memeorandum: Jon Huntsman says no thanks to 2016 run (Anna Palmer/Politico)

12:20 PM ET, October 8, 2014

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Jonathan Topaz / Politico:

Jimmy Carter: President Obama blew it on ISIL — Former President Jimmy Carter is criticizing President Barack Obama's Middle East policy, saying he has shifting policies and waited too long to take action against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. — In an interviewed published Tuesday …

Discussion: Scared Monkeys

Jim Jones / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:

Carter unhappy with Obama's policies in Middle East — FORT WORTH — Former President Jimmy Carter put down his hammer at a Meadowbrook Habitat for Humanity project Tuesday for a wide-ranging interview that touched on subjects such as the Obama administration's use of drones, women's rights and faith.

Discussion: CNN, Hit & Run, Pat Dollard, The PJ Tatler, Mediaite and CANNONFIRE

Politico:
President Obama's executive action plan falls short

Discussion: The PJ Tatler and his vorpal sword

Evan McMurry / Mediaite:
Jimmy Carter Thinks Obama Waited Too Long to Confront ISIS

Discussion: FOX News Radio

CNN:

Texas Ebola patient dies — (CNN) — Thomas Eric Duncan, the man with Ebola who traveled to the United States from Liberia, died Wednesday morning at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, the hospital said. — He had been in critical condition after being diagnosed with the virus in mid-September.

Discussion: FOX31 Denver, Mashable and Outside the Beltway

Manny Fernandez / New York Times:
First Ebola Patient to Be Discovered in U.S. Dies

Discussion: The Jawa Report and The Verge

Jeryl Bier / Weekly Standard:
General: If Ebola Reaches Central America, ‘There Will Be Mass Migration into the U.S.’

Discussion: DoD, Pat Dollard and Hot Air

USA Today:
Dallas Ebola patient getting experimental drug

Discussion: National Review, Defense One, New York Magazine and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion

Elise Viebeck / The Hill: CDC: Airborne Ebola possible but unlikely

Draghana Jovanovic / ABC News:
Ebola Patient's Pet Dog to Be Euthanized as Precaution

Discussion: Mashable and Hot Air

Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:

BREAKING: Justice Kennedy Halts Same-Sex Marriages In Idaho — Wednesday morning, Justice Anthony Kennedy offered another thin ray of light to penetrate the hidden laboratory where he and his fellow justices will decide whether to recognize the Constitution's promise of equality for all Americans.

Discussion: The New Civil Rights Movement

Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:

Two more bans fall (UPDATED) — UPDATED 10:58 p.m. The Ninth Circuit Court put its ruling into full effect on Tuesday evening, in this order and this formal mandate. That should clear the way promptly for same-sex couples to file for marriage licenses in the two states involved directly and …

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, Mashable, The Dish, Shakesville and Washington Post

Brian Beutler / The New Republic:
The Scariest Reaction to SCOTUS's Gay-Marriage Bombshell Wasn't From Ted Cruz

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Talking Points Memo, RH Reality Check, Right Wing Watch, The New Civil Rights Movement, Washington Post, National Journal, ThinkProgress, LGBTQ Nation and No More Mister Nice Blog

Matthew J. Franck / National Review:
Dred Scott and Same-Sex Marriage

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Addicting Info, Crooked Timber and ThinkProgress

Jonathan Martin / New York Times:

In This Election, Obama's Party Benches Him — CHICAGO — When he soared to victory by almost 10 million votes in 2008, President Obama won in states like Virginia that Democratic candidates had not captured since 1964. He was trumpeted as a transformational leader who remade American politics …

Discussion: Fox News, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, The PJ Tatler, The Gateway Pundit and Taylor Marsh

Peter Hamby / CNN:

The hardest-working man in Democratic politics — Washington (CNN) — A Democrat with White House ambitions is furiously criss-crossing the country to help the party's candidates — and it's not Hillary Clinton. — Martin O'Malley, the two-term governor of Maryland, has headlined more than 80 Democratic fundraisers since last year.

Discussion: The Daily Caller

Josh Kraushaar / National Journal:
Bracing for a Political Wave

Discussion: Wall Street Journal and The Atlantic Online

KOIN-TV:

Man practicing open carry law robbed of gun — GRESHAM, Ore. (KOIN 6) — A man practicing his open carry right was robbed of the gun he was openly carrying. — William Coleman III was robbed of his Walter- brand P22 just after 2:00 a.m. October 4 in Gresham by a young man who asked him for it …

Discussion: Raw Story, Addicting Info and Balloon Juice

KPTV-TV:
Man openly carrying new gun in Gresham robbed by armed man

Discussion: Liberaland and Talking Points Memo

FBI:

Help Identify Individuals Traveling Overseas for Combat — The FBI is asking for the public's help identifying individuals who have traveled—or are planning to travel—overseas to engage in combat alongside terrorist organizations. — “We need the public's assistance in identifying U.S. persons …

Discussion: The Jawa Report, The Gateway Pundit, CNN, The Intercept, CBS Minnesota, Mediaite, Pat Dollard, Guardian, Business Insider, KFOR-TV and The Daily Caller

Anna Palmer / Politico:

Jon Huntsman says no thanks to 2016 run — Jon Huntsman's days on the campaign trail are over. — The former Utah governor, who ran a short-lived presidential campaign in 2012, said he would not run in 2016 and has no plans to run for governor again. — “I can't describe a pathway through …

Discussion: Washington Monthly, OnPolitics, ABC News and The Daily Caller

Harold Meyerson / American Prospect:

Why the Democrats Need to Take Sides — Straddling class divisions is so last century. There's a new base in town, and it includes a lot of people who used to be middle-class but aren't anymore. — This spring, a prominent Democratic pollster sent a memo to party leaders …

Discussion: Hullabaloo

Josh Zumbrun / Wall Street Journal:

SAT Scores and Income Inequality: How Wealthier Kids Rank Higher — SAT originally stood for Scholastic Aptitude Test. But parsing the results by income suggests it's also a Student Affluence Test. — On average, students in 2014 in every income bracket outscored students in a lower bracket …

Discussion: Business Insider, AEIdeas and The Daily Caller

Jenna Levy / Gallup:

In U.S., Uninsured Rate Holds at 13.4% — As open enrollment looms, uninsured rates unchanged across age groups — WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Affordable Care Act, commonly referred to as “Obamacare,” appears to be meeting its goal of reducing the percentage of Americans without health insurance.

Discussion: Real Clear Politics

Piers Morgan / Hollywood Reporter:

Piers Morgan Pens Advice Column on CNN, Reveals He Pushed to Replace “Stiff” Anderson Cooper — Writing for THR, the former CNN anchor and new MailOnline editor-at-large reveals why news ratings shouldn't matter, when he became a “barroom bore” on guns and how Cooper can't compete with Megyn Kelly

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, The Daily Caller and Truth Revolt

Andrea Blanford / abc11.com:

POLICE PEPPER SPRAY WAKE COUNTY TEEN INSIDE HIS HOME AFTER HE'S MISTAKEN FOR BURGLAR — The parents of a Wake County high school student are outraged that police pepper-sprayed him inside their home after a neighbor mistook him for an intruder. — It happened Monday afternoon on England Avenue in Fuquay-Varina.

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Shakesville and Raw Story

David Limbaugh / Washington Examiner:

Democrats will pay the price for Obama in November — BARACK OBAMA HEALTH CARE 2014 ELECTIONS ECONOMY — Democrats are panicking, and rightly so. Going into the November congressional elections, voter opposition to Obama is worse than it was for George W. Bush and for Bill Clinton …