memeorandum: ‘Agitated’ Dems vent on ObamaCare woes (Alexander Bolton/The Hill)

9:35 AM ET, November 1, 2013

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Sharyl Attkisson / CBS News:

Obamacare enrollments got off to very slow start, documents show — (CBS News) WASHINGTON - For 31 days now, the Obama administration has been telling us that Americans by the millions are visiting the new health insurance website, despite all its problems.

Discussion: Reuters, Talking Points Memo, Business Insider, Twitchy, Doug Ross, Hot Air, Michelle Malkin, Mediaite, Scared Monkeys, BizPac Review, Conservative Intelligence …, BuzzFeed, Ed Driscoll, Conservatives4Palin and Weasel Zippers

Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:

Troubled Start for Health Law Has Democrats Feeling Anxious — WASHINGTON — Already under fierce attack from Republicans over the new health care law, President Obama now faces broad and mounting Democratic concerns that the troubled start of the insurance program will cut into the political benefit …

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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
‘Agitated’ Dems vent on ObamaCare woes

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Howard Fineman / The Huffington Post:
Another Obamacare Deadline Blunder Is Worrying Democrats

Discussion: CNN and neo-neocon

Jonathan Martin / New York Times:

Book Details Obama Aides' Talks About Replacing Biden on 2012 Ticket — President Obama's top aides secretly considered replacing Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. with Hillary Rodham Clinton on the 2012 ticket, undertaking extensive focus-group sessions and polling in late 2011 when Mr. Obama's re-election outlook appeared uncertain.

Discussion: Politico, Talking Points Memo, The Fix, The Week, Liberaland, Taylor Marsh, Washington Post, Hot Air, CNN, Weasel Zippers, Washington Wire, Yahoo! News and Slate

Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:

What Really Happens To People Whose Insurance Is ‘Canceled’ Because Of Obamacare — President Obama wasn't entirely right in 2009 when he said that if you like your health care plan, then you can keep it. Some people are going to have their health insurance plans canceled, and it does have something to do with Obamacare.

Discussion: National Review, Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times, BillMoyers.com, The Plum Line, Washington Monthly and The Dish

Igor Bobic / Talking Points Memo:

CHART: ‘Winners And Losers From Obamacare’ — University of Michigan professor and senior Brookings fellow Justin Wolfers on Thursday created a chart depicting the “winners and losers” under the Affordable Care Act, sourced to a Ryan Lizza article that used estimates from M.I.T. economist Jon Gruber, a former adviser to Mitt Romney.

Discussion: National Review, The Week, Business Insider, Washington Monthly, Hot Air and Liberaland

ThinkProgress:
How To Spot A Fake Obamacare Horror Story

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Irin Carmon / msnbc.com:

'I'm showing my son mercy' — On their last night in Dallas, the ramen noodles and microwave popcorn were finished. The money for the motel had run out too. So on a hot August night Jessica and Erick Davis and their three young kids slept in the Mazda rented for the trip.

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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo: GOP State Rep. Calls Clarence Thomas ‘The Black Judge’

Niels Lesniewski / The World's Greatest …:

Biden Open to Filibuster Changes After Republicans Block Watt, Millett Nominations (Updated) — (Chris Maddaloni/CQ Roll Call File Photo) — Updated 2:56 p.m. | The nomination wars are officially back. — Just minutes after the swearing-in of New Jersey Democrat Cory Booker …

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ThinkProgress:
BREAKING: Senate Republicans Block Vote On Key Judicial Candidate, Daring Dems To Go Nuclear

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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Threatens Mass Blockade Of Obama's Top Judges

Discussion: American Prospect, PoliticusUSA, Daily Kos and The Impolitic

John Stanton / BuzzFeed: Senate Blocks Nomination Of Sitting Member Of Congress For First Time Since Reconstruction

Matthew Continetti / Washington Free Beacon:

The Predators' Moll — Two recent events organized by the investment bank Goldman Sachs featured a special guest. Goldman arranged to have one of the most successful investors in the world make remarks at last week's AIMS Alternative Investment Conference in Chicago.

Discussion: Weekly Standard, Guardian, Business Insider and Hot Dish Politics

Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
In the Clintons' talk of brokering compromise, an implicit rebuke of Obama years

Discussion: Hot Air

Peter Nicholas / Washington Wire:
Hillary Clinton's Ratings Slip in New WSJ/NBC Poll

Discussion: The Week, Scared Monkeys, Talking Points Memo and Politico

Joseph Goldstein / New York Times:

Court Blocks Stop-and-Frisk Changes for New York Police — A federal appellate court on Thursday granted a stay in the landmark police stop-and-frisk ruling in New York City, and removed the trial judge, Shira A. Scheindlin, from the case. — The United States Court of Appeals …

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Tjfang / CBS San Francisco:

Google's Secret Revealed: Barge To Offer High-End Showrooms, Party Deck — SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) - Google's mysterious floating barge on San Francisco Bay will feature luxury showrooms and a party deck for the tech giant to market Google Glass and other gadgets to invitation-only clients, multiple sources told KPIX 5.

Discussion: Business Insider, TechCrunch, Mashable and The Verge

James Arkin / BuzzFeed:

GOP Congressman Hands Out Copies Of Book Calling For Obama's Impeachment — Texas Rep. Steve Stockman gave copies of the book “Impeachable Offenses: The Case For Removing Barack Obama From Office” to every member of Congress this month. — Via wndbooks.wnd.com

Discussion: Liberaland

ThinkProgress:

BREAKING: Three Bush-Appointed Judges Reinstate Texas' Anti-Abortion Law — A panel of three Republican judges, all of whom were appointed by President George W. Bush, granted the state of Texas' request Wednesday night to reinstate a law that will force many of the state's abortion clinics to close their doors.

Discussion: The Raw Story

Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:

IRS' Lois Lerner gave confidential Tea Party tax info to FEC, violating law — WASHINGTON SECRETS TAXES TEA PARTY JUDICIAL WATCH IRS FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT FEC — The Internal Revenue Service shared highly confidential tax information of several Tea Party groups in the IRS scandal …

Discussion: Scared Monkeys, Weasel Zippers, The PJ Tatler and The Gateway Pundit

Todd Starnes / Fox News:

Pentagon training manual: white males have unfair advantages — A controversial 600-plus page manual used by the military to train its Equal Opportunity officers teaches that “healthy, white, heterosexual, Christian” men hold an unfair advantage over other races, and warns in great detail about a so-called “White Male Club.”

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, The Gateway Pundit, Weasel Zippers and The Right Scoop

James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:

Obama and his supporters emit a fog of equivocation and euphemism. — “If you like your plan, you can keep it.” That assertion, repeated with small variations, was Barack Obama's central pledge when he was campaigning for president and then for the enactment of health-care “reform.”

Discussion: americanthinker.com, The Raw Story, The Hill, Taking Note and Pat Dollard

EndPlay / TheDenverChannel.com:

Adams County couple files lawsuit to overturn Colorado's ban on same-sex marriage — BRIGHTON - A Colorado couple is suing to overturn the state ban on same-sex marriage. — Dr. Rebecca Brinkman and Margaret Burd filed the suit in Adams County District Court Wednesday, according to attorney Ralph Ogden.

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