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1:40 PM ET, October 4, 2013

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Wall Street Journal:
White House's Hard Line on Shutdown, Debt Ceiling Has Risks Attached … President Barack Obama is sticking to his stance that he won't negotiate with Republicans over the government shutdown or the higher-stakes fight over the federal debt ceiling.  —  The question, for Republicans …
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Politico:
Bad blood: Four feuding leaders  —  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid privately told fellow Democratic senators this week what he really thought of Speaker John Boehner.  —  “He's a coward,” Reid angrily said, referring to Boehner's private push for federal health care contributions for lawmakers and their staff.
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
G.O.P. Elders See Liabilities in Shutdown  —  WASHINGTON — The hard-line stance of Republican House members on the government shutdown is generating increasing anger among senior Republican officials, who say the small bloc of conservatives is undermining the party and helping President Obama …
Brian Beutler / Salon:
Dumbest extortion attempt ever: Republican scheme's perverse logic  —  GOP's demands are putting the economy and American presidency on the line — and now they can't back away from them  —  This is the fourth day of the GOP's government shutdown and the sequence of events that will ultimately end it …
Discussion: The Raw Story
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Senior Admin. Official: 'We Are Winning...It Doesn't Really Matter to Us' When Shutdown Ends  —  Although the government shutdown continues, it appears President Barack Obama and the White House are not getting any closer to negotiating with Republicans.  A quotation from an unnamed senior …
ThinkProgress:
Boehner Suggests Taking The Country Into Default Unless Republicans Get Additional Spending Cuts
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Aamer Madhani / USA Today:
Obama hammers Boehner on shutdown, debt ceiling
Discussion: The Week and Taegan Goddard's …
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Rattled Congress Seeks Way Out of Its Standoff
NBCNews:
Woman in DC chase may have thought Obama was stalking her, sources say  —  Investigators have found indications that the woman who led authorities on a chase from the White House to the Capitol before she was shot to death by police thought that President Barack Obama was stalking her, law enforcement sources told NBC News.
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Washington Post:
Police suspect dental hygienist Miriam Carey was behind the wheel of Capitol chase  —  She had a toddler with her, confounding everyone who watched the car crash through barriers and lead police through the heart of high-security Washington.  —  Law enforcement officials said the black Infiniti …
ABC News:
Miriam Carey, Capitol Suspect, Suffered Post-Partum Depression
Tom Corbett / CNN:
Gov. compares same-sex marriage to incest  —  (CNN) - Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett's stance on same-sex marriage is no secret, after bringing a legal challenge against a county clerk who tried to sign marriage licenses for same-sex couples.  Friday, Corbett went a step further, comparing gay marriage to a union between siblings.
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Ashe Schow / Washington Examiner:
$175 premium for a young, healthy student?  Thanks, Obamacare!  —  BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL OBAMACARE THE WASHINGTON POST HEALTH CARE  —  American media outlets were finally able to track down a mythical creature — a person who actually signed up for the Obamacare exchanges online.
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CBS News:
Nearly 9 in 10 Americans displeased with Washington, poll says  —  As the partial federal government shutdown continues with no break in the impasse between Democrats and Republicans in Congress, nearly nine in 10 Americans are unhappy with the way things are going in Washington …
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Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Voters support delaying Obamacare, but oppose defunding it
Discussion: Weasel Zippers, NPR and PoliticusUSA
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Pelosi: Dem spending concessions ‘lost in the news’ on shutdown
Discussion: Politico and Weasel Zippers
Adobe Blogs:
Important Customer Security Announcement  —  Cyber attacks are one of the unfortunate realities of doing business today.  Given the profile and widespread use of many of our products, Adobe has attracted increasing attention from cyber attackers.  Very recently, Adobe's security team …
Washington Post:
The question facing Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Stay or go?  —  Who dreamed up this bit of kismet?  How did the stars align to make this spot of New Mexico desert the best place in the world on a late summer evening to be Ruth Bader Ginsburg?  —  Ginsburg is doing what she always does this time of year.
ThinkProgress:
How A Rand Paul Republican From Alabama Learned To Love Obamacare  —  Joshua Pittman is a 31-year-old self-employed videographer from Montgomery, Alabama.  A libertarian Republican who voted for Ron Paul in 2012 and believes that Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) is the future of the GOP …
Discussion: PoliticusUSA and Booman Tribune
Dorsey Shaw / BuzzFeed:
Fox News Host To Nicaraguan Co-Host: “You Grew Up On Tacos, Correct?  —  Happy National Taco Day from your friends at Fox News!  —  View Video ›  —  Earlier in the program, Fox & Friends host Elisabeth Hasselbeck introduced a segment from a series that celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month:
Washington Post:
We need climate-change risk assessment  —  Michael Bloomberg, an independent, is mayor of New York.  Hank Paulson, a former chairman of Goldman Sachs and Treasury secretary in the George W. Bush administration, is chairman of the Paulson Institute, which promotes sustainable economic growth.
Discussion: E2-Wire, National Review and EcoWatch
 
 
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Steve Eder / New York Times:
Rodriguez Sues M.L.B., Claiming a ‘Witch Hunt’
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Brett French / Billings Gazette:
Federal government shutdown foul-hooks small Montana angling town
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Experts See Potential Ways Out for Obama in Debt Ceiling Maze
Jessica Ravitz / CNN:
'I'm the original voice of Siri'
Discussion: The Week, GigaOM and Mashable
Gerard Magliocca / Washington Post:
Why Obamacare isn't ‘settled’  —  Gerard Magliocca is a professor …
Fred Barnes / Weekly Standard:
Boehner in Charge  —  How the House speaker rallied his restive troops.
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USA Today:
Jack Lew: U.S. failure to pay bills hurts everyone
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Timothy Egan / Opinionator:
Wrong Side of History
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