memeorandum: Obama nominee a mystery man on Hill (Peter Schroeder/The Hill)

10:35 AM ET, November 18, 2013

Top Items:

Why Obamacare Is On Life Support — Democrats may begin calling for repeal if the law's problems don't get resolved soon. — President Obama will fight to preserve his signature domestic legislation, but Democrats may not let him. (Mandel Ngan/AFP) — There's nothing that Democrats …

Discussion: Politico and Taylor Marsh

Politico:
House GOP 2014 agenda starts with blank slate

Discussion: The Plum Line and NBCNews

Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Three Burials of Obamacare

Discussion: Connecting.the.Dots and Politico

Carl Hulse / New York Times:

Lesson Is Seen in Failure of 1989 Law on Medicare — WASHINGTON — Angry Americans voice outrage at being asked to pay more for health coverage. Lawmakers and the White House say the public just doesn't appreciate the benefits of the new health law. Opponents clamor for repeal before the program fully kicks in.

Discussion: Washington Monthly

Washington Post:

How we got Obamacare to work — (BRIAN SNYDER/REUTERS) - Liz Carlson, a self-employed student, attends a health care enrolment fair co-sponsored by Planned Parenthood of Northern New England and the State Employees Association at Great Bay Community College in Portsmouth, New Hampshire November 9, 2013.

Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog and DownWithTyranny!

The Daily Beast: President Obama Should Never Apologize for Passing Obamacare

Benjamin Bell / ABC News:
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand: President Obama Should Have Been ‘More Specific’ With Healthcare Promise

Discussion: Weekly Standard, New York Times, TruthRevolt.org, BizzyBlog, Scared Monkeys, Ed Driscoll, BizPac Review and CNN

Daily Mail:

'We've listened - and here's how we'll halt this depravity': Google chief ERIC SCHMIDT explains block on child porn — Last week 348 people were arrested in Canada - and 386 young kids rescued - in one of the largest child sex investigations ever seen. It defies belief that anyone …

Discussion: The Verge, Spectator, Business Insider and Guardian

Rory Cellan-Jones / BBC:
Google and Microsoft agree measures to block abuse images

Discussion: Samizdata

Joseph Curl / Washington Times:

The beginning of the end for Barack Obama — ANALYSIS/OPINION: — Second-term presidents in the past 30 years have had some pretty embarrassing news conferences, full of frank admissions of failure, submissive spasms of shame and groveling, grieving apologies.

Evan McMurry / Mediaite:
David Plouffe to ABC: GOP Plan to Run Against Obamacare an ‘Impossibility’

Discussion: Scared Monkeys and Weasel Zippers

Associated Press:

Soldier: Minnesota Man Was Once SS Commander, Ordered Nazi Massacre Of Polish Village — BERLIN (AP) — A retired Minnesota carpenter, shown in a June investigation to be a former commander in a Nazi SS-led unit, ordered his men to attack a Polish village that was razed to the ground …

Discussion: The Raw Story and Liberaland

Juan Williams / The Hill:

A phony Republican war aims to frustrate will of voters — Last week, 20 House Republicans, including Louie Gohmert (Texas), Ted Yoho (Fla.) and Michele Bachmann (Minn.), took the first step to impeach Attorney General Eric Holder. — They introduced articles of impeachment that target Holder …

Peter Schroeder / The Hill:

Obama nominee a mystery man on Hill — Lawmakers in both parties are lining up questions for Timothy Massad, who has been tapped by the president to oversee a key financial regulator. — Massad has been a fixture of Washington for years, but members say they need to know more about the man …

Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:

GOP Ramps Up Smear Campaign Against Obamacare Navigators — Beware anybody trying to help people sign up for health insurance under Obamacare. — That's the line from top Senate Republicans, who have magnified their smear campaign against the law's so-called navigators …

Discussion: Liberaland

Paul Krugman / New York Times:

A Permanent Slump? — Spend any time around monetary officials and one word you'll hear a lot is “normalization.” Most though not all such officials accept that now is no time to be tightfisted, that for the time being credit must be easy and interest rates low.

Discussion: Washington Center …, Business Insider, naked capitalism, Marginal Revolution, Economist's View and Paul Krugman

Jonathan Martin / The Caucus:

Dispute Over Gay Marriage Erupts in Cheney Family — Mary Cheney, a daughter of the former vice president, and her wife, Heather Poe, sharply criticized on Sunday a comment by by Ms. Cheney's sister, Liz Cheney, a candidate for the Senate in Wyoming, that they disagreed on the issue of same-sex marriage.

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Talking Points Memo, Right Turn, ABC News, Mediaite, First Read, Politico, BizPac Review, The Week, Washington Post, Daily Kos, The Raw Story and Taegan Goddard's …

Chris Wallace / Fox News:
Liz Cheney on her run for US Senate; Can President Obama ‘fix’ ObamaCare?

Discussion: Advocate and Althouse

Washington Post:

Capital gains: Spending on contracts and lobbying propels a wave of new wealth in D .C. — So much money to be had if you know where to look. — The avalanche of cash that made Washington rich in the last decade has transformed the culture of a once staid capital and created a new wave of well-heeled insiders.

David Feith / Wall Street Journal:

U.S. Navy to the Rescue Again — In the wake of Typhoon Haiyan, one man desperately seeks contact with his uncle in Virginia who served in the U.S. Navy. — Guiuan, Philippines — 'I have an uncle there in the U.S. Can you help me to contact him? Trudoro Dado Tan is yelling this plea …

DealBook:

Pressure Builds to Finish Volcker Rule on Wall St. Oversight — The Obama administration, currently stumbling through the health care overhaul, has reached a critical stage in its other signature effort: reining in Wall Street. — The push to reshape financial oversight hinges on negotiations …

Discussion: Booman Tribune and Taegan Goddard's Wonk Wire