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3:40 AM ET, November 7, 2013

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Stuart Rothenberg / Rothenblog:
Victory Is in the Eye of the Beholder in New Jersey, Virginia and Alabama  —  McAuliffe, left, and Christie won last night.  (Getty Images)  —  Tuesday's election results offer something for everyone.  —  Democrats can look at Virginia and conclude that Republican “extremism” …
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ABC News:
Obama Congratulates Christie on Re-Election
Discussion: Politico
Jonathan Strong / National Review:
RNC Allies Ward Off Cuccinelli Attack
Matt K. Lewis / The Daily Caller:
Cuccinelli advisor blames Bobby Jindal, RGA for defeat: ‘They just blew it’
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama to push Republican governors for ObamaCare expansion of Medicaid  —  President Obama will press Republican governors to allow the ObamaCare expansion of Medicaid into their states during a trip to Dallas on Wednesday, according to White House and local officials.
Discussion: Daily Kos, CNN and Politico
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Steven Dennis / The World's Greatest Deliberative Body:
Democrats Up in 2014 Vent Their Obamacare Anger in White House Meeting (Updated)  —  Sen. Mark Udall said he let the president know how upset he is about the troubled rollout of the health care law at a White House meeting Wednesday.  (CQ Roll Call File Photo)  —  Updated 3:50 p.m. |
Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Obama Meets With Senate Dems on Health Care
Discussion: National Review
Andrew Kirell / Mediaite:
Dan Savage Suggests ‘Mandatory Abortion’ for 30 Years, Draws Outrage  —  Popular sex columnist and liberal pundit Dan Savage drew some heat this week when he suggested to an Australian conference that he'd offer up “mandatory abortion” as a method of fighting overpopulation.
Discussion: Hot Air and Liberaland
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Tim Stanley / blogs.telegraph.co.uk:
VIDEO: Dan Savage says ‘abortion should be mandatory’ to reduce the population.  How liberal  —  To those who don't know him, Dan Savage is an internationally respected “sexpert” who has made a living out of touring college campuses and telling students how to perform oral sex.
Discussion: NewsBusters and The Daily Caller
Katie Pavlich / Townhall.com:
Sebelius Bombshell: Employer Based Plans Will Face Same Grandfathering Caveats as Lost Individual Plans  —  Testifying on Capitol Hill Wednesday about the failure of the Obamacare rollout, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius was grilled about President Obama's false promise …
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Sebelius: ObamaCare enrollment numbers will be ‘quite low’
Discussion: Politico
Ellie Hall / BuzzFeed:
Pope Francis Kisses Severely Disfigured Man And Prays With Him  —  Pope Francis blessed a man with facial deformities during today's general audience at the Vatican.  —  Pope Francis was departing St. Peter's Square after Wednesday's general audience when he saw a severely disfigured man amidst the crowd of worshippers.
Michael Levenson / Boston Globe:
Vice President Biden congratulates the wrong Marty Walsh  —  Just minutes after the election returns arrived in Boston Tuesday night, Martin Walsh's cellphone rang.  It was the vice president of the United States, Joseph R. Biden, offering his congratulations.  —  “You son of a gun, Marty!” he thundered.
ProPublica:
Loyal Obama Supporters, Canceled by Obamacare  —  San Francisco architect Lee Hammack says he and his wife, JoEllen Brothers, are “cradle Democrats.”  They have donated to the liberal group Organizing for America and worked the phone banks a year ago for President Obama's re-election.
Adam Aigner-Treworgy / CNN:
Sebelius' chief tech officer leaving, first major departure since website troubles  —  Washington (CNN) - The official in charge of technology at the federal agency that developed the problem-plagued HealthCare.gov website is leaving the government for a private sector job, according to an internal email announcement.
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Brett Norman / Reuters:
Top IT officer leaving Obamacare agency
Discussion: CBS DC and The Verge
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
BIG CHICKEN IN EXCELSIS  —  31 percent.  —  That's the number of the night, people.  —  That's the percentage of self-identified “liberals” that voted for Chris Christie, essentially endorsing the idea that he should run for president of the United States, since that was the real purpose …
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ThinkProgress:
Why Obamacare Isn't Losing Popularity Even After A Month Of Really Bad Press  —  A new poll released on Wednesday finds that uninsured Americans are increasingly interested in Obamacare, despite the ongoing technological problems plaguing the websites that allow them to sign up for health insurance plans.
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Lewis Krauskopf / Reuters:
Interest in Obamacare rises despite website problems: Reuters/Ipsos poll
Discussion: Daily Kos and The Hill
Tony Romm / Politico:
Intel IG rebuffs Hill on surveillance probe  —  The inspector general who oversees the sprawling U.S. intelligence community said he lacks the resources to conduct a review of NSA's surveillance authorities, rebuffing a request from a bipartisan group of senators seeking answers about the the agency's work.
Discussion: emptywheel
Michael Moore / TMZ.com:
'GUNS DON'T KILL PEOPLE, AMERICANS KILL PEOPLE'  —  Michael Moore says he wasn't shocked by last week's shooting at LAX ... saying gun attacks are just part of the “country we live in.”  —  Moore was at LAX — the very site where Paul Ciancia opened fire on TSA workers on November 1 …
Chris Johnson / Washington Blade:
Reid confident of ENDA's prospects after Senate vote  — Stumble upon something good?  Share it on StumbleUpon  — Send via Email  — Send this page to Print Friendly  —  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid spoke with LGBT reporters at a roundtable Wednesday (photo courtesy Senate Democrats)
Discussion: Politico and Towleroad News #gay
Frank Bajak / Associated Press:
DOCTORS SAY VENEZUELA'S HEALTH CARE IN COLLAPSE  —  MARACAY, Venezuela (AP) — Evelina Gonzalez was supposed to undergo cancer surgery in July following chemotherapy but wound up shuttling from hospital to hospital in search of an available operating table.  On the crest of her left breast …
Discussion: Power Line and Hot Air
 
 
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John Kerry / US Department of State:
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TX Republicans want to replace Cornyn
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Alex Tabarrok / Marginal Revolution:
Did Obama spy on Mitt Romney?  As recently as a few weeks ago …
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David Dayen / American Prospect:
The Democrats' Original Food-Stamp Sin
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Crooks and Liars
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Lost Art of Loyalty
Discussion: Mock Paper Scissors