memeorandum: Chris Christie: National reach ‘inevitable’ (Maggie Haberman/Politico)

1:35 PM ET, November 3, 2013

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TIME:

The Hunt for Pufferfish — During the 2012 presidential campaign, Mitt Romney ranked Chris Christie among the final contenders to be his running mate. That is until the Republican nominee started digging into the New Jersey governor's record — The following is an excerpt from DOUBLE DOWN …

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Business Insider, No More Mister Nice Blog, Doug Ross, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Taylor Marsh, Hullabaloo and Gawker

Duke / Jersey Jazzman:

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: @GovChristie to Teacher: “I Am Tired Of You People!” — UPDATE: I posted this about 12 hours ago on a late Saturday night, and already it has over 30K hits. I've never seen blog traffic like this, especially on a weekend. Is it not obvious that there has been an enormous amount …

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Maggie Haberman / Politico:

Chris Christie: National reach ‘inevitable’ — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie described the message people will take nationally from his all-but-assured reelection on Tuesday as “it's inevitable,” as he blasted the authors of the second “Game Change” book for trying to “sensationalize” things.

Jonathan Topaz / Politico:

Newt weighs in on ‘Double Down’ — Newt Gingrich says President Barack Obama would not have selected Hillary Clinton for his running mate in 2012, if only to stay away from her husband. — The former Republican House speaker discussed “Double Down,” the upcoming book on the 2012 presidential election …

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Peter Hamby / Washington Post:
Review: ‘Double Down,’ on the 2012 election, by Mark Halperin and John Heilemann

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Washington Post:

HealthCare.gov: How political fear was pitted against technical needs — In May 2010, two months after the Affordable Care Act squeaked through Congress, President Obama's top economic aides were getting worried. Larry Summers, director of the White House's National Economic Council …

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The Hill:

O-Care stonewall: Media stymied — A slew of media organizations have petitioned the government to release ObamaCare data that the White House has refused to make public. [WATCH VIDEO] — CNN, ABC, MSNBC and others have filed Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) seeking information on the beleaguered healthcare.gov website.

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Jason Seher / CNN:
Ayotte wants ‘timeout’ on Obamacare

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Jonathan Topaz / Politico:
Ayotte pushes W.H. on ACA, Benghazi

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New York Times:

Insurance Policies Not Worth Keeping — Congressional Republicans have stoked consumer fears and confusion with charges that the health care reform law is causing insurers to cancel existing policies and will force many people to pay substantially higher premiums next year for coverage they don't want.

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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:

Three Pages Of Rand Paul's Book Were Plagiarized From Think Tanks — The worst case yet. Paul's office says the book notes Paul didn't individually report out each case. — Joshua Roberts / Reuters — An entire section of Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul's 2013 book Government Bullies …

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Fort Worth Star-Telegram:

Voter ID law snags former House Speaker Jim Wright — FORT WORTH — Former House Speaker Jim Wright was denied a voter ID card Saturday at a Texas Department of Public Safety office. — “Nobody was ugly to us, but they insisted that they wouldn't give me an ID,” Wright said.

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Taegan Goddard's Political Wire:
Texas Voter ID Law Snags Former Speaker

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Jonathan Topaz / Politico:

McCaul: ‘Mental illness’ major factor in LAX shooting — The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee said on Sunday the suspect's “mental illness” was a chief reason behind the shooting at Los Angeles International Airport. — Appearing on CNN's “State of the Union,” Rep. Mike McCaul …

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Associated Press: LAX SUSPECT SET OUT TO KILL MULTIPLE TSA OFFICERS

Mark Potok / Hatewatch:
Hatewatch Exclusive: Alleged LAX Shooter Referenced ‘Patriot’ Conspiracy Theories

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Chris / MASON CONSERVATIVE:

Virginia Democrat Calls For Forcing Doctors To Accept Medicare And Medicaid Patients — You would think that when your party is burying a hole that is getting harder and harder to get out of, you wouldn't want to that hole get deeper faster. But here is Kathleen Murphy …

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Chrystia Freeland / New York Times:

Plutocrats vs. Populists — TORONTO — HERE'S the puzzle of America today: the plutocrats have never been richer, and their economic power continues to grow, but the populists, the wilder the better, are taking over. The rise of the political extremes is most evident, of course …

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Kyle Smith / New York Post:

How Obama went from bulls-t to dishonesty — How Americans see President Obama changed in an important way this week. It's because there is a huge difference between lies and bulls - - t. — Obama says a lot of things that are not true, even nonsensical.

Discussion: Power Line

New York Times:

I.O.U.'s Give the Democrat an Edge in Virginia — CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Their cheeks brushed as they whispered into each other's ears, Bill Clinton and Terry McAuliffe, together again. — “I love Terry McAuliffe and his wife and their kids,” the former president croaked hoarsely last week …