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3:40 PM ET, November 19, 2013

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Washington Post:
Obama's ratings tumble after health-care flaws  —  The flawed rollout of the Affordable Care Act has pushed President Obama to the lowest point of his presidency, with dwindling faith in his competence and in many of the personal attributes that have buoyed him in the past, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
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Noam N. Levey / Los Angeles Times:
Healthcare plan enrollment surges in some states after rocky rollout  —  Healthcare insurance enrollment increases in some states that run their own exchanges, boosting hopes of Obamacare backers.  —  Peter Lee, director of the Covered California health insurance exchange, discusses enrollment.
Erik Smith / Washington State Wire:
Rude Awakening for Federal Way Woman Who Got Shout-Out From President - Can't Afford Obamacare Policy After All  —  After Jessica Sanford Sends Fan Letter to Obama for Making Insurance Affordable, State Says She Must Pay Full Ticket  —  Jessica Sanford, the Federal Way woman who got a shout …
Washington Post:
Private consultants warned of risks before HealthCare.gov's Oct. 1 launch  —  The Obama administration brought in a private consulting team to independently assess how the federal online health-care enrollment system was developing, according to a newly disclosed document …
Jim Acosta / CNN:
Woman cited by President as Obamacare success story frustrated by sign up process  —  Updated 1:20 a.m. ET, 11/19/2013 - This is updated from an earlier version, adding more details.  —  (CNN)- Washington state resident Jessica Sanford was bursting with pride when President Obama mentioned …
Ronald Brownstein / NationalJournal.com:
Poll: Most Americans Oppose Obamacare Repeal Despite Rollout Troubles  —  United Technologies/National Journal Congressional Connection poll finds public opinion on the health law holding steady with a narrow split emerging on its ultimate impact.  —  Despite sharp divisions over the long-term impact …
George E. Condon Jr / NationalJournal.com:
Obama Snubs 150th Anniversary of Gettysburg Address  —  His decision is doubly surprising because he has so often tied himself to his fellow Illinoisan Lincoln.  —  A photographic portrait is displayed showing Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States.  (Hulton/Archive/Getty Images)
Marco Rubio / Wall Street Journal:
No Bailouts for ObamaCare  —  The health-care law's ‘risk corridors’ could result in a huge taxpayer burden.  —  With every passing day, ObamaCare's flaws are being exposed in painful ways for the American people.  What started as a broken website—and nonexistent Spanish one …
New York Times:
A New G.O.P. Excuse for Doing Nothing
ThinkProgress:
State Rep. Uses Sledgehammer To Destroy Homeless People's Possessions  —  State Rep. Tom Brower (D) destroying a homeless person's possessions.  —  Much like Batkid, Hawaii has found its own superhero.  Except that instead of protecting the powerless from harm, he roams the streets …
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Julie Carey / nbcwashington.com:
Va. Sen. Creigh Deeds Stabbed in Bath County Home  —  Sources say Deeds' son stabbed his father, then shot himself  —  Virginia State Sen. Creigh Deeds was stabbed by his son, Austin “Gus” Deeds, before the son fatally shot himself, Democratic sources tell News4.
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Virginia / CNN:
Virginia legislator in critical condition after home assault
Discussion: ABC News and WTVR-TV
Michael Pearson / CNN:
Former Va. governor candidate Deeds stabbed, son shot at home
Discussion: KFOR-TV
Lucy McCalmont / Politico:
Creigh Deeds stabbed, son dead at home
John Crudele / New York Post:
Census ‘faked’ 2012 election jobs report  —  In the home stretch of the 2012 presidential campaign, from August to September, the unemployment rate fell sharply — raising eyebrows from Wall Street to Washington.  —  The decline — from 8.1 percent in August to 7.8 percent in September — might not have been all it seemed.
BBC:
Monty Python to reunite for stage show  —  All of the surviving members of comedy group Monty Python are to reform for a stage show, one of the Pythons, Terry Jones, has confirmed.  —  “We're getting together and putting on a show - it's real,” Jones told the BBC.  —  “I'm quite excited about it.
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Dave Itzkoff / New York Times:   Monty Python Troupe to Reunite for Live Shows
Agence France Presse:   Monty Python to reunite for new show after 30 years
Tal Kopan / Politico:
Poll: Mitt Romney beats President Obama today  —  As more bad poll numbers continue to pour in for President Barack Obama, a new survey finds that if the 2012 election matchup were held this month, Mitt Romney would hold the edge with the voters.  —  Romney topped Obama 49 percent …
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David Harsanyi / The Federalist:
No, Arne Duncan, ‘White Suburban Moms’ Aren't The Problem.  (But you might be)  —  Common Core, the initiative that claims to more accurately measure K-12 student knowledge in English and math, also encourages children to step up their “critical thinking.”  —  That didn't stop Education …
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Shushannah Walshe / ABC News:
Chris Christie Knocks GOP, Says Washington Is Full of ‘Absolutists’  —  WASHINGTON — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie had some harsh words for Washington, D.C. Monday night, telling a group of CEOs that “both parties” in Washington are the problem, but still harshly criticizing the GOP …
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Alexandra Jaffe / The Hill:
Iowa GOP to Christie: Don't skip caucuses
Discussion: Washington Monthly, CNN and First Read
Jessica Meyers / Politico:
Tech chief: 30% of Obamacare IT needs to be built  —  A key official in the development of the Obamacare website said he never saw documents warning about potential stumbles and admitted Tuesday that a sizable portion of its IT support has yet to be built.  —  Centers for Medicare …
Jim Galloway / Ajc Blogs: &lsquo:
Phil Gingrey's top staffers resign campaign  —  The Phil Gingrey's campaign for U.S. Senate took a blow on Monday, as four top staffers resigned.  —  General consultant Chip Lake, who once served as chief of staff for U.S. Rep. Lynn Westmoreland, confirmed his departure via email.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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Alexis Levinson / The Daily Caller:
Top staffers resign from Gingrey Senate campaign
Discussion: PoliticusUSA and Roll Call
Alex Seitz-Wald / NationalJournal.com:
DHS Still Hasn't Fired Black Supremacist Who Called for Mass Murder of Whites  —  Almost four months after he was unmasked as a militant black nationalist who called for murdering “Uncle Tom race traitors,” Ayo Kimathi is still employed.  —  The black-nationalist Department of Homeland Security employee …
Ben Geman / The Hill:
White House waves veto pen at GOP ‘fracking,’ energy bills  —  The White House is threatening to veto House GOP bills that would thwart Interior Department hydraulic fracturing rules and force regulators to speed up oil-and-gas drilling permits.  —  In a pair of statements Tuesday morning …
 
 
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Emily Alpert Reyes / Los Angeles Times:
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ThinkProgress:
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Woman Hailed by President as Obamacare Success Story Now Can't Afford Obamacare
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