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10:50 PM ET, October 10, 2013

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New York Times:
No Quick Deal, but Offer by G.O.P. on Debt Shifts the Tone  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama and House Republicans failed to reach agreement on a six-week extension of the nation's borrowing authority during a meeting Thursday at the White House, but the two sides kept talking …
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Robert Costa / National Review:
The Ryan Factor  —  According to my sources, the House is poised to pass a six-week extension of the debt ceiling.  One member of the leadership team says he's “increasingly optimistic” that when the bill comes to the floor in the coming days, it'll have significant Republican support.
Ezra Klein / Wonkblog:
The shutdown just saved the world  —  There's nothing good about a government shutdown.  But when this one began, a number of us welcomed it.  A shutdown, we argued, made a breach of the debt ceiling less likely.  Business Insider's Joe Weisenthal even gave the argument a hashtag: #TeamShutdown.
Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
GOP's New Strategy: Avert Default But Keep Government Shut  —  Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) announced Thursday that the House will move forward with a six-week debt limit extension after pitching the idea to his Republican conference during a closed-door meeting.
Damian Paletta / Washington Wire:
House Debt-Ceiling Plan Would Ban ‘Emergency’ Measures  —  WASHINGTON - The House Republican plan to extend the debt ceiling for six weeks would permanently ban the Treasury Department from using extraordinary measures to avoid default, congressional aides said.
Discussion: AMERICAblog News and Daily Kos
Politico:
John Boehner's bet: Democrats will talk  —  Speaker John Boehner's latest gambit — to lift the debt ceiling for six weeks while leaving government shut down — isn't exactly a magic bullet.  —  It's a bet that President Barack Obama and Democratic congressional leaders will want so desperately …
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
The “Grand” Perspective  —  As we all go down our various rabbit-holes in trying to understand the fiscal crisis situation, much of which seems to be playing out in John Boehner's nicotine-soaked brain, it's appropriate to step back and look at it all from a broader perspective.
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
Ted Cruz Backs House GOP's Temporary Debt-Limit Plan
Just Sink / The Hill:
White House: No budget talks until government reopens
Andrew Taylor / Associated Press:
Boehner Offers Debt Extension; Interim Resolution?
Discussion: Associated Press
James Lankford / USA Today:
Rep. Lankford: Republicans seek fairness, less debt
Mark Murray / NBCNews:
NBC/WSJ poll: Shutdown debate damages GOP  —  The Republican Party has been badly damaged in the ongoing government shutdown and debt limit standoff, with a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finding that a majority of Americans blame the GOP for the shutdown, and with the party's popularity declining to its lowest level.
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Gallup: Cruz's favorability rating plunges  —  Sen. Ted Cruz's (R-Texas) favorability rating has collapsed as the public has become more familiar with him, according to a Gallup survey released on Thursday.  —  The survey found that 26 percent have a favorable view of the Texas Republican, against 36 percent unfavorable.
Discussion: Daily Kos
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate GOP rallies around rival plan on debt ceiling, shutdown
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Quin Monson / Utah Data Points:
Senator Lee and the Shutdown
Discussion: Politico
Michael Kinsley / The New Republic:
Obama Should Just Give in to the Republicans  —  President Obama should give in.  Yes, this mess is all the Republicans' fault.  Yes, it's outrageous that they can hold the government hostage in order to reargue a law that's been voted on, signed, enacted, and upheld by the Supreme Court.
David Martosko / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Just 51,000 people completed Obamacare applications during the website's first week, out of tens of millions of Americans in 36 states  — Obamacare's main signup engine attracted just 6,200 new customers on its launch day and 51,000 after the first week
Bob Burns / Indian Country Today Media Network.com:
Blackfeet Elder Says Rick Reilly Misquoted Him; Wants ‘Redskins’ Banned  —  There are a few things I'm passionate about in life, and one is to share the true history of how our people have overcome the trauma of 150 years of attempts to erase the Blackfeet people.
Discussion: USA Today, Mediaite and Deadspin
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Barry Petchesky / Deadspin:
Rick Reilly's American Indian Father-In-Law Says Reilly Misquoted Him
Discussion: ThinkProgress, City Desk and CBS DC
Hunter Walker / Talking Points Memo:
Steve Lonegan: Obama Will Cave On The Shutdown When I Win My Election  —  Republican New Jersey Senate candidate Steve Lonegan said Thursday he has a way to singlehandedly stop Obamacare and help the GOP emerge victorious in its shutdown standoff.  —  Lonegan's campaign issued …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
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Rebecca Shabad / The Hill:
Cory Booker's father, 76, dies
Discussion: Politico
Amy Hollyfield / PolitiFact:
PolitiFact to launch PunditFact, checking pundits and media figures  —  PolitiFact, the Pulitzer Prize-winning fact-checking website of the Tampa Bay Times, will soon launch PunditFact, a site dedicated to checking claims by pundits, columnists, bloggers and the hosts and guests of talk shows.
Tim Mak / Washington Examiner:
John McCain regrets ‘wacko birds’ comment, worries about GOP infighting  —  SENATE REPUBLICAN PARTY TEA PARTY PENNAVE JOHN MCCAIN SEQUESTER  —  Sen. John McCain said Thursday that he's worried about the Republican Party's future and the infighting that is dividing it, calling efforts …
Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
The House GOP's Little Rule Change That Guaranteed A Shutdown  —  Late on the night of Sept. 30, with the federal government just hours away from shutting down, House Republicans quietly made a small change to the House rules that blocked a potential avenue for ending the shutdown.
Harry J Enten / Guardian:
What the Virginia governor's race tells us about the 2014 midterms  —  Against trend, Democrat Terry McAuliffe is set to win.  After running a ‘strong conservative’, Republicans should take a hint  —  I'm hesitant to read too much into elections that don't occur during the midterms or presidential election years.
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
We're not gonna take it!  Americans use 1st Amendment to storm shutdown barriers  —  Taking their lead from the veterans who first pushed through the barricades to visit the World War II Memorial, Americans nationwide are defying the federal government shutdown, tossing aside traffic cones …
Discussion: Hot Air
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Benny Johnson / BuzzFeed:
Insane Tourists Blatantly Defying The U.S. Government's Demands
Discussion: Wake up America, Hot Air and Hit & Run
Niall Ferguson / The Huffington Post:
Krugtron the Invincible, Part 3  —  In my previous two articles, I have shown that Paul Krugman - revered by his acolytes as the Invincible Krugtron - failed to anticipate the financial crisis and wrongly predicted that the single European currency would fall victim to it.
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Jack Goldsmith / The New Republic:
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Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
Conservative Media's Tribal Loyalty Weakens the GOP
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