Dems worry leaders in denial on Obamacare  —  Democratic leaders claim the bungled launch of Obamacare is just the latest news sensation — a media-stirred tempest that looks in the heat of the moment like it could upend the midterm election, but ends up fizzling well before voters head to the polls.

Tehran can continue to enrich uranium at 10,000 working centrifuges.  —  President Obama is hailing a weekend accord that he says has “halted the progress of the Iranian nuclear program,” and we devoutly wish this were true.  The reality is that the agreement in Geneva with five Western nations takes Iran …

Pressure builds on Boehner  —  If Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) put the Senate's immigration bill to a vote in the House, it wins.  —  The math is pretty simple.  It will take 218 votes to pass it.  All 200 Democrats are on board as well as three Republican co-sponsors.

President's marks as manager take hit in new CNN/ORC poll  —  Washington (CNN) - Only four out of 10 Americans believe President Barack Obama can manage the federal government effectively, according to a new national poll.  —  And a CNN/ORC International survey released Monday morning …

California, Here We Come?  —  It goes without saying that the rollout of Obamacare was an epic disaster.  But what kind of disaster was it?  Was it a failure of management, messing up the initial implementation of a fundamentally sound policy?  Or was it a demonstration that the Affordable Care Act is inherently unworkable?

Right vs. Left in the Midwest  —  MINNESOTA and Wisconsin share much more than bone-chilling winters: German and Northern European roots; farming; and, until recently, a populist progressive tradition stretching back a century to Wisconsin's Fighting Bob La Follette and the birth of Minnesota's Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party.

Angola ‘Bans Islam’, Dismantles Mosques, According To News Reports  —  A number of news outlets have reported that Angola has “banned” Islam and started to dismantle mosques in a bold effort to stem the spread of Muslim extremism.  —  Weekly French-language Moroccan newspaper La Nouvelle Tribune published …

Court Confronts Religious Rights of Corporations  —  WASHINGTON — Hobby Lobby, a chain of crafts stores, closes on Sundays, costing its owners millions but honoring their Christian faith.  —  The stores play religious music.  Employees get free spiritual counseling.

SAPD officer accused of rape  —  A San Antonio police officer was arrested Saturday and accused of raping a 19-year-old woman on the South Side early the day before.  At a news conference Saturday, police said the officer has been accused of sexual assault before.

Obama: 'I'm not a particularly ideological person'  —  President Barack Obama says he is not a “particularly ideological person,” but remains passionate about certain issues.  —  “I'm not a particularly ideological person,” Obama said Sunday during a fundraiser in Seattle.

Munich II  —  No, that's not a facile, partisan jab.  What just went down in Geneva is, in fact, a replay of the greatest diplomatic tragedy of the 20th century.  —  The Munich deal rested on the ridiculous notion that Hitler could be satiated.  The new pact builds on the equally ludicrous idea …

Government books $41.3 billion in student loan profits  —  Figures come as concerns mount about growing loan debt for students, graduates.  —  CONNECT  —  The federal government made enough money on student loans over the last year that, if it wanted, it could provide maximum-level Pell Grants …