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POLL: GOP GETS THE BLAME IN SHUTDOWN — You are here — Home » United States Congress » Poll: GOP gets the blame in shutdown — WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans are holding Republicans primarily responsible for the partial government shutdown as public esteem sinks for all players …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, National Review, Daily Kos, The Right Scoop, Weasel Zippers, Hot Air, Independent Journal Review, Yahoo! News and Jammie Wearing Fools

John Podhoretz / New York Post:

Suicide of the Right — Every piece of evidence we have so far on the government shutdown shows the public is blaming Republicans most of all for the standoff. On Monday, an ABC poll showed 71 percent fault the GOP; 61 percent fault Congressional Democrats; 51 percent fault President Obama.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Taegan Goddard's … and Ricochet Conversations Feed

Politico:

John Boehner's endgame — As he tries to navigate the politics of a government shutdown that he never wanted, leading a Republican Conference with little interest in being led, House Speaker John Boehner in recent days has scored an unlikely victory of sorts.

Discussion: Reuters

John Nolte / BREITBART.COM:

MEDIA FAIL: OBAMA APPROVAL PLUMMETS TO 37% — In today's edition of polls the media will collectively ignore, a new AP-GFK polls finds that Barack Obama's job approval rating has plummeted to 37%. The President's disapproval rating is up to 53%. There is no good news in this poll for anyone …

Discussion: Power Line

Associated Press:
Obama claims GOP extortion, Boehner vows no surrender amid hints of short-term budget truce

Discussion: Washington Post, The Hill, msnbc.com, Real Clear Politics and Washington Times

Julie Pace / ABC News:
For Obama, Little to Say That Hasn't Been Said

Discussion: Politico, CNN and Associated Press

Paul Ryan / Wall Street Journal:

Here's How We Can End This Stalemate — Both Reagan and Clinton negotiated debt-ceiling deals with their opponents. We're ready to negotiate. — The president is giving Congress the silent treatment. He's refusing to talk, even though the federal government is about to hit the debt ceiling.

Discussion: NBCNews, The Plum Line, Mediaite, CNN, Business Insider and Hullabaloo

Eric Cantor / Washington Post:
Divided government requires bipartisan negotiation

Discussion: Slate, Post Politics and The Fix

Justin Wolfers / Bloomberg:

Why I'm Very Happy About Janet Yellen — President Barack Obama plans to nominate Janet Yellen as the next chairman of the Federal Reserve Board. In doing so, he will promote the pre-eminent policy economist of her generation to the role of the most powerful central banker in the world.

Discussion: News Desk, Economix, The Week, Real Time Economics and Prairie Weather

Zachary A. Goldfarb / Washington Post:
Obama to name Yellen as Federal Reserve chairman on Wednesday

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Wonkblog, Hot Air and The Fix

The New / New York Times:
Obama to Pick Yellen as Leader of Fed, Officials Say

Discussion: Firedoglake, Washington Post, Economix, Guardian, The Week, Outside the Beltway, Wall Street Journal, New Economic Perspectives, Business Insider, Taylor Marsh and msnbc.com

Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:

Many in G.O.P. Offer Theory: Default Wouldn't Be That Bad — WASHINGTON — Senator Richard Burr, Republican of North Carolina, a reliable friend of business on Capitol Hill and no one's idea of a bomb thrower, isn't buying the apocalyptic warnings that a default on United States government debt …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Roll Call, DealBook and Shakesville

Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:

Waterboarding Is A Big Joke At Cheney Roast — A sentimental evening at the Plaza for Cheney, Rumsfeld, Mukasey, and Lieberman. “Really tasteless,” says a guest. — The cover of the program at the October 7 “Roast of Dick Cheney.” — Dick Cheney is ready to laugh about waterboarding.

Discussion: Crooks and Liars, Mediaite, Taegan Goddard's … and The Daily Caller

Elizabeth Titus / Politico:

Chris Christie makes point on Obamacare — Republican Gov. Chris Christie said Tuesday that he doesn't like Obamacare but that he found a way to deal with it in New Jersey, another signal that he sees the government shutdown as an opportunity to contrast himself with feuding parties in Washington.

