memeorandum: Conservatives Wary of Deal (Robert Costa/National Review)

7:50 AM ET, October 8, 2013

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Conservatives Wary of Deal — Speaker John Boehner may be trying to finalize a plan to raise the debt limit, but House conservatives are already skeptical of his efforts. In interviews, several of them tell me they're unlikely to support any deal that may emerge.

Discussion: PoliticusUSA, Business Insider, Talking Points Memo and Hullabaloo

Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:

Boehner: Obama gambling with economy by refusing to talk — Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said Monday that President Obama is putting the economy at risk by refusing to negotiate with Republicans over spending and the debt ceiling. — “The president's refusal to negotiate is hurting …

Washington Post:

The House GOP has nothing to show for its government shutdown — WHAT HAVE House Republicans managed to accomplish in a week of government shutdown? — Damage the livelihood of millions of Americans? Check. Government secretaries, food-truck operators, cleaners who work in motels near national parks: They're all hurting.

Discussion: Firedoglake

Jonathan Strong / National Review:

‘House of Indecision’ — House Republican leaders met today at the Capitol, but they made little progress toward solving the fiscal crisis, or calming the GOP's growing tensions. They remain undecided on the contours of a potential deal, and on how to sell one, especially to the conference's bloc of skeptical conservatives.

Discussion: Business Insider and PoliticusUSA

Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Senate Dems to call GOP's bluff on debt limit

Discussion: Business Insider, The Reality-Based Community, Taylor Marsh, Yahoo! News, Daily Kos, National Review, Reuters and Hullabaloo

Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
White House: Obama Will Never Negotiate On The Debt Limit Again

Discussion: American Prospect, National Review and The Reaction

John Hinderaker / Power Line:
The Federal Government Can't, and Won't, Default on Its Debt Obligations

Discussion: neo-neocon, Hot Air, Politico and National Review

Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Smash-mouth Reid (Video)

Discussion: Politico, Reuters, Connecting.the.Dots, Washington Post, CNN, Weasel Zippers, The Lonely Conservative and FreedomWorks blogs

Ezra Klein / Wonkblog:
The 13 reasons Washington is failing

Discussion: Outside the Beltway

Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama dares Boehner to hold vote on ‘clean’ funding bill

Discussion: The Fix and Politico

Zachary A. Goldfarb / Washington Post:
Obama, Senate Dems hope to break logjam soon with debt ceiling bill

Discussion: Calculated Risk, Wall Street Journal, Post Politics, Hot Air, National Review, CNN, Voices, Ed Driscoll, Prairie Weather, Washington Monthly, VodkaPundit, AEIdeas, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Shakesville

Jeff Zeleny / ABC News:
Senate to Move Ahead on ‘Clean’ Debt-Limit Increase

Discussion: Taegan Goddard's … and The Raw Story

Erick Erickson / RedState:
Obamacare or the Debt Ceiling

Discussion: Financial Times, Hot Air and Washington Monthly

Steven Nelson / US News:

‘Truckers for the Constitution’ Plan to Slow D.C. Beltway, Arrest Congressmen — Police must detain ‘accessories’ to ‘treason’ or truckers will, organizer says — Tractor-trailer drivers will intentionally clog the inner loop of the Washington, D.C., beltway beginning on the morning of Oct. 11 …

Discussion: Mediaite, Firedoglake, The Raw Story, The Reality-Based Community, The Gateway Pundit, The Hinterland Gazette, City Desk, Gawker, Liberaland, ProfessorBainbridge.com and The Right Scoop

Annie-Rose Strasser / ThinkProgress:
Right-Wing Truckers Plan To Jam DC's Major Commuter Highway, Arrest Members Of Congress

Discussion: Washington Times, Daily Kos and Associated Press

Chris Cillizza / The Fix:

Republican disapproval grows in budget battle, Post-ABC poll finds — By Scott Clement and Peyton M. Craighill, Published: October 7 at 3:01 pm — Disapproval of congressional Republicans' budget wrangling after a weeklong shutdown has shot up to 70 percent, with 51 percent disapproving …

