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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 …
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Talking Points Memo, Washington Post, DealBook and Roll Call
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Brian Beutler / Salon:
Right-wing nutjobs' last stand: The debt limit endgame arrives — The fight over the debt limit is now eclipsing the ongoing government shutdown fight, and the way things are going, it almost seems like Republicans will grudgingly agree to avoid default so long as they don't have to simultaneously give …
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The Other McCain, Liberal Values, PoliticusUSA, The Plum Line, The Impolitic and The Mahablog
Noam Scheiber / The New Republic:
A Short-Term Debt Limit Increase Would Be a Disaster
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Hot Air, JustOneMinute, Washington Monthly, Hullabaloo, Weekly Standard, Reuters and Politico
Associated Press:
AP-GfK Poll: Republicans get most blame for shutdown, tea party is potent and divisive factor — WASHINGTON — Americans are holding Republicans primarily responsible for the partial government shutdown as public esteem sinks for all players in the impasse, President Barack Obama among them, according to a new poll.
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Talking Points Memo, Taegan Goddard's …, Weasel Zippers, Hot Air and Yahoo! News
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Julie Pace / ABC News:
For Obama, Little to Say That Hasn't Been Said
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Politico and Associated Press
Michael O'Brien / NBCNews:
Boehner: GOP won't allow ‘unconditional surrender’ to Obama
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First Read, New York Times, The Raw Story, Taegan Goddard's … and Hot Air
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.
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Shushannah Walshe / ABC News:
Chris Christie Faces Off With Challenger Barbara Buono, Does Not Rule Out White House Bid — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and his Democratic challenger state Sen. Barbara Buono faced off this evening in their first debate, and even though they were battling over whether there would be a new resident …
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Talking Points Memo and Taegan Goddard's …
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.
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CNN, Business Insider and Hullabaloo
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.
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News Desk, Economix and Real Time Economics
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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.
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VodkaPundit and Politico
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Jim Sciutto / CNN:
U.S. to halt Egypt aid after coup, turmoil — Clashes in Egypt — Washington (CNN) — The United States will cut off aid to Egypt in the wake of the July coup against President Mohamed Morsy and the turmoil that has followed, a U.S. official said Tuesday. — The Obama administration withheld some military aid to Egypt in August.
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Talking Points Memo and The Hill
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 …
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BuzzFeed, Mediaite and Booman Tribune
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 …
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BPC Blog, Felix Salmon, Outside the Beltway, Talking Points Memo, Reuters and Washington Monthly
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,” …
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Ed Driscoll, ProfessorBainbridge.com, The Other McCain and alicublog
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
8 lawmakers arrested at immigration rally — Nationwide demonstrations calling for comprehensive immigration reform culminated with a rally in Washington on Tuesday to forcefully press lawmakers to overhaul the nation's immigration laws this year. — In an attempt to ramp up the heat …
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Hot Dish Politics, Politicker, Talking Points Memo, Twitchy, Feministing and CNN
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Craig Calcaterra / HardballTalk:
Applying government shutdown logic to the baseball playoffs — Braves fan Paul Kaplan was quite upset that the Braves lost in the NLDS last night. So upset that he wrote his congressman about it. — I have to say, I never would have considered this, but if this logic applies in baseball …
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Hullabaloo and Talking Points Memo
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 …
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CNN and Taegan Goddard's …
Alexandra Jaffe / Ballot Box:
Obama cousin makes Sen. Roberts primary challenge official — Milton Wolf, a distant cousin of President Obama, on Tuesday made his primary challenge to Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kans.) official. — Wolf alerted press on Monday to his planned announcement, and on Tuesday evening confirmed expectations …
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Pat Roberts for US Senate, Politico and CNN
John Macone / EagleTribune.com, North Andover …:
‘Gestapo’ tactics meet senior citizens at Yellowstone — NEWBURYPORT — Pat Vaillancourt went on a trip last week that was intended to showcase some of America's greatest treasures. Instead, the Salisbury resident said she and others on her tour bus witnessed an ugly spectacle that made her embarrassed, a
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Hot Air, americanthinker.com, Ed Driscoll, Weasel Zippers, The Daily Caller and National Review
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Peter Gosselin / Bloomberg Government:
Exchange Competition Cuts Health Insurance Costs: BGOV Insight — Competition among insurers offering coverage through federal exchanges established under the Affordable Care Act is driving down the premiums charged in the new marketplaces by as much as one third, according to a Bloomberg Government analysis.
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National Review
Kevin Freking / Associated Press:
VA Chief: Shutdown Could Hit Millions of Vets — About 3.8 million veterans will not receive disability compensation next month if the partial government shutdown continues into late October, Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki says. Some 315,000 veterans and 202,000 surviving spouses …
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Politico
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 …
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