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1:15 PM ET, November 22, 2013

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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
The Democrats' naked power grab  —  “Congress is broken,” Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Thursday before holding a party-line vote that disposed of rules that have guided and protected the chamber since 1789.  —  If Congress wasn't broken before, it certainly is now.
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New York Times:
Democracy Returns to the Senate  —  For five years, Senate Republicans have refused to allow confirmation votes on dozens of perfectly qualified candidates nominated by President Obama for government positions.  They tried to nullify entire federal agencies by denying them leaders.
John Dickerson / Slate:
The Old Senate Was Already Dead  —  Passing filibuster reform just made it official.  —  If West Virginia Sen. Robert Byrd were still in the Senate, it would be fascinating to see which side of the recent filibuster debate he would take.  Byrd was a defender of Senate traditions …
Patterico's Pontifications:
Hysterical Hypocrisy on Filibusters from the New York Times
Discussion: Power Line, Hot Air and New York Times
Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Norm Ornstein: Republicans Forced Reid's Hand On The Nuclear Option
Dan Merica / CNN:
The man who coined the term ‘nuclear option’ regrets ever pursuing it
Lauren McGaughy / New Orleans Times-Picayune:
Mary Landrieu approval ratings drop, Bobby Jindal's rise in latest polling data  —  U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu's approval rating dropped and Gov. Bobby Jindal's rose over the last six months, according to polling data released Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013 from Southern Media & Opinion Research.
Discussion: Mock Paper Scissors
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Emily Schultheis / Politico:
Bill Cassidy staffer tweets Mary Landrieu-Mussolini picture  —  A conservative blog in Louisiana on Thursday posted an image of Sen. Mary Landrieu's face superimposed on the body of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini — and an hour later, the campaign manager of Landrieu's main opponent next year …
Discussion: PoliticusUSA
Daniel Strauss / Talking Points Memo:
Rep. Cassidy's Campaign Manager Tweets Photo Of ‘MussoLandrieu’
Discussion: FIRST DRAFT
Scott Walker / Wall Street Journal:
How to Win the Obama-Walker Voters  —  If conservative principles are the problem, then why are so many Republicans in office who campaigned on them?  —  In the wake of the 2012 elections, Republicans are being warned once again that they need to compromise their principles to win at the ballot box.
Discussion: Right Turn and First Read
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Charles Babington / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Wisconsin's Gov. Walker hopes to split Chris Christie, tea partyers, in GOP presidential hunt
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Health Law Is Dividing Republican Governors
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Reuters:
On 50th anniversary of JFK death, Dallas holds first memorial  —  (Reuters) - Dallas will observe the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's assassination with its first official memorial on Friday, as the rest of the nation pauses to remember the event that changed history.
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CNN:
CNN Poll: JFK tops presidential rankings for last 50 years
The / Los Angeles Times:   Why JFK still matters
Fox News:
Round 2 of ObamaCare enrollment to be delayed until after 2014 midterms  —  The Obama administration plans to delay the start of next year's ObamaCare enrollment period, a move pitched as a way to give consumers and insurance companies more time to study their options …
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Susan Levine / Politico:
HHS to delay 2015 Obamacare enrollment by a month  —  Health and Human Services plans to delay the start of the second year of Obamacare enrollment by one month to allow insurers more time to set rates after assessing their plan experiences during 2014, a department official said Thursday night.
Discussion: Hot Air and National Review
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Expanding Social Security  —  For many years there has been one overwhelming rule for people who wanted to be considered serious inside the Beltway.  It was this: You must declare your willingness to cut Social Security in the name of “entitlement reform.”  It wasn't really about the numbers …
Timothy Egan / New York Times:
The South's New Lost Cause  —  Before he was immortalized for saving the union, freeing the slaves and giving the best political speech in American history, Abraham Lincoln was just an unpopular new president handed a colossal crisis.  Elected with 39.7 percent of the vote, Lincoln told a big lie in his inaugural address of 1861.
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Eric Lach / Talking Points Memo:
Dual Attacks Take On Voting Restriction Efforts In Arizona, Kansas  —  Well, that didn't take long.  —  Just weeks after Kansas and Arizona made clear their intentions to move ahead with two-tier voting systems, legal efforts are being mounted to fight those plans.
Discussion: ACLU
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Martha T. Moore / Associated Press:   ACLU sues Kansas over voter registration requirements
kff.org:
Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: November 2013  —  The latest Kaiser Health Tracking Poll finds the public's views souring on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in November, with about half having an unfavorable view of the law and a third having a favorable view, a gap that was seen only once before …
USA Today:
Sticker shock hits health exchange shoppers  —  Sweeping differences in health care exchange pricing among states and counties is leading to sticker shock for some middle-class consumers and others who aren't eligible for subsidies under the Affordable Care Act.
ThinkProgress:
Levitating Train Between DC And NYC Would Leave The Rest Of America Behind  —  Many Americans have long nursed a pipe dream of one day riding a super-high-speed train just like the engineering marvels that have cropped up in Japan, China, and Europe.  With a newly publicized offer from Japan …
Discussion: Slate and Eschaton
 
 
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Scott Shackford / Hit & Run:
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Kellan Howell / Washington Times:
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Brianna Keilar / CNN:
Key part of HeathCare.gov passed test, but Anonymous Shopper shelved anyway
Discussion: Hot Air
Brendan Sasso / The Hill:
House panel approves spying bill, targets leaks
Discussion: Shakesville and The Switch
 Earlier Items: 
Daniel Henninger / Wall Street Journal:
Daniel Henninger: Worse Than ObamaCare
Discussion: Conservatives4Palin
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Obama holds off-record meeting with MSNBC hosts, liberal pundits
Discussion: Hot Air and Weasel Zippers
John Boehner / Speaker.gov:
My Attempt to Sign Up For Health Care
 

 
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