Discussion: CNN

Shushannah Walshe / ABC News:
Chris Christie Faces Off With Challenger Barbara Buono, Does Not Rule Out White House Bid

Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Taegan Goddard's …

Dylan Byers / Politico:

Obama meets with Krauthammer, Gigot — President Obama held an off-the-record meeting with five conservative journalists on Tuesday afternoon. — Present at the meeting were Charles Krauthammer, the Washington Post columnist and Fox News contributor; Paul Gigot, the Wall Street Journal …

Discussion: BizPac Review, Right Wing News, BREITBART.COM, BuzzFeed, Mediaite and Booman Tribune

Quinnipiac News + Events:

Release Detail — October 9, 2013 - Big Gender Gap, But Booker Up 12 Points In NJ Senate Race, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Stripper-Tweet Not An Issue, Voters Say 4-1 — A 31-point lead among women overcomes his deficit among men to give Newark Mayor Cory Booker, the Democrat …

Discussion: Politico, CNN and Taegan Goddard's …

Alexander Bolton / The Hill:

Reid wants to hike debt limit by $1T (Video) — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is moving legislation to push the debt limit until Dec. 31, 2014, well beyond next year's midterm election. — Senate aides estimate the bill would increase federal borrowing authority by about $1.1 trillion.

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, Pirate's Cove, Weasel Zippers and The Lonely Conservative

Noam Scheiber / The New Republic:
A Short-Term Debt Limit Increase Would Be a Disaster

Discussion: Hot Air, JustOneMinute, Washington Monthly, Hullabaloo, Weekly Standard, Reuters and Politico

Brian Beutler / Salon:
Right-wing nutjobs' last stand: The debt limit endgame arrives

Discussion: Althouse, The Other McCain, Liberal Values, New York Times, PoliticusUSA, The Impolitic and The Plum Line

Frank Newport / Gallup:

Dysfunctional Gov't Surpasses Economy as Top U.S. Problem — Highest percentage citing dysfunctional government in Gallup history — This article is part of an ongoing series analyzing how the government shutdown and the debate over raising the debt ceiling are affecting Americans' views of government …

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, CNN and Reuters

Joel B. Pollak / BREITBART.COM:

Liberal Intolerance: You Believe What? — I was at a dinner recently where I happened to be seated at a table with new acquaintances of the liberal political persuasion. — We went around the table introducing ourselves. As I said that I work for a “conservative website,” …

Discussion: Ed Driscoll, ProfessorBainbridge.com, The Other McCain and alicublog

Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:

George Will Compares Obamacare To Fugitive Slave Act, Segregation — Conservative columnist and pundit George Will on Wednesday compared Obamacare to the Fugitive Slave Act and segregation to demonstrate the “bruising, untidy, utterly Democratic” process of changing laws.

Discussion: Analysis

Reuters:

U.S. leans toward withholding most military aid from Egypt: source — (Reuters) - The United States is leaning toward withholding most military aid to Egypt except to promote counterterrorism, security in the Sinai Peninsula and other such priorities, a U.S. official said on Tuesday.

Discussion: VodkaPundit and Politico

Jim Sciutto / CNN:
U.S. to halt Egypt aid after coup, turmoil

Discussion: Talking Points Memo and The Hill

Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:

Many remain locked out of federal health-care Web site — Major insurers, state health-care officials and Democratic allies repeatedly warned the Obama administration in recent months that the new federal health-insurance exchange had significant problems, according to people familiar with the conversations.

Discussion: Hot Air and Jammie Wearing Fools

Neil Irwin / Wonkblog:

What's happening in the Treasury bill market today should terrify you — This is likely the scariest graph you will see today. It shows the interest rate for the Treasury bill maturing on Oct. 31. It has spiked dramatically in the last 48 hours. — A lot of the market indicators …

Discussion: Felix Salmon, BPC Blog, Outside the Beltway, Talking Points Memo, Washington Monthly and Reuters

Politico:

It's hard to delete an ACA account — Once you finally make it into HealthCare.gov, it's not clear how you get out. — For those who've busted through glitches on the federal Obamacare insurance website to create an account, there's no clear, obvious way for consumers to delete the accounts …