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Manu Raju / Politico:
Ted Cruz blasted by angry GOP colleagues  —  Ted Cruz faced a barrage of hostile questions Wednesday from angry GOP senators, who lashed the Texas tea party freshman for helping prompt a government shutdown crisis without a strategy to end it.  —  At a closed-door lunch meeting …
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David Freedlander / The Daily Beast:
GOP Donors Revolt Against Republican-Led Government Shutdown  —  It's not just Democrats who are angry at the Tea Party-led shutdown.  Republican donors are furious their party has managed to ‘grab defeat from the jaws of victory’ on Obamacare—and some are withholding funds, reports David Freedlander.
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Government shutdown: Why many Republicans have no reason to deal  —  The prevailing wisdom ahead of the government shutdown was that tea party lawmakers who agitated for it would fold within a few days, once they got an earful from angry constituents and felt the sting of bad headlines.
Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:
House Republican Admits To Donors: GOP Had To Shut Down The Government To Please The Tea Party  —  Though he repeatedly joined with all of his Republican colleagues to force the government shutdown, in a candid moment last month Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR) complained that the Tea Party's influence forced them to do it.
Susan Walsh / ABC News:
LIVE UPDATES: Shutdown Standoff Day 3
Discussion: CNN and ABC News
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Coburn challenges McConnell on ‘leadership vacuum’
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
David Espo / ABC News:
Analysis: Republicans Get Opposite of Stated Goals
Discussion: Associated Press and Politico
Jessica Taylor / msnbc.com:
Leave us out of it!  —  New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie listens …
Discussion: New York Times and First Read
CBS News:
Poll: Americans not happy about shutdown; more blame GOP  —  PLAY CBS NEWS VIDEO  —  On day three of the partial government shutdown, a new CBS News poll reveals that a large majority of Americans disapprove of the shutdown and more are blaming Republicans than President Obama and the Democrats for it.
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Mark Segraves / nbcwashington.com:
Congressman Confronts Park Ranger Over Closed WWII Memorial  —  Conflict over the responsibility for the government shutdown got personal at the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. Wednesday when a member of Congress confronted a U.S. Park Service Ranger over access to the closed park land.
Neetzan Zimmerman / Gawker:
GOP Congressman Makes Park Ranger Apologize for Shutdown
Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:   Poll Confirms Americans Blame GOP For Shutdown
Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Bachmann: Republicans ‘About The Happiest’ They've Been In A While During Shutdown (VIDEO)
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Out of ideas, House GOP considers Hail Mary  —  BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL CONGRESS BARACK OBAMA OBAMACARE PAUL RYAN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES REPUBLICAN PARTY HARRY REID JOHN BOEHNER DAVE CAMP GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN  —  As the partial government shutdown enters its third day, many House Republicans …
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Josh Barro / Business Insider:
Conservatives Are Angry Because They Have No Idea What They Want  —  In one of many pieces of psychoanalysis that have come out this week (because what other way is there to understand House Republicans?), Ross Douthat tries to explain Why The Right Fights.  —  He says they hate the New Deal …
Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
Cantor suggests ‘clean’ continuing resolution wouldn't pass House
Discussion: Politico and The Fix
Robert Costa / National Review:
Boehner to GOP: Grand Bargain in the Works
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
GOP stands firm against funding bill, will link to debt ceiling fight
Mason Stevenson / WPSD Local 6:
Live mic catches Senators McConnell and Paul talking strategy  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. - WPSD Local 6 got an inside glimpse Wednesday night to how much the government shutdown is about the messaging for congressional lawmakers.  —  After finishing an interview with CNN, Kentucky Senator Rand Paul ran …
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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
McConnell, Rand Paul Caught On Hot Mic Talking Shutdown Strategy (VIDEO)
New York Times:
Boehner Tells Republicans He Won't Let the Nation Default  —  WASHINGTON — With a budget deal still elusive and a deadline approaching on raising the debt ceiling, Speaker John A. Boehner has told colleagues that he is determined to prevent a federal default and is willing to pass a measure through …
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New York Times:
Millions of Poor Are Left Uncovered by Health Law  —  A sweeping national effort to extend health coverage to millions of Americans will leave out two-thirds of the poor blacks and single mothers and more than half of the low-wage workers who do not have insurance, the very kinds of people …
Brian Beutler / Salon:
The right's new lie about its shutdown intentions  —  If Ted Cruz is making John Boehner dance like a marionette, then Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., is the guy helping Cruz keep the strings untangled.  —  He's the author of the House's version of the famous letter insisting that Republicans …
Michael O'Brien / NBC Politics:
U.S. Capitol placed on lockdown  —  The United States Capitol was placed on lockdown Thursday afternoon following reports of shots fired in the vicinity of the chamber.  At least one Capitol Police officer was injured.  —  The FBI was responding to the unconfirmed reports of shots, and a helicopter landed in front of the Capitol.
Chad Terhune / Los Angeles Times:
California exchange overstated its Web traffic for Obamacare launch  —  Peter Lee, executive director of Covered California, discusses the launch of the state's insurance exchange Tuesday in Los Angeles.  (Reed Saxon/AP / October 2, 2013)  —  California's health insurance exchange vastly overstated …
Sarah Kliff / Wonkblog:
The White House says people have bought Obamacare.  We haven't met them quite yet.  —  If you have purchased health coverage on the federal government's new Obamacare marketplace, about a dozen or so reporters would like to speak with you.  We promise we won't take up too much of your time!
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George F. Will / Washington Post:
George Will: For GOP in 2016, some medicine  —  “If Reince Priebus from Kenosha, Wisconsin, is the Republican ‘establishment,’ God help us,” says the chairman of the Republican National Committee, Reince Priebus.  His physical presence is almost as unprepossessing as James Madison's was, and his demeanor is self-deprecating.
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Discussion: CNN, Shakesville and Politico
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