily Caller, National Republican …, Reuters and The PJ Tatler

Washington Post:

Obamacare site goes live, with some glitches — Uninsured Americans around the country showed up at health centers and logged onto government Web sites Tuesday morning in hopes of being among the first to sign up for coverage under the president's health-care law, but many ran into technical glitches that prevented them from enrolling.

Discussion: Forbes, PJ Media, Pat Dollard and Questions and Observations

TIME:

Obamacare Exchanges Riddled With Glitches — Insurance web sites struggled on the first day that the new health programs opened to applicants — By Kate Pickert @katepickertOct. 01, 2013 — Screen shots of several state exchange websites that were down or not yet operating Tuesday morning.

Discussion: msnbc.com, New York Times, Weasel Zippers and CBS New York

Matthew Yglesias / Slate:
Sebelius: “Give Us the Same Slack You Give Apple”

Discussion: Firedoglake and Unfair Park

Maggie Fox / NBCNews:
Obamacare is here and so are the glitches

Discussion: Guardian, PolicyMic and Taegan Goddard's Wonk Wire

Noam N. Levey / Los Angeles Times:
Full steam ahead for Obama healthcare law

Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …

Jennifer Corbett Dooren / Washington Wire:
Some State Exchanges Delayed Until Afternoon

Discussion: Wonkblog, Hit & Run and Washington Free Beacon

Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:

Poll Indicates GOP Has Been Deeply Damaged By Shutdown Fight — Republicans in Washington insist they have simply been upholding the wishes of the American people throughout their efforts to block the Affordable Care Act, but a poll released Tuesday tells a very different story.

Discussion: TIME, The Moderate Voice, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Taegan Goddard's …, Politico and Democracy in America

CNN:
CNN Poll: Will Obamacare help you?

Discussion: The Other McCain, Politico and Weasel Zippers

NPR:
Transcript And Audio: NPR Interview With President Obama

Discussion: New Orleans Times-Picayune, The Atlantic Online and Wall Street Journal

CNN:
Sen. Durbin: “It's conceivable” …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, The Daily Caller and National Review

James Hohmann / Politico:
Ted Cruz's dad rips RINOs, Obamacare

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Right Wing Watch and CNN

Rebecca Shabad / The Hill:
Less than one in five say ObamaCare will help

Discussion: The Right Scoop

CNN:

Veterans break past World War II Memorial barricade — Update 1:45 p.m. ET: House GOP leadership sources tell CNN they plan to vote on a series of bills to fund the government, beginning Tuesday with three measures-spending for veterans, the District of Columbia and the Park Service.

Discussion: ABC News, Politico, ThinkProgress and Gawker

Hunter Walker / Talking Points Memo:

Witness: Mississippi Congressman ‘Opened The Barricade’ To Closed WWII Memorial — Rep. Steven Palazzo (R-MS) “opened the barricade” and allowed a group of 91 veterans on Tuesday to storm into the closed World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., according to a representative from the group.

Discussion: The Huffington Post and The Raw Story

Charlie Spiering / Washington Examiner:

The glitchy error-filled misadventures of creating an account on healthcare.gov — BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL BARACK OBAMA OBAMACARE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN — A friend and I spent the morning trying unsuccessfully to create an account on healthcare.gov and shop for cheaper health insurance.

Discussion: Americans for Tax Reform …, Rush Limbaugh, National Republican … and Weasel Zippers

Misstripleem / Twitchy:

Surprise! Obamacare health insurance exchange websites don't work; HealthCare.gov a total mess — No need to shut it down. The Obamacare health insurance exchange websites don't work. … Who will be blamed for this mess? … [Update] — Welcome to HealthCare.gov!

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, New York Times, National Review, The Lonely Conservative, NewsBusters, Althouse and Pirate's Cove

Tal Kopan / Politico:

‘Boss’ Chris Christie: How I'd solve it — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says the shutdown in Washington can be blamed on everybody, but it is especially a failure of leadership on the part of the president. — “No matter where the partisanship is, the failure is in people not bringing people together to get it done.

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Hot Air and The Hill

Andrew Rafferty / NBC Politics:
Christie says shutdown debate would look very different if he was in charge

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, Crooks and Liars and susiemadrak.com

Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:

Rand Paul: Open the government — Sen. Rand Paul on Tuesday said he would support a short-term funding measure “to keep the government open while we negotiate.” — “I think what we could do is pass a very short term, maybe not six weeks, but what about one week, so we could negotiate over a week …

Discussion: Hot Air, The Right Scoop and National Review

Rod Dreher / The American Conservative:
Republicans, Over the Cliff — Peter Suderman speaks for me:

Discussion: Hit & Run and The Dish

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart:

Jon Stewart's Rockin' Shutdown Eve — If President Obama can make a deal with the most intransigent mullahs in the world but not with House Republicans, maybe he is not the problem. (07:20)

Discussion: The Daily Banter, Talking Points Memo, Business Insider, Towleroad News #gay and Mediaite