Top Items:
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.
Discussion:
Talking Points Memo, Hot Air, The Plum Line, Outside the Beltway, The Week, Guardian, neo-neocon, Hullabaloo, The Dish, Daily Kos, The New Republic and Reuters
RELATED:
Joshua Green / Businessweek:
Ted Cruz Could Force a Debt Default All by Himself — Here's a cheerful thought as Congress remains deadlocked over the debt ceiling and the hours tick away toward default: Senator Ted Cruz (R-Tex.), who basically forced the shutdown and whose own private polls have convinced …
Discussion:
Taegan Goddard's …, The Fix, Washington Post, Booman Tribune, Patterico's Pontifications and The Hill
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 …
Discussion:
msnbc.com, Daily Kos, The Mahablog, The Raw Story and Taegan Goddard's …
Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
Collins cites ‘progress’ in talks; Obama, Biden to meet with congressional leaders — President Obama summoned top congressional leaders to the White House for a midafternoon meeting Monday that could prove critical to acclerating efforts to end the crisis that has paralyzed Washington …
Discussion:
Post Politics, Crooks and Liars and Income Investing
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
The ire next time — Whatever else came out of the shutdown …
Discussion:
The Hill, The Moderate Voice, Roll Call and CNN
Janet Hook / Wall Street Journal:
Senate Democrats Press New Front in Budget Battle
Discussion:
MoneyBeat, NewsBusters, CANNONFIRE, Washington Post and Taegan Goddard's …
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 …
Discussion:
No More Mister Nice Blog, Prairie Weather, National Review and Hullabaloo
RELATED:
Robert Costa / National Review:
Divided and Uneasy — As the debt-ceiling deadline nears …
Discussion:
Washington Monthly and The Dish
Jonathan Cohn / The New Republic:
Republicans Are Still Hoping Democrats Will Give In Due to the Default Threat
Discussion:
The Huffington Post, naked capitalism, The Dish, msnbc.com, Washington Monthly, Hot Air and Power Line
Stan Collender / Stan Collender's Capital Gains …:
Still No Better Than 50% That Debt Ceiling Is Raised By 10/17...And A Few Other Things
Discussion:
The Dish
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 …
RELATED:
Jennifer Jacobs / Des Moines Register:
Sarah Palin's coming to Iowa — Conservative pundit Sarah Palin will speak at the Iowa Faith & Freedom Coalition's fall fundraiser, organizers told The Des Moines Register this morning. — She'll be one of several speakers, but Republican U.S. Sen. Mike Lee of Utah still has top billing as the keynote speaker.
Discussion:
Politico, Talking Points Memo, Ballot Box and The Daily Caller
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 …
Discussion:
Mediaite and Liberaland
RELATED:
Lucy McCalmont / Politico:
Report: New York GOP wants Gov. Donald Trump
Discussion:
ThinkProgress and Outside the Beltway
Charles C. Johnson / The Daily Caller:
Neighbors: Cory Booker never lived in Newark — As Cory Booker looks set to win the junior Senate seat in New Jersey Wednesday, his supposed neighbors in Newark say Mayor Booker doesn't live in the Gateway City. — Multiple residents of Newark told The Daily Caller that the longtime mayor …
Discussion:
Ricochet Conversations Feed, The Lonely Conservative and FishbowlDC
RELATED:
Carolyn Roy / KSLA-TV:
Walmart shelves in Springhill, Mansfield, cleared in EBT glitch — Shelves in Walmart stores in Springhill and Mansfield, LA were reportedly cleared Saturday night, when the stores allowed purchases on EBT cards even though they were not showing limits. — The chaos that followed ultimately …
John Stanton / BuzzFeed:
This Video Of Republicans Tightening Control Of House Is As Unusual As It Seems — The video of an exchange between Democratic Rep. Chris Van Hollen and GOP Rep. Jason Chaffetz over Republican rule changes spread like wildfire this weekend. GOP leaders are hanging on by their fingernails.
RELATED:
Lloyd Green / The Daily Beast:
The GOP's Backdoor Impeachment Scheme — Republicans have lost at the ballot box and the Supreme Court, so they've decided to nullify President Obama another way: keep his government from working, period. — The dance over the debt ceiling and the fight over the government shutdown …
Discussion:
PoliticusUSA
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 …
Discussion:
Talking Points Memo, Hot Air and The PJ Tatler
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 …
Discussion:
The Hugh Hewitt Show
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 …
Discussion:
Slate, Wonkblog, Power Line and Betsy's Page
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 …
Discussion:
Wall Street Journal, Hit & Run, Taylor Marsh, The Daily Caller and Roger L. Simon
Dinesh Ramde / Associated Press:
Son Of Slain Sikh To Challenge Paul Ryan In Wisconsin 2014 — MILWAUKEE (AP) — The son of a slain Sikh temple president plans to challenge U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan in next year's congressional election, in a Wisconsin district where support for the 2012 Republican vice presidential nominee has been strong but slipping.
Discussion:
The Raw Story
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 …
Discussion:
Right Wing News
Accounting Specialist Editor, Remote US — 
Senior Correspondent - Wealth, NY — 
Asia Credit Reporter, Seoul — 
Senior Editor, DC — 
Senior Social Media Specialist, NC — 
Associate Editor - Aviation, TN — 
Assistant Editor - Digital, NC — 
Video Producer - YouTube, NY — 
Senior Managing Ed. - Daily Desk — 
Content Managing Editor — 
Editor, MA — 
Team Editor - Breaking News, ON — 
Senior Reporter & Event Host, NY/CA — 
Associate Editor, Remote — 
Retail Reporter, MN — 
Senior Data Editor, DC — 
Managing Ed. - Berks County, PA — 
News Editor - UK, Remote — 
Staff Writer, TX — 
Multimedia Journalist, PA — 
Service Journalism Editor, CA — 
Content Director, Remote — 
Sports Reporter, ME — 
Los Angeles Issues Reporter, CA — 
Reporter - Middle East — 
Executive Editor, OR — 
California Playbook Writer, CA — 
Senior Media Editor — 
National Investigative Reporter, NY — 
Lexington County Reporter, SC — 
Reporter - Offshore Wind — 
General Assignment Reporter, FL — 
Staff Reporter, CA — 
Data Editor, NY — 
