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9:55 AM ET, October 23, 2013

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Greg Botelho / CNN:
HHS chief: President didn't know of Obamacare website woes beforehand  —  (CNN) — President Barack Obama didn't know about the problems with the Affordable Care Act's website — despite complaints from insurance companies and the site's crashing during a test run — until days …
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Frank Newport / Gallup:
Approval of Affordable Care Act Inches Up  —  More Democrats now approve of the law, while most Republicans still disapprove  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Despite the highly publicized technical issues that have plagued the government's health insurance exchange website that went live on Oct. 1 …
Josh Gerstein / Reuters:
Obamacare site could mean legal fights
Discussion: The Hugh Hewitt Show and Politico
Chicago Tribune:
Fixing software won't fix Obamacare
RealClearPolitics Video Log:
Sebelius: Obama Did Not Know About Obamacare Website Glitches
Steve Contorno / Washington Examiner:
Steny Hoyer wants more money to fix Obamacare exchanges
Abby D. Phillip / ABC News:
Paul Ryan Calls for HHS Chief to Step Down for Obamacare Rollout
Juliet Eilperin / Post Politics:
Senior HHS official to brief Democratic lawmakers Wednesday on Obamacare
Discussion: The Fix, Hot Air, CNN, Politico and The Hill
Josh Rogin / The Daily Beast:
Exclusive: White House Official Fired for Tweeting Under Fake Name  —  A White House national security official was fired last week after being caught as the mystery Tweeter who has been tormenting the foreign policy community with insulting comments and revealing internal Obama administration information for over two years.
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Durbin: House leader told Obama ‘I cannot even stand to look at you’  —  A top Senate Democrat said that a leading House Republican told President Obama that they could not ‘even stand to look at you’ during negotiations over the government shutdown.  —  Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) …
Discussion: The PJ Tatler and theGrio
Glenn Thrush / Politico:
NSC aide admits Twitter attack on White House  —  A senior National Security Council staffer who was a key member of the White House team negotiating on Iran's nuclear weapons program told POLITICO he deeply regrets tweeting hundreds of anti-administration messages under the pseudonym @natsecwonk.
Tal Kopan / Politico:
Dick Durbin: GOP leader told Obama ‘I cannot even stand to look at you’  —  The No. 2 Democrat in the Senate, Sen. Dick Durbin, says that a House Republican leader told off President Barack Obama during a negotiation meeting, and that they are so disrespectful it's practically impossible to have a conversation with them.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Mediaite
Justin Sink / The Hill:   Report: White House official fired for fake Twitter account
Ramesh Ponnuru / Bloomberg:
A Republican Senator Doubts His Party Can Govern
Discussion: Booman Tribune and Power Line
Art Swift / Gallup:
For First Time, Americans Favor Legalizing Marijuana  —  Support surged 10 percentage points in past year, to 58%  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — For marijuana advocates, the last 12 months have been a period of unprecedented success as Washington and Colorado became the first states to legalize recreational use of marijuana.
Jason Marks / WAVY-TV:
Suggestive campaign posters litter NSU campus  —  (1/4)Jason Marks reports on sexually suggestive campaign posters at NSU  —  (4/4)Photo provided by Norfolk State University  —  Related Content  —  NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) - Sexually suggestive campaign posters turned up on campus …
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Rasmussen Reports:
Virginia Governor: McAuliffe (D) 50%, Cuccinelli (R) 33%, Sarvis (L) 8%
John Grisham / CBS News:
HealthCare.gov pricing feature can be off the mark  —  (CBS News) CBS News has uncovered a serious pricing problem with HealthCare.gov. It stems from the Obama administration's efforts to improve its health care website.  A new online feature can dramatically underestimate the cost of insurance.
irs.gov:
2014 Tax Season to Start Later Following Government Closure; IRS Sees Heavy Demand As Operations Resume  —  WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today announced a delay of approximately one to two weeks to the start of the 2014 filing season to allow adequate time to program …
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Bernie Becker / The Hill:
IRS: Shutdown to delay next tax filing season
Discussion: The Verge
Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Jeanne Shaheen calls for open enrollment extension  —  Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen is calling on the White House to extend Obamacare's open enrollment period amid continued frustration with the troubled HealthCare.gov.  —  “The difficulty that people in New Hampshire and in other states …
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Niels Lesniewski / The World's Greatest …:
Democrat Tells Obama People Shouldn't Be Penalized For Problematic Health Insurance Website
Discussion: Hot Air
New York Times:
Obama's Uncertain Path Amid Syria Bloodshed  —  WASHINGTON — With rebel forces in Syria in retreat and the Obama administration's policy toward the war-ravaged country in disarray, Secretary of State John Kerry arrived at the White House Situation Room one day in June with a document bearing a warning.
David Dayen / The New Republic:
The Media Can't Stop Sucking Up to Alan Greenspan  —  Instead of treating him like a wise man, make him pay J.P. Morgan's fine  —  It's impossible to change the channel this week without coming upon the grinning face of Alan Greenspan.  The former Federal Reserve chairman's new book …
Ezekiel J. Emanuel / New York Times:
How to Fix the Glitches  —  PHILADELPHIA — NOW that we are past the government shutdown and debt ceiling debacles, all eyes are on Obamacare.  For the last three weeks, the rollout of the federal exchange Web site, a centerpiece of the law, has been riddled with problems, leaving millions of Americans frustrated and dismayed.
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
In Utah, tea party favorite Sen. Lee faces GOP backlash over government shutdown  —  SALT LAKE CITY — When Mike Lee toppled longtime Republican Sen. Robert F. Bennett here in 2010, it was the tea party's first big triumph.  But now, after a 16-day government shutdown, it's Lee who faces a revolt within his own party.
Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
Bill de Blasio and the New Urban Populism  —  In an era of Clintonesque caution, when Democrats typically mute any expression of their leftward leanings, Bill de Blasio, who will almost certainly be elected mayor of New York City two weeks from now, does not concede an inch to the right.
Discussion: Capital New York and Politicker
 
 
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Associated Press:
Dead Boston marathon suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev tied to 2011 killings
Discussion: Jihad Watch and RIA Novosti
Reuters:
Nancy Pelosi: 'I'm here on a mission'
Erik Wasson / The Hill:
Will Ryan cut a deal?
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
Clive Crook / Bloomberg:
Democrats Are Stupid, Too  —  Even many Republicans agree …
James Hohmann / Politico:
Liz Cheney: John McCain a ‘liberal Republican’
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CNN Poll: GOP & tea party unfavorables at all-time highs
Meredith Shiner / Roll Call:
Did the Shutdown Help the Immigration Cause?
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Frexit fever reaches heart of French establishment
Eliza Newlin Carney / Beltway Insiders:
Democratic Donors Surge Amid GOP Slump
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