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11:40 AM ET, October 9, 2015

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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Why Republicans Need Paul Ryan As House Speaker  —  He's an ideological zealot and a tactical pragmatist.  —  In the immediate wake of John Boehner's chaotic resignation as House speaker and Kevin McCarthy's chaotic withdrawal as his presumptive successor, Republican hopes have quickly fixated …
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Al Weaver / Washington Examiner:
Gingrich says he'd consider interim speakership  —  Share Tweet Reddit Digg Mail Print SMS More  —  Could Newt Gingrich end up right back to the place that made him a political celebrity?  —  During an interview with radio host Sean Hannity Thursday, the former speaker told the host …
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
THE BIG IDEA:  —  Paul Ryan is seriously considering a bid for House speaker.  He's consulting his wife, Janna, and should make a definitive decision soon, according to top GOP sources.  —  Despite repeatedly and sincerely insisting he doesn't want the job, the Wisconsin congressman …
The Hill:
Issa considering running for Speaker  —  Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), the former chairman of the House Oversight Committee, is considering a bid for Speaker, a source close to the congressman told The Hill.  —  “There is no definitive decision that's been made, but it's certainly being talked about.
Politico:
Behind McCarthy's decision to bail  —  'They're going to eat you and chew you up.'  —  The doubts haunted Kevin McCarthy.  —  Publicly, he projected an air of confidence, the appearance of the man who would be the next speaker of the House.  But in private, his allies told him the pursuit …
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
McCarthy: ‘Sometimes you have to hit rock bottom’  —  House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) says that he does not know if the House is governable.  —  In an interview with Rich Lowry of National Review just after he shocked Washington by dropping out of the Speakership race …
Jonathan Allen / Vox:
Why speaker of the House is the worst job in Washington  —  God, it sucks to be the Republican speaker of the House.  —  It should be one of the best jobs in Washington — vested with power, prestige, and the good feeling that comes with running the federal body closest to the people.
Nat Brown / National Review:
‘Sometimes You Have to Hit Rock Bottom’
New York Times:
Obama Administration Ends Pentagon Program to Train Syrian Rebels  —  LONDON — The Obama administration has ended the Pentagon's $500 million program to train and equip Syrian rebels, administration officials said on Friday, in an acknowledgment that the beleaguered program had failed …
Washington Post:
How America can counter Putin's moves in Syria  —  Condoleezza Rice was secretary of state from 2005 to 2009.  Robert M. Gates was defense secretary from 2006 to 2011.  —  One can hear the disbelief in capitals from Washington to London to Berlin to Ankara and beyond.
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Josh Rogin / Bloomberg View:
White House Is Weighing a Syria Retreat
Discussion: Just Security
Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
Shows of Strength From Trump and Putin
Discussion: Hot Air and BREITBART.COM
Vanessa Williams / Washington Post:
Carson suggests that gun rights might have changed history for Jews in WWII  —  Ben Carson said Thursday that Adolph Hitler's mass murder of Jews “would have been greatly diminished” if German citizens had not been disarmed by the Nazi regime.  —  The comment, which came during an interview …
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Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
Ben Carson Defends Hitler Gun Control Statements, Calls ADL Reaction ‘Total Foolishness’
Discussion: Daily Mail
Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
A New Clue Suggests Biden May Run  —  Joe Biden has taken another step toward entering the Presidential race.  —  Representatives of the Vice-President held a meeting this week with Democratic National Committee staffers.  They briefed Biden's aides on arcane but crucial rules …
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Wall Street Journal:
Hillary Trades Places With Clinton
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Washington Post:
Ms. Clinton's disappointing choice on the Trans-Pacific Partnership
Alfred Nobel / Nobelprize.org:
The Nobel Peace Prize for 2015  —  The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2015 is to be awarded to the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet for its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia in the wake of the Jasmine Revolution of 2011.
Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Obama weighs expanding background checks through executive authority  —  In response to the latest mass shooting during his presidency, President Obama is seriously considering circumventing Congress with his executive authority and imposing new background-check requirements for buyers who purchase weapons from high-volume gun dealers.
Los Angeles Times:
Joe Biden doesn't want ad invoking family's deadly car wreck to air, source says … I found it interesting that Hillary Clinton, in her book that she apparently sent me, talks glowingly about supporting the trans-Pacific trade agreement and now has come out four-square against it because …
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Refugee Charity Stops Aid To Calais Because 97% Are Men With ‘No Real Reason’ To Be There
Barney Frank / Politico:
The Republican Plague on Government
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Emails Suggest Clinton Pushed Libyan Business Interests of Off-the-Books Adviser
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Financial Times:
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