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10:35 AM ET, October 8, 2013

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Politico:
Democratic cracks open in debt-limit fight  —  For the past several weeks, Senate Democrats and the White House have shown a remarkable amount of unity in the controversial fight surrounding the debt ceiling.  —  Then came shutdown Day Seven.  —  Just as top Senate Democrats began to lay …
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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: The Fix, Daily Kos and Firedoglake
Robert Costa / National Review:
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.
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 …
Discussion: Shakesville
Politico:
Power play: Harry Reid sidelined Joe Biden  —  When President Barack Obama laid out his strategy for the current debt-limit fight in a private meeting with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid this past summer, Reid stipulated one condition: No Joe Biden.  —  And while Biden attended …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Shutdown — 'A pox on everybody's house'
Discussion: Hot Air
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama dares Boehner to hold vote on ‘clean’ funding bill
Discussion: Politico and The Fix
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic Online:
Why the Government Shutdown Isn't Anywhere Near Over—in 1 Graph  —  Two parties, divided by a common loathing  —  Americans are perfectly, identically, symmetrically split on whether the GOP is justified in demanding major changes to Obamacare in exchange for funding the rest of the government, according to a new Pew Research poll.
Discussion: The Dish
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Republican disapproval grows in budget battle, Post-ABC poll finds
New York Times:
Senate Leaders Mull Raising Debt Ceiling in Challenge to House
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 …
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Wall Street Journal:
The Attorney General tries to reverse a Supreme Court ruling by the back door.  —  For Eric Holder, American racial history is frozen in the 1960s.  The Supreme Court ruled in June that a section of the 1965 Voting Rights Act is no longer justified due to racial progress …
Megan McArdle / Bloomberg:
Republicans Didn't Sabotage Health Exchanges, Obama Did  —  For the first week that the federal health-care exchanges were running ... well, crawling ... the Obama administration claimed that no one could get through because of overwhelming pent-up demand.  Essentially it spent a week arguing …
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The Lead with Jake Tapper:
Obama administration: No Obamacare enrollment numbers until November at earliest, volume is problem on website
Kathleen Sebelius / USA Today:
HealthCare.gov simple, user-friendly  —  Engineers are working day and night on upgrades to cope with high demand.  —  CONNECT  —  When the Health Insurance Marketplace opened last week, demand was so high, it exceeded even optimists' expectations.  On the first day alone …
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.
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 …
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Igor Bobic / Talking Points Memo:   Bachmann: ‘End Times’ Are Coming Because Obama Is Supporting Al-Qaeda
Chris Casteel / Daily Oklahoman:
Oklahoma Sen. Jim Inhofe says he feels ‘great’ after emergency heart surgery  —  After a routine test found extreme blockage in five arteries, the Republican senator returned to Tulsa and had quadruple bypass surgery Friday.  —  Sen. Jim Inhofe underwent emergency heart surgery in Tulsa …
Alexandra Jaffe / Ballot Box:
Biden campaign stop for Cory Booker canceled  —  Vice President Joe Biden has canceled a trip to New Jersey to campaign for Democrat Cory Booker because of the government shutdown.  —  Booker's campaign announced Tuesday that the vice president will not appear at a Friday event for the candidate in New Jersey.
Discussion: Politico and CNN
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Ro Khanna raises $500K against Rep. Honda  —  Former Obama administration official Ro Khanna (D) has raised another $500,000 for his campaign against Rep. Mike Honda (D-Calif.), cementing his position as a well-funded challenger to the longtime congressman.  —  Khanna's latest haul is a drop-off …
Discussion: Politico
Sean Wilentz / New York Times:
Obama and the Debt  —  PRINCETON, N.J. — THE Republicans in the House of Representatives who declare that they may refuse to raise the debt limit threaten to do more than plunge the government into default.  They are proposing a blatant violation of the 14th Amendment, which states that …
Discussion: National Review
Maryn McKenna / Wired:
There's a Major Foodborne Illness Outbreak and the Government's Shut Down  —  Late-breaking news, and I'll update as I find out more: While the government is shut down, with food-safety personnel and disease detectives sent home and forbidden to work, a major foodborne-illness outbreak has begun.
 
 
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Rebecca Shabad / The Hill:
ObamaCare chief: 'I don't know' numbers
Discussion: Politico
Todd Starnes / Fox News:
‘All about power and leverage’ — feds shut down major roadway, block access to graveyard
Paul Rincon / BBC:
Nuclear fusion milestone passed at US lab
Discussion: The Raw Story
New York Times:
Health Exchange Delays Tied to Software Crash in Early Rush
Arizona Capitol Times:
Arizona only state cutting welfare in government shutdown
Nate Cohn / The New Republic:
Take Back the House? Democrats Aren't Even Ahead on Friendly Turf In 2014
Nathaniel Popper / DealBook:
Little Fear on Wall St. of Default, at Moment
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
The Federal Government Can't, and Won't, Default on Its Debt Obligations
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Charlie Spiering / Washington Examiner:
Park Service OKs immigration reform rally on ‘closed’ National Mall
Brian Beutler / Salon:
Clueless Republicans hatch incoherent shutdown strategy
Michael Goodwin / Fox News:
Move over Jimmy Carter, Obama has my vote for worst president — ever
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Discussion: emptywheel
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