Discussion: New York Times, Prairie Weather, Politico, AMERICAblog News, PoliticusUSA, Real Clear Politics, Wonkblog, Mediaite, The Plum Line, Outside the Beltway, The Hill, National Review, Washington Wire, The Hinterland Gazette and Talking Points Memo

Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
CNN Shutdown Poll: Plenty of blame to go around

Discussion: Shakesville

Gary Langer / ABC News:
Republicans Lose Ground vs. Obama in the Shutdown Blame Game

Discussion: The Week, Twitchy, Washington Times, Little Green Footballs, The Moderate Voice, Liberal Values and The Raw Story

Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
Partisans Dug in on Budget, Health Care Impasse

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, Talking Points Memo and NPR

Ron Fournier / NationalJournal.com:
Why Obama Must Talk to the GOP

Discussion: Crooks and Liars, Washington Monthly, ACS Blog, Outside the Beltway, A plain blog about politics, Balloon Juice, The Hugh Hewitt Show and American Prospect

Jonathan Easley / The Hill:

Bachmann: Obama arming terrorists proof 'we're in God's end times' — Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) over the weekend accused President Obama of arming al Qaeda militants in Syria and said it was evidence “we're in God's end times.” — “This happened and as of today the United States is willingly …

Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:

Bachmann: Obama Is Supporting Al Qaeda, Proving That We Are In The End Times — In an interview with Understanding the Times host Jan Markell on Saturday, Rep. Michele Bachmann accused President Obama of giving aid to Al Qaeda, which she said is proof that we are living in the Last Days.

Discussion: PoliticusUSA, CANNONFIRE, McClatchy Washington Bureau and The Raw Story

Igor Bobic / Talking Points Memo: Bachmann: ‘End Times’ Are Coming Because Obama Is Supporting Al-Qaeda

Alexander Burns / Politico:

POLITICO poll: Government shutdown backlash boosts Terry McAuliffe — Democrat Terry McAuliffe has opened up a significant lead over Republican Ken Cuccinelli in the Virginia governor's race amid broad public disapproval of the federal government shutdown, according to a POLITICO poll of the 2013 gubernatorial election.

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, Reuters and WJLA-TV

Siobhan Gorman / Wall Street Journal:

Meltdowns Hobble NSA Data Center — Investigators Stumped by What's Causing Power Surges That Destroy Equipment — Chronic electrical surges at the massive new data-storage facility central to the National Security Agency's spying operation have destroyed hundreds of thousands of dollars worth …

Discussion: Washington Wire, BBC, The Lonely Conservative and emptywheel

Charlie Spiering / Washington Examiner:

Park Service OKs immigration reform rally on ‘closed’ National Mall — BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL IMMIGRATION GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN — A planned immigration reform rally will take place on the National Mall on Tuesday even though the site is closed due to the government shutdown.

Discussion: Right Wing News, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Hot Air, Mediaite, Independent Journal Review, Weasel Zippers, National Review and Flopping Aces

Jeffrey Goldberg / Bloomberg:

Rouhani Has Revealed His True Nuclear Intentions — Here is something to remember as nuclear negotiations between the West and Iran appear set to recommence: The Iranian president, Hassan Rouhani, the putative moderate on whose shoulders great American hopes have been placed …

Discussion: Power Line, The Times of Israel, Israel Matzav and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion

Josh Gerstein / Politico:

Defense: Tsarnaev repeatedly asked for lawyer — Accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev made “repeated requests” for an attorney while he was hospitalized with grave injuries after his arrest, according to a filing his defense made with the federal court in Boston Monday.

Discussion: emptywheel

ThinkProgress:

Nebraska Decides 16-Year-Old Must Give Birth Because She Isn't ‘Mature’ Enough For An Abortion — The highest court in Nebraska has decided that a 16-year-old in foster care must carry her unintended pregnancy to term because she hasn't proven that she's “sufficiently mature and well informed” enough to choose to have an abortion.

Discussion: RH Reality Check, Feministing, Liberaland and Balloon Juice