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Jim Demint / Wall Street Journal:
We Won't Back Down on ObamaCare — Fighting a law that is unfair, unworkable and unaffordable is reasonable and necessary. — Now that the government shutdown has ended and the president has preserved ObamaCare for the time being, it's worth explaining why my organization, the Heritage Foundation …
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Politico:
Donors' frustration with GOP mounts — Republican donors were horrified in November after pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into losing campaigns for president and Congress with nothing to show for it. A year later they're appalled by how little has changed, angered by the behavior …
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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Harry Reid On Vitter And His Obamacare Amendment: ‘He Just Is Not Playing With A Full Deck’ — WASHINGTON — As the showdown over raising the nation's debt limit and funding the government entered its final week, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) could sense “desperation” seeping into the Republican Party.
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
At Al Smith Dinner, Colbert Doesn't Spare Politicians — When the comedian Stephen Colbert took to the dais on Thursday for his keynote speech at the Al Smith white-tie charity dinner, the annual gathering of New York's Roman Catholic elite, he immediately flashed a sly glance at Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan, sitting a few seats away.
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Scott Conroy / Real Clear Politics:
Brian Schweitzer Mulling 2016 Presidential Bid — Add another name to the short list of Democrats seriously considering a run for president in 2016. — In an interview with RealClearPolitics, former Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer indicated that he may launch a White House bid …
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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Brian Schweitzer eyes 2016, makes anti-Hillary Clinton case
Brian Schweitzer eyes 2016, makes anti-Hillary Clinton case
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Wall Street Journal:
Health Website Woes Widen as Insurers Get Wrong Data — Insurers say the federal health-care marketplace is generating flawed data that is straining their ability to handle even the trickle of enrollees who have gotten through so far.
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Per Kaplan / Gretawire:
This is what happened ..... Click to read — From FNC CHAD PERGRAM: — Urgent: House Stenographer says Holy Spirit woke her up at night to deliver message to the House — Karrah Kaplan spoke with the husband of House stenographer Dianne Reidy last night. There's an emailed statement here from Dan Reidy.
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Geoff Earle / New York Post:
Long hours made stenographer snap
Long hours made stenographer snap
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Damage Done — The government is reopening, and we didn't default on our debt. Happy days are here again, right? — Well, no. For one thing, Congress has only voted in a temporary fix, and we could find ourselves going through it all over again in a few months.
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David Wasserman / The Cook Political Report:
October House Overview: GOP Risk Factors — Earlier this year, a senior House Democrat ribbed our pessimistic forecast for their 2014 prospects by suggesting, “Why can't you just say 'Democrats can't win a majority in the House, but Republicans can lose one?'” That admonition has never seemed more appropriate.
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Alex Seitz-Wald / NationalJournal.com:
Handicappers: Shutdown Puts More Than 17 GOP Seats in Play
Handicappers: Shutdown Puts More Than 17 GOP Seats in Play
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Jonathan Cohn / The New Republic:
The Truth About the Obamacare Rollout — The feds botched the website. But the states are doing much better. — The federal government is open and paying its bills, which means you can start looking at the other big story from the past few weeks: The startup of Obamacare's marketplaces.
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Yuval Levin / National Review:
Assessing the Exchanges
Assessing the Exchanges
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Ronald Brownstein / NationalJournal.com:
How to Win in Virginia as a Liberal Democrat — Unlike Mark Warner and Tim Kaine before him, Terry McAuliffe is touting a distinctly left-leaning social agenda. — No one would confuse Terry McAuliffe with a policy wonk. The Democratic gubernatorial nominee in Virginia is more likely to be found slapping backs than cracking books.
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Domenico Montanaro / firstread.nbcnews.com:
Poll: Amid shutdown, Republican falls further behind in race for Va. governor
Poll: Amid shutdown, Republican falls further behind in race for Va. governor
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Washington Wire
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Redskins and reason — In re the (Washington) Redskins. Should the name be changed? — I don't like being lectured by sportscasters about ethnic sensitivity. Or advised by the president of the United States about changing team names. Or blackmailed by tribal leaders playing the race card.
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The Atlantic Online:
How the GOP Slowly Went Insane — The current moment in politics came about slowly, not suddenly, but it doesn't make it any less of a national emergency. — When I was a kid, all I knew about Michael Jackson was that he was crazy. He had a monkey named Bubbles and some kind of oxygen chamber …
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Republicans reassess after shutdown debacle — The GOP establishment has embarked, once again, on a round of soul-searching. But this time, the question is: What will it take to save the Republicans from the self-destructive impulses of the tea party movement?
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NewsBusters and The Caucus
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Cory Booker Plans To Start Marrying Same-Sex Couples At 12:01 A.M. Monday — The senator-elect is slated to marry the couples in the wake of a trial-court ruling requiring marriage equality in the Garden State. The only question is whether the New Jersey Supreme Court will put same-sex couples' weddings …
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Obama's Edge Over G.O.P. Is Still Unclear After Victory in Standoff — WASHINGTON — As the Senate voted Wednesday night on a bipartisan deal to reopen the government and avert a national default, President Obama emerged from the Oval Office prepared to head to the White House briefing room to deliver a televised statement.
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Elizabeth Llorente / Fox News:
They're Not Going To Take It Anymore: New Generation Of Immigrant Advocates Take Radical Approach — The frustration, say immigration advocates, is reaching a fever pitch. — That is why, many say, recent weeks have seen activists use chains and pipes to tie themselves to the tires of buses …
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Andrew Cohen / The Atlantic Online:
Daniel Snyder's Best Possible Answer to Critics of the Redskins' Name — The owner could use this opportunity to talk about real reform when it comes to Native American issues. — Another football season is upon us, which means another opportunity for America to engage in another autumn ritual …
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ThinkProgress
New York Times:
Two Parties Start Work to Avoid Repeat Crisis — WASHINGTON — With the government reopened and a debt default averted for now, Congressional negotiators on Thursday plunged into difficult budget talks to avoid a repeat crisis within months, and quickly agreed to lower their sights from the sort …
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Massimo Calabresi / TIME:
Ted Cruz Failed To Disclose Ties To Caribbean Holding Company — An old college friendship led to financial entanglement with a Jamaican private equity firm and a British Virgin Islands holding company. Neither was disclosed during his 2012 campaign. — Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz …
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Guardian:
Republican defeat: the Tea Party should be over | Editorial — As a result of the US shutdown battle, Obama and the Democrats in Congress are much steelier characters — The only sliver of silver in the lining of the Republican party's crushing defeat over the shutdown was that …
Charlie Cook / NationalJournal.com:
Conservatives, Get a Grip on Reality! — Those who thought shutting down the government was a winning strategy should have their heads examined. — Here's a question for conservatives and Republicans: Going into the 2012 Election Day, or even in the last few days before Election Day, did you think Mitt Romney was going to win?
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
House panel nixes Grayson's request for Syria intelligence — In a highly unusual move, the House Intelligence Committee voted this week to deny an outspoken Florida lawmaker access to classified information supporting President Barack Obama's call for a military strike in Syria.
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James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
In Defense of Kathleen Sebelius — The ObamaCare disaster isn't just a management failure. — “Kathleen Sebelius, the secretary of health and human services, has no intention of bowing to Republican demands that she resign,” the New York Times reports. And amid what even the Times admits …
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