memeorandum: Broken Windows, Broken States (Josh Marshall/Talking Points Memo)

5:45 PM ET, September 29, 2013

Top Items:

From Bachmann, a persuasive case for why many Republicans don't fear a shutdown — Why have House Republicans pursued their effort to defund, and now to delay, Obamacare so relentlessly, even though they have almost zero chance of success in the face of a rapidly-approaching deadline for shutting down the government?

Discussion: his vorpal sword, Power Line and Connecting.the.Dots

Tara Culp-Ressler / ThinkProgress:

What The Republican ‘Compromise’ Of Delaying Obamacare For A Year Would Do To The Economy — Congress must pass a funding bill by Monday to keep the government operating after September 30. Despite the rapidly approaching deadline, House Republicans have doubled down on their strategy …

Discussion: FOX News Radio and Business Insider

Jonathan Strong / National Review:

Kevin McCarthy: House Will Send Third Volley to Senate if Reid Rejects Last Night's Bill — House GOP whip Kevin McCarthy said the House will send a third government-funding bill with “a few other options” if the Democratic-controlled Senate rejects the bill passed in the House last night, as expected.

Discussion: Business Insider

David Frum / david-frum:

Here Comes the Shutdown: Three Reasons It Will Hurt the GOP — Uh oh! A House plan to delay Obamacare has put the government on the brink of a shutdown—for real this time. David Frum on why the infighting is sure to backfire on the Republicans. — The federal government swerved toward …

Discussion: The Hinterland Gazette, The Moderate Voice and Taegan Goddard's …

Robert Costa / National Review:
House GOP Mulls CR with Vitter Amendment

Discussion: Business Insider, NationalJournal.com, Pat Dollard, Outside the Beltway, Yahoo! News, Talking Points Memo and Hit & Run

Seung Min Kim / Politico:
McCarthy: ‘We are not shutting the government down’

Discussion: Washington Free Beacon and The Hill

Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
GOP leader asks: Where's the Senate?

Discussion: Politico

The Huffington Post:
House Budget Vote Passes In Favor Of New Obamacare Deal-Breaker, Shutdown Looms

Discussion: Crooks and Liars, PolicyMic and Alan Colmes' Liberaland

Mike Lillis / The Hill:
House sends stopgap back to Senate 48 hours before shutdown (Video)

Discussion: CNN, Politico, The Hill, Daily Kos, Real Clear Politics, Talking Points Memo, Scared Monkeys, americanthinker.com, New York Times and Washington Post

Bfearnowcbs / CBS DC:
Shutdown Showdown Intensifies With ‘Obamacare’ Delay

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland

Ashley Killough / CNN:
House Republican: Senate is ‘playing games’

Discussion: Politico and The Heritage Foundation

Tamara Keith / NPR:
House Ties Government Funding To One-Year Obamacare Delay

Discussion: Crooks and Liars and PoliticusUSA

Lisa Desjardins / CNN:
GOP adds ‘conscience clause’ to spending bill

Jeff Spross / ThinkProgress:

Texas First Lady Calls Abortion 'A Woman's Right' — Texas first lady Anita Perry told an interviewer on Saturday that she thinks abortion is “a woman's right.” — Perry's husband, Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R), has helped push through a slew of laws restricting and eroding access to abortion in the state.

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Jezebel and msnbc.com

Katie Glueck / Politico:

Rick Perry's wife talks of abortion ‘right’ — AUSTIN, Texas — Anita Perry, wife of Gov. Rick Perry, said Saturday that abortion “could be a woman's right,” though she doesn't personally support that option. — “Yeah, that could be a women's right,” the first lady of Texas said of abortion …

Sarah Hurtubise / The Daily Caller:

Ten states where Obamacare wipes out existing health care plans — President Barack Obama famously promised, “If you like your health care plan, you can keep your health care plan.” He later got even more specific. — “If you are among the hundreds of millions of Americans who already …

Discussion: Betsy's Page

Reuters:
As government shutdown looms, Obamacare exchanges still set for launch

Discussion: Politico and Taylor Marsh

Ginger Gibson / Politico:

Bill Clinton defends Obama on debt ceiling — Former President Bill Clinton is defending President Barack Obama for refusing to negotiate with Republicans on the debt ceiling. — “I guess he could stop it, but the price of— the current price of stopping it is higher than the price …

Discussion: CNN

John Avlon / Telegraph:
American Way: US debt ceiling debacle as Congress threatens to go nuclear

Discussion: Yahoo! News, The Moderate Voice and Prairie Weather

Matthew O'Brien / The Atlantic Online:

Not Raising the Debt Ceiling: A Crisis, If We're Lucky, a Historical Calamity If We're Not — If we don't raise the debt limit, we know we would get mega-austerity and maybe a new financial crisis. But just how bad could it get? — “You know I'm not delaying Obamacare, right?” “You sure?

Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …, The Other McCain and The Volokh Conspiracy

Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:

Broken Windows, Broken States — Last week TPM hosted a rooftop party atop our DC office to celebrate the launch of our new publishing platform and the relaunch of TPMPrime. There I got a chance to meet Jamelle Bouie, one of several young journalists whose work I admire greatly but who I hadn't yet had a chance to meet in person.

Gavriel Fiske / The Times of Israel:

Iranian arrested in Israel on suspicion of espionage — Man was seen photographing US embassy, says he was to be paid $1 million to spy; Jerusalem says arrest proof Iran engaged in ‘doublespeak’ — Israeli security officials recently detained an Iranian with Belgian citizenship …

Discussion: Jihad Watch, Washington Free Beacon and Israpundit

Agence France Presse:

Rouhani home with US ‘gift’ of silver griffin: reports — Tehran (AFP) - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday brought home a 2,700-year-old Persian artifact the US administration gave him as “a special gift” to Iranians, media reports said. — “The Americans contacted us on Thursday …

Discussion: Jihad Watch and Weasel Zippers