Top Items:
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:
Daily Kos, The Mahablog, Taegan Goddard's … and The Raw Story
RELATED:
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:
Business Insider
Janet Hook / Wall Street Journal:
Senate Democrats Press New Front in Budget Battle
Discussion:
NewsBusters, Taegan Goddard's …, MoneyBeat and CANNONFIRE
The Fix:
Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell don't get along. That's a major hurdle to a fiscal deal.
Discussion:
ABC News, Post Politics and Washington Post
Joe Manchin / CNN:
Manchin: Senate is 70%-80% close to a deal
Discussion:
Talking Points Memo, The Moderate Voice and Politico
Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Manchin: Senate Is ‘70, 80 Percent’ To A Deal (VIDEO)
Discussion:
CNN
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Some say bitter rift between McConnell and Reid could endanger a deal
Discussion:
Businessweek, The Hill, msnbc.com, The World's Greatest … and Post Politics
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, National Review, Prairie Weather, Hullabaloo and msnbc.com
RELATED:
Robert Costa / National Review:
Divided and Uneasy — As the debt-ceiling deadline nears …
Discussion:
Washington Monthly
Jonathan Cohn / The New Republic:
Republicans Are Still Hoping Democrats Will Give In Due to the Default Threat
Discussion:
The Dish, The Huffington Post, naked capitalism, Washington Monthly, Hot Air, Power Line and Gawker
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 …
Discussion:
Washington Monthly, Associated Press, Balloon Juice and nbcwashington.com
RELATED:
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.
Discussion:
The Dish and Liberaland
Lindsay Abrams / Salon:
D.C. protestors wave Confederate flag, tell Obama to “put the Quran down”
Discussion:
American Prospect, The PJ Tatler, The Week, Daily Kos, Mediaite, Taylor Marsh, The American Conservative, Jammie Wearing Fools, The Atlantic Wire, Washington Times, Shakesville, The New Civil Rights Movement, Crooks and Liars, Blog For Arizona, Associated Press, his vorpal sword, The Daily Caller, Weasel Zippers, The Hinterland Gazette, Outside the Beltway, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Washington Monthly
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Rage & Performance Art
Discussion:
DCist, The Mahablog, Blog For Arizona, Business Insider, Mediaite, The Impolitic, CANNONFIRE and The Reaction
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, The PJ Tatler and Hot Air
RELATED:
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
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, Taylor Marsh, Hit & Run, The Daily Caller and Roger L. Simon
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
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:
Power Line, Wonkblog and Betsy's Page
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 …
Discussion:
VodkaPundit
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 …
Discussion:
The Lonely Conservative, Weasel Zippers, Independent Journal Review and The PJ Tatler
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 …
Discussion:
NBCNews and First Read
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:
Politico, Liberaland and Mediaite
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 — 
