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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Dixiecrat Solution — So you have this neighbor who has been making your life hell. First he tied you up with a spurious lawsuit; you're both suffering from huge legal bills. Then he threatened bodily harm to your family. Now, however, he says he's willing to compromise …
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Robert Costa / National Review:
Divided and Uneasy — As the debt-ceiling deadline nears …
Divided and Uneasy — As the debt-ceiling deadline nears …
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Jonathan Cohn / The New Republic:
Republicans Are Still Hoping Democrats Will Give In Due to the Default Threat
Republicans Are Still Hoping Democrats Will Give In Due to the Default Threat
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Noreen Malone / The New Republic:
This Is the Single Most Ridiculous Thing That's Been Said During the Shutdown — On Sunday, Sarah Palin and Ted Cruz converged on Washington, D.C., to co-headline a protest against the federal government's closure of the World War II Memorial. It is perhaps not surprising that one of the more cynical …
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Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Crowd Heckles Cops at White House: ‘Brown Shirts,’ ‘Looks Like Something Out of Kenya’ — As we reported earlier, a protest that started at the World War II Memorial ended up in front of the White House, where protesters piled up barricades that had been used to keep people out of the memorial during the government shutdown.
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Lindsay Abrams / Salon:
D.C. protestors wave Confederate flag, tell Obama to “put the Quran down”
D.C. protestors wave Confederate flag, tell Obama to “put the Quran down”
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Rage & Performance Art
Rage & Performance Art
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Ashley Alman / The Huffington Post:
Louie Gohmert: A Debt Default Is ‘An Impeachable Offense By The President’ — Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) isn't sure whether he'll support a debt limit deal, but he is sure of one thing: a debt default would be President Barack Obama's fault. — A reporter for The Young Turks asked Gohmert whether …
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Politico:
Harry Reid makes budget offer to Mitch McConnell — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has privately offered Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell a deal that would reopen the government until mid-to-late December while extending the U.S. debt ceiling until next year, according to several sources familiar with the talks.
Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Manchin: Senate Is ‘70, 80 Percent’ To A Deal (VIDEO) — Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) said Monday that the upper chamber is very close to striking a deal that will increase the debt limit and re-open the shuttered government. — Manchin said that a group of six Democrats and six Republicanshave established a “template” for a deal.
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Joe Manchin / CNN:
Manchin: Senate is 70%-80% close to a deal
Manchin: Senate is 70%-80% close to a deal
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Susan Page / USA Today:
Colo. governor suggests gun-control groups stay away — WASHINGTON — Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper suggests national gun-control groups stay away from a looming recall battle that could switch control of the state Senate to the GOP. The groups poured money into an unsuccessful defense …
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Tal Kopan / Politico:
Mark Halperin: GOP ‘terms of surrender’ — Veteran political journalist Mark Halperin said Monday that Democrats know they are winning the battle over the government shutdown and all that's left is negotiating the Republicans' “surrender.” — “It's just a question of the terms of surrender right now …
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Bill Keller / New York Times:
Obamacare: The Rest of the Story — Unless you've been bamboozled by the frantic fictions of the right wing, you know that the Affordable Care Act, familiarly known as Obamacare, has begun to accomplish its first goal: enrolling millions of uninsured Americans, many of whom have been living …
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Healthcare Reform:
Obamacare enrollees become urban legend — Will the Floridians who have enrolled for Obamacare please stand up? — Nearly two weeks after the federal government launched the online Health Insurance Marketplace at HealthCare.gov, individuals who have successfully used the choked-up website …
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
GOP seizes advantage on Obamacare, White House struggles to defend: An alternative history of the past two months — BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL WHITE HOUSE BARACK OBAMA OBAMACARE PRESIDENT HEALTH CARE DEBT CEILING ECONOMY GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN — What if, instead of throwing its political energy …
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Fredric U. Dicker / New York Post:
GOPers eye Donald Trump for governor run — Increasingly desperate New York Republicans, seeking the political equivalent of a Hail Mary pass, are trying to get Donald Trump to run against Gov. Cuomo next year, The Post has learned. — They're seeking to make the case that while Trump …
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Paul Schwartzman / Washington Post:
Fearing a lost governor's race, Virginia Republicans confront party divide — With just three weeks remaining before the election, Republican leaders in Virginia fear that their nominee, Ken Cuccinelli II, is on his way to losing the governor's race and that the party will squander command …
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Los Angeles Times:
Obamacare: Don't trust anyone over 60? — Mandatory health coverage could be the catalyst for a new generational war. — Some opponents of the healthcare reform law hope the individual mandate will turn off younger voters to the Democratic Party. Above, audience members watch last month …
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Michael Lind / Salon:
The South is holding America hostage — Now liberals and progressives need one, too — When I have described the well-considered, coherent political and economic strategies of the conservative white South, as I have done here, here and here, I am sometimes been accused of being a “conspiracy theorist.”