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Andrew Dugan / Gallup:
Republican Party Favorability Sinks to Record Low  —  Falls 10 percentage points from September's 38%  —  This article is part of an ongoing series analyzing how the government shutdown and the debate over raising the debt ceiling are affecting Americans' views of government, government leaders …
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Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Gallup: GOP Favorability Plunges To Record Low  —  Only 28 percent of Americans have a favorable opinion of the Republican Party, according to findings from Gallup released Wednesday.  —  That number represents a nadir for the GOP since Gallup began asking the question in 1992 and a 10-point drop from a month ago.
Paul Ryan / Wall Street Journal:
Here's How We Can End This Stalemate  —  Both Reagan and Clinton negotiated debt-ceiling deals with their opponents.  We're ready to negotiate.  —  The president is giving Congress the silent treatment.  He's refusing to talk, even though the federal government is about to hit the debt ceiling.
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First Read / NBCNews:
First Thoughts: The beginning of the end?  —  The beginning of the end?  Paul Ryan op-ed appears to be an olive branch and a way out of the budget stalemate... But can conservatives accept that potential end (which has no Obamacare changes?)...  Cantor's bad cop to Ryan's good cop? …
Erick Erickson / RedState:
This is the Strategy.  Now Do It.  —  Conservatives need to push the debt ceiling fight off the front burner to after Christmas.  —  Republican Leaders are begging us to merge the continuing resolution fight and debt ceiling fight.  They covet this with all their mind and heart.
Eric Cantor / Washington Post:
Divided government requires bipartisan negotiation  —  Eric Cantor, a Republican from Virginia, is the House majority leader.  —  For three years, Congress and the White House have been building to this moment.  Not the debt limit or Obamacare specifically, but this clarifying moment of Washington dysfunction.
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
The Republican Arcade Claw Machine
Discussion: National Review, Hullabaloo and CNN
Associated Press:
POLL: GOP GETS THE BLAME IN SHUTDOWN  —  You are here  —  Home » United States Congress » Poll: GOP gets the blame in shutdown  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans are holding Republicans primarily responsible for the partial government shutdown as public esteem sinks for all players …
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Democrats maintain edge for 2014  —  PPP's newest national survey finds that Americans continue to lean toward voting Democratic for the House next year, as they pin most of the blame for the government shutdown on Republicans.  —  Democrats lead the generic Congressional ballot 46/41, including a 42/33 lead with independents.
Discussion: Politico, PoliticusUSA and Mediaite
John Nolte / BREITBART.COM:
MEDIA FAIL: OBAMA APPROVAL PLUMMETS TO 37%
John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Suicide of the Right  —  Every piece of evidence we have so far on the government shutdown shows the public is blaming Republicans most of all for the standoff.  On Monday, an ABC poll showed 71 percent fault the GOP; 61 percent fault Congressional Democrats; 51 percent fault President Obama.
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Politico:
John Boehner's endgame
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama heralds Yellen as a ‘proven leader’  —  President Obama nominated Janet Yellen as the next chairman of the Federal Reserve Wednesday.  —  Heralding her as a “proven leader” and “tough,” Obama said Yellen has “a keen understanding of how markets and economies work.”
Discussion: Politico
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Janet Yellen / Finance:
Rejoice: the Yellen Fed will print money forever to create jobs
Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:
Waterboarding Is A Big Joke At Cheney Roast  —  A sentimental evening at the Plaza for Cheney, Rumsfeld, Mukasey, and Lieberman.  “Really tasteless,” says a guest.  —  The cover of the program at the Oct. 7 “Roast of Dick Cheney.”  —  Dick Cheney is ready to laugh about waterboarding.
Dana Bash / CNN:
Senior House GOP source: Debt deal may require Democratic help  —  Washington (CNN) - A Senior House GOP source concedes to CNN that to get the White House on board with a debt ceiling deal, House Republicans would likely have to agree to a clean short term debt ceiling increase.
Discussion: Politico
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Jake Sherman / Politico:
GOP unity frays, frustration builds
Discussion: Hullabaloo and The Hill
Justin Sink / The Hill:
White House: Obama orders military death benefits paid to families  —  President Obama has ordered officials to resume paying death benefits to the families of fallen soldiers and was “very disturbed” they had been halted due to the government shutdown, said White House spokesman Jay Carney.
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Kristin Roberts / NationalJournal.com:
Republicans Are Awfully Close to Violating the Constitution  —  Who cares if President Obama has 14th Amendment obligations?  The critical sentence in that block of text should be read as instruction for lawmakers first, and last.  —  Have Republicans forgotten that they too must abide by the Constitution?
