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12:55 PM ET, October 3, 2013

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Manu Raju / Politico:
Ted Cruz blasted by angry GOP colleagues  —  Ted Cruz faced a barrage of hostile questions Wednesday from angry GOP senators, who lashed the Texas tea party freshman for helping prompt a government shutdown crisis without a strategy to end it.  —  At a closed-door lunch meeting …
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Robert Costa / National Review:
Boehner to GOP: Grand Bargain in the Works  —  House Republicans tell me Speaker John Boehner wants to craft a “grand bargain” on fiscal issues as part of the debt-limit deliberations, and during a series of meetings on Wednesday, he urged colleagues to stick with him.  —  The revelation came quietly.
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Government shutdown: Why many Republicans have no reason to deal  —  The prevailing wisdom ahead of the government shutdown was that tea party lawmakers who agitated for it would fold within a few days, once they got an earful from angry constituents and felt the sting of bad headlines.
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Out of ideas, House GOP considers Hail Mary  —  BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL CONGRESS BARACK OBAMA OBAMACARE PAUL RYAN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES REPUBLICAN PARTY HARRY REID JOHN BOEHNER DAVE CAMP GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN  —  As the partial government shutdown enters its third day, many House Republicans …
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
GOP stands firm against funding bill, will link to debt ceiling fight  —  OBAMACARE DEBT CEILING PENNAVE BUDGETS AND DEFICITS GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN  —  House Republicans are unlikely to blink in the standoff over Obamacare that precipitated a government shutdown, fearing that acceding …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Coburn challenges McConnell on ‘leadership vacuum’  —  An outspoken conservative lawmaker recently challenged Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) at a closed-door meeting, saying there is a GOP “leadership vacuum” in the upper chamber, according to sources.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
David Espo / ABC News:
Analysis: Republicans Get Opposite of Stated Goals
Discussion: Associated Press and Politico
Suzy Khimm / msnbc.com:
What's the fight about? Republicans struggle to explain
CBS News:
Poll: Americans not happy about shutdown; more blame GOP  —  PLAY CBS NEWS VIDEO  —  On day three of the partial government shutdown, a new CBS News poll reveals that a large majority of Americans disapprove of the shutdown and more are blaming Republicans than President Obama and the Democrats for it.
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Mark Segraves / nbcwashington.com:
Congressman Confronts Park Ranger Over Closed WWII Memorial  —  Conflict over the responsibility for the government shutdown got personal at the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. Wednesday when a member of Congress confronted a U.S. Park Service Ranger over access to the closed park land.
Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:   Poll Confirms Americans Blame GOP For Shutdown
Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Bachmann: Republicans ‘About The Happiest’ They've Been In A While During Shutdown (VIDEO)
Discussion: Mediaite
Mason Stevenson / WPSD Local 6:
Live mic catches Senators McConnell and Paul talking strategy  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. - WPSD Local 6 got an inside glimpse Wednesday night to how much the government shutdown is about the messaging for congressional lawmakers.  —  After finishing an interview with CNN, Kentucky Senator Rand Paul ran …
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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
McConnell, Rand Paul Caught On Hot Mic Talking Shutdown Strategy (VIDEO)  —  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) were caught on a hot mic Wednesday night while discussing their party's messaging on the government shutdown.
Tom Curry / NBCNews:
McCain in the middle: Can Senate's GOP elders solve shutdown mess?
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
Cantor suggests ‘clean’ continuing resolution wouldn't pass House  —  House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) suggested Thursday that a “clean” government funding bill could not pass the House because not all Democrats would support it.  —  GOP leaders faced criticism in some quarters for refusing to allow the vote.
Discussion: Politico
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New York Times:
Millions of Poor Are Left Uncovered by Health Law  —  A sweeping national effort to extend health coverage to millions of Americans will leave out two-thirds of the poor blacks and single mothers and more than half of the low-wage workers who do not have insurance, the very kinds of people …
Chad Terhune / Los Angeles Times:
California exchange overstated its Web traffic for Obamacare launch  —  Peter Lee, executive director of Covered California, discusses the launch of the state's insurance exchange Tuesday in Los Angeles.  (Reed Saxon/AP / October 2, 2013)  —  California's health insurance exchange vastly overstated …
Sarah Kliff / Wonkblog:
The White House says people have bought Obamacare.  We haven't met them quite yet.  —  If you have purchased health coverage on the federal government's new Obamacare marketplace, about a dozen or so reporters would like to speak with you.  We promise we won't take up too much of your time!
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George F. Will / Washington Post:
George Will: For GOP in 2016, some medicine  —  “If Reince Priebus from Kenosha, Wisconsin, is the Republican ‘establishment,’ God help us,” says the chairman of the Republican National Committee, Reince Priebus.  His physical presence is almost as unprepossessing as James Madison's was, and his demeanor is self-deprecating.
Discussion: VodkaPundit
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Brian Beutler / Salon:
The right's new lie about its shutdown intentions  —  If Ted Cruz is making John Boehner dance like a marionette, then Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., is the guy helping Cruz keep the strings untangled.  —  He's the author of the House's version of the famous letter insisting that Republicans …
Discussion: The Plum Line
Soopermexican / Twitchy:
'You're exposed': Scantily-clad models prowl the streets of Denver selling Obamacare [pics]  —  Nothing like nearly-naked people to remind you that pretty soon the government will force you to have health insurance — whether you like it or not.  —  From the Denver Post: … Move over, SlutWalk.
Discussion: TheBlaze.com and Weasel Zippers
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Extremists, Not “Nihilists”  —  The rapidly spreading progressive CW about what House Republicans are doing is that they are “nihilists” who have blundered into an impasse and have no clue how to get out.  Jonathan Chait vividly compares them to characters in the Cohn Brothers' tragi-comedy Fargo:
 
 
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Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
Treasury Dept. warns: Default has potential to be ‘catastrophic’
Discussion: Politico
Arian Campo-Flores / Washington Wire:
Why Kentucky's Health Exchange Worked Better Than Many Others
Discussion: National Review and The Raw Story
Patrick Marley / JSOnline:
State DNR refuses federal directive to close some popular parks
Mike Needham / The Federalist:
This Shutdown Is Just Democracy At Work
Mike Allen / Politico:
Taylor Griffin running for Congress in N.C.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Samantha Marcus / Morning Call:
Lehigh County same-sex benefits in limbo
Discussion: ThinkProgress and The Raw Story
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Montana lieutenant governor announces Senate bid
Discussion: Politico and Booman Tribune
 Earlier Items: 
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Power says she's regretted calling Hillary a monster ‘every day since’
Discussion: CNN and Politico
Des Moines Register:
Kent Sorenson resigns from Senate
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
Sol Stern / City Journal:
The Closing of Diane Ravitch's Mind
Discussion: Eduwonk
James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
Brendan Mahoney Saves ObamaCare
Discussion: Politico and ThinkProgress
ThinkProgress:
Meet Butch Matthews, A Republican Who Came To Love Obamacare After Realizing It Will Save Him $13,000
 

 
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Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
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