memeorandum: Controversy over Richard Cohen's comments on the de Blasio family (Paul Farhi/Washington Post)

2:50 PM ET, November 13, 2013

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Troubled HealthCare.gov unlikely to work fully by end of November — Software problems with the federal online health insurance marketplace, especially in handling high volumes, are proving so stubborn that the system is unlikely to work fully by the end of the month as the White House has promised …

Matthew Yglesias / Slate:

It's Good That You Can't Keep Your Insurance Plan — Obama was wrong to mislead people but right to scrap dysfunctional insurance products. — “If you like your plan, you can keep your plan.” That was the promise Barack Obama made to insured Americans when stumping for his signature health insurance overhaul back in 2009 and 2010.

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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:

Obama is boxed in by Bill Clinton — President Obama scrambled to find a coherent response Tuesday after former President Clinton jammed the administration by saying it should keep its promise that people could keep their health insurance plans if they liked them.

Discussion: Politico, Althouse and Instapundit

Dana Bash / CNN:

White House officials get earful from Democrats on Obamacare — [Adds breaking news update 2:10 p.m.] — White House spokesman Jay Carney said on Wednesday the Obama administration believes HealthCare.gov will be working smoothly for the vast majority of users by the end of the month as planned.

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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Two Dems join ‘keep your plan’ bill

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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Merkley, Feinstein Back Landrieu's Bill To Unwind Obamacare Market Reforms

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Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
Feinstein becomes 5th Dem on bill fixing ObamaCare

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Abby D. Phillip / ABC News:

Exclusive: Obamacare's Mystery Woman Says She Fell Victim to Cyberbullies … The smiling woman who was once the face of the Affordable Care Act's website has come out of the shadows to stand up to the “cyberbullying” she says she suffered after the law's flawed kickoff.

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Jim McElhatton / Washington Times:
WebMD's healthy deal with Obamacare: Kind words for law, millions from feds

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Tal Kopan / Politico:
Health care website photo: The face of Obamacare speaks out

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Politico:

Boehner dashes hopes of immigration talks — House Republicans will not negotiate over the Senate's immigration reform bill, Speaker John Boehner said, dealing another blow to the chances of an overhaul being signed into law this year. — “Frankly, I'll make clear, we have no intention …

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Igor Bobic / Talking Points Memo:
Boehner: We Have ‘No Intention Of Ever’ Taking Up Senate Immigration Bill

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ThinkProgress:
Teens Confront Speaker Boehner On Immigration Reform

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First Read / NBCNews:
Boehner draws another hard line on immigration reform

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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:

Controversy over Richard Cohen's comments on the de Blasio family — Richard Cohen has a knack for making venom-spewing enemies out of people who should be his allies. — Like on Tuesday, when The Washington Post columnist wrote about New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's chances …

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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Is Richard Cohen a Racist?

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Washington Post:

Democrat Mark Herring gets a leg up in Va. attorney general's race in late ballot count — State Sen. Mark R. Herring padded his still-narrow lead over state Sen. Mark D. Obenshain on Tuesday night in the race for Virginia attorney general, giving the Democrat an apparent 163-vote advantage …

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TIME:
With 106 Vote Attorney General Victory, Virginia Democrats Sweep State

Discussion: Taylor Marsh and Washington Post

Alexander Bolton / The Hill:

Reid lacks the votes to go nuclear (VIDEO) — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is short of the 50 votes he would need to advance President Obama's stalled judicial nominees via the “nuclear option,” according to sources who have advocated for filibuster reform.

Discussion: Politico, Booman Tribune and Talking Points Memo

Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Republicans Again Reject Obama Pick for Judiciary

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Jose DelReal / Politico:

Charles Krauthammer: Death of ‘liberalism’ — Conservative columnist Charles Krauthammer sees “the collapse of American liberalism” in sight, in no small part because of the troubled rollout of the Affordable Care Act. — “We have not just Obamacare unraveling, not just the Obama administration unraveling …

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Soopermexican / Twitchy:

Former Obama speechwriter deletes late-night tweets about disastrous Obamacare website [screenshot] — Jon Lovett, a former speechwriter for President Obama, seems to have gone all #bqhatevwr mode with some middle-of-the-night tweets about the Obamacare website.

Discussion: The Daily Caller

Dallas News:

One fired, three suspended after undercover health care video — By: myfoxdfw.com Staff - email — The Urban League of Greater Dallas fired one person and suspended three others after a video from a conservative activist reportedly showed the workers encouraging health care applicants to lie.

Discussion: Michelle Malkin, National Review, Mediaite, Weasel Zippers, Twitchy, UrbanGrounds, James O'Keefe's Project … and “The Lid”

Kurtis Lee / Denver Post:

PRO-OBAMACARE ADS TARGETING MILLENNIALS STIR CONTROVERSY IN COLORADO — A new round of advertisements unveiled by supporters of Colorado's health insurance exchange has ignited controversy that rippled through social media Tuesday and launched debate over their portrayal of women.

Discussion: Health Policy Solutions, Outside the Beltway, The College Fix and Business Insider

Lydia Saad / Gallup:

Obama's Image as “Strong and Decisive Leader” Takes a Hit — Public approval of his handling of the economy and healthcare largely steady — PRINCETON, NJ — After six messy weeks — defined chiefly by the partial government shutdown and troubled rollout of the federal government's …

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ThinkProgress:

India's Top Police Official: 'If You Can't Prevent Rape, You Enjoy It' — India erupted in outrage Tuesday after the nation's top police official casually commented, “'If you can't prevent rape, you enjoy it.” — Ranjit Sinha, chief of the Central Bureau of Investigation …

Discussion: Guardian, India & World, Liberaland and Shakesville

James Carville / TheHill:

Not so fast, my friend — In my column two weeks ago, I bet that Terry McAuliffe would have a decisive win in Virginia but that it wouldn't be enough for the Washington media elite. — Look, I'm not one of those people who always has to be right — when I'm wrong, I fess up.