memeorandum: The Real Reason for the Chaos in the House (Reihan Salam/Slate)

11:40 PM ET, October 11, 2015

Top Items:

Joe Biden and Paul Ryan Face Decisions That Could Shape Politics for Years to Come — The two men who faced off in the 2012 vice presidential debate are each at a crossroads. — MarkHalperin — Former rivals Vice President Joe Biden and Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan are facing looming decisions …

Discussion: The Hill

Reihan Salam / Slate:

The Real Reason for the Chaos in the House — It's not just rebellious GOP lawmakers. It's what empowers those lawmakers to buck the party leadership. — First of all, let's not shed any tears over the fall of Kevin McCarthy. Though the Republican majority leader is well-liked by his colleagues …

Discussion: Washington Post and Bloomberg Business

Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:

OK, Let's Fight — The free-for-all over choosing a new House speaker isn't chaos; it's democracy. — The Republicans have decided to have a little bit of authentic democracy within their party, and polite Washington is flipping out. — John Boehner decided that he no longer wants …

Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Founder: Freedom Caucus not sold on Ryan

Discussion: Political Wire

Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
GOP hard-liners seek more power by changing rules. That could mean more chaos.

Discussion: Hot Air and Washington Monthly

Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Wanted: a Tea Party Speaker

Discussion: Daily Kos

CBS News:

Poll: Donald Trump still leads, Ben Carson in second — The race for the GOP nomination — Donald Trump continues to lead the field nationally in the race to become the Republican nominee for president. Twenty-seven percent of Republican primary voters support Trump …

Discussion: Political Wire, Washington Post, Outside the Beltway, Business Insider, OnPolitics and Patterico's Pontifications

Frank Bruni / New York Times:

The Republicans' Ugly Revolt — OVER the last two decades, through Bob Dole and George W. Bush and John McCain and Mitt Romney, it has become an article of faith that the Republican presidential nominee is a person blessed by, or acceptable to, the party's establishment, meaning the elders …

Christian Datoc / The Daily Caller:
DNC Chair: Republicans Are Saying 'Yeah, Let's Kick Women ... Out Of This Country' [VIDEO]

Discussion: MichelleMalkin.com, The Hill, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Instapundit and The Gateway Pundit

Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Romney's path to GOP nomination eludes Jeb

Discussion: Progress Pond

Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Back in the pack, this is not the campaign Chris Christie envisioned

Discussion: Bwog

CBS News:

Highlights, outtakes from Obama's 60 Minutes interview — Steve Kroft asks President Obama about the crisis in Syria, mass shootings — and what he thinks of Donald Trump — With the end of his second term on the horizon, President Obama spoke to 60 Minutes this week, reflecting on his achievements …

Discussion: Raw Story and Mashable

CBS News:

President Obama — Steve Kroft questions President Obama on topics including Russia's incursion in Syria, ISIS and the 2016 presidential race — The following is a script from “President Obama” which aired on October 11, 2015. Steve Kroft is the correspondent.

Discussion: Business Insider

David Edwards / Raw Story:

ABC host destroys Bobby Jindal's ‘no-fly zone’ plan with four simple words: 'ISIS doesn't have aircraft' — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — Republican presidential candidate Bobby Jindal said over the weekend that he had a plan to defeat ISIS using “no-fly zones” …

Discussion: ABC News, addictinginfo.org and LiberalAmerica.org

Deanna Pan / Post and Courier:

Would-be Waffle House robber dies after having been shot by customer — Investigators with the North Charleston Police Department collect evidence at the scene of a shooting that stopped an attempted armed robbery at a Waffle House on Dorchester Road, according to police.

Discussion: Daily Mail, Raw Story and The Daily Caller

Awr Hawkins / BREITBART.COM:
Police Praise Concealed Permit Holder for Stopping Waffle House Robbery

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Infowars

Cuyahoga County Prosecutor:

Investigation into the Death of Tamir Rice — Statement from Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Timothy J. McGinty on the release of three additional reports regarding the death of Tamir Rice — The Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office is releasing three expert reports regarding the shooting death …

Discussion: Mother Jones, The Daily Caller and CNN

Mitch Smith / New York Times:
2 Outside Reviews Say Cleveland Officer Acted Reasonably in Shooting Tamir Rice, 12

Discussion: Plain Dealer, ThinkProgress, Refinery29, Simple Justice, Prairie Weather, JustOneMinute and Balloon Juice

Sarah Boxer / The Atlantic:

The Exemplary Narcissism of Snoopy … It really was a dark and stormy night. On February 12, 2000, Charles Schulz—who had single-handedly drawn some 18,000 Peanuts comic strips, who refused to use assistants to ink or letter his comics, who vowed that after he quit, no new Peanuts strips would be made …

Politico:

How Could Hillary Lose? — <p>"If a candidate has ever been inevitable—for the nomination—it is Mrs. Clinton today," the <i>New York Times'</i> Nate Cohn <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/ 22/upshot/hillary-clinton-and- inevitability-this-time-is-different.ht ml?_ r=0">declared</a> early this year.

Discussion: Wall Street Journal

Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:

America's Growing Pessimism — When Americans look to the future, two mega-trends evoke the most optimism about the nation's long-term trajectory, the latest Allstate/National Journal Heartland Monitor Poll has found. — One of these trends, the onset of the digital revolution, evokes optimism in every major segment of society.