CBS News:
Obamacare website looks “like nobody tested it,” programmer says  —  (CBS News) Healthcare.gov launched more than a week ago, and while millions of Americans have signed into the site, not many have been able to actually sign up for insurance because of glitches with the website.
Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
Bachmann: Obama ‘Committed Impeachable Offenses,’ Wants To Be A Dictator  —  Speaking with conservative talk show host Rusty Humphries on a conference call sponsored by TheTeaParty.net yesterday, Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota suggested that the House hold hearings on impeaching the president.
Amanda Marcotte / Slate:
Sarah Lacy Writes Every Female-Penned Defense of Gender Inequality Ever  —  As reported here earlier, there is a kerfuffle over the revelation that Twitter's board, investors, and almost all of its executives are male.  This is playing out by the book: The initial criticisms, the defensive retorts, the anger at the defensive retorts.
Washington Post:
Letter from Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder to fans  —  The following is the text of a letter dated Oct. 9 from Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder to season-ticket holders.  (Related story: Snyder defends Redskins name in emotional letter to fans)  —  To Everyone in our Washington Redskins Nation:
Discussion: Guardian, WJLA-TV and National Review
Louis Bolden / clickorlando.com:
Lead health care navigator in Florida provides wrong information on credit scores  —  Ann Packham tells Local 6 she was incorrect about Affordable Care Act … A day after telling Local 6 that anyone signing up for the Affordable Care Act had to provide their credit score, the lead navigator in Florida said she was wrong.
Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
George Will Compares Obamacare To Fugitive Slave Act, Segregation  —  Conservative columnist and pundit George Will on Wednesday compared Obamacare to the Fugitive Slave Act and segregation to demonstrate the “bruising, untidy, utterly Democratic” process of changing laws.
Evan McMurry / Mediaite:
CNN's Blitzer: Obama Should ‘Accept GOP Advice, Delay Obamacare’ Over Glitchy Websites  —  CNN's Wolf Blitzer said at the end of a Situation Room segment on Wednesday afternoon that the Obama administration should consider a one-year delay on the implementation of the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate …
Discussion: Hot Air
ThinkProgress:
How Racism Caused The Shutdown  —  This isn't an article about how Republicans shut down the government because they hate that the President is black.  This is an article about how racism caused the government to shut down and the U.S. to teeter on the brink of an unprecedented and catastrophic default.
Charles Blahous / RealClearMarkets:
Obamacare's Financial Unraveling: Predictable, and Predicted  —  Advocates marketed the Affordable Care Act (ACA), known colloquially as “Obamacare,” to the American public as a way to “bend the cost curve” of soaring health care costs downward.  But despite its supporters' hopes …
Discussion: Brad DeLong
David Edwards / The Raw Story:
House Republicans silence Rep. Grayson after he cites poll comparing them to ‘dog poop’  —  Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) found himself on Tuesday being added to the list of things that had been shut down because of Republicans in Congress.  —  During a speech on the House floor to call for a vote …
 
 
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epa.gov:
Public Listening Sessions
Discussion: The Hill and Coal Tattoo
Alan Gomez / USA Today:
Immigration rally allowed on Mall despite shutdown
Jim Swift / Weekly Standard:
Authorities Tell Memorial Mower: Get Lost
Discussion: CBS DC, DCist and BizPac Review
David Auerbach / Slate:
What really went wrong with healthcare.gov?
Alissa Krinsky / TVNewser:
Jessica Yellin Leaving CNN
Venessa Wong / Businessweek:
Unpaid Intern Is Ruled Not an ‘Employee,’ Not Protected From Sexual Harassment
Discussion: The Raw Story, Gawker and ThinkProgress
ThinkProgress:
Congressman Asks IRS Official: Are You A Witch?
Discussion: The Hill and Mediaite
Chris Matthews / Washington Post:
Breaking the deadlock on Pennsylvania Avenue
Discussion: TheBlaze.com
 Earlier Items: 
Vivian Ho / San Francisco Chronicle:
Absorbed device users oblivious to danger
Discussion: The Week and The Raw Story
Felicia Daniels / VH1 Tuner:
Nelly For President! The M.O. Rapper Says No Taxes Until Government Shutdown Is Over
Discussion: Politico and The Daily Caller
Todd Gilchrist / Forbes:
Oliver Stone Calls The ‘Breaking Bad’ Finale ‘Ridiculous’
Sean Gallagher / Ars Technica:
Obamacare site hits reset button on passwords as contractors scramble
Niall Ferguson / The Huffington Post:
Krugtron the Invincible, Part 1
Discussion: The Grumpy Economist
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Many in G.O.P. Offer Theory: Default Wouldn't Be That Bad
 

 
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