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5:40 PM ET, October 10, 2013

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Erick Erickson / RedState:
House GOP Preparing to Give Up  —  I'm being told by several sources that Speaker Boehner and Majority Leader Eric Cantor are plotting to give up trying to either defund or delay Obamacare.  —  This comes at the same time the Obama administration admits it will be months before their Obamacare website …
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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.
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 …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate GOP rallies around rival plan on debt ceiling, shutdown  —  Senate Republicans are unhappy with a House GOP plan to raise the debt ceiling for six weeks without funding the federal government.  They are coalescing around their own proposal to pair a short-term debt-ceiling increase …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
James Lankford / USA Today:
Rep. Lankford: Republicans seek fairness, less debt  —  We're looking for two things on Obamacare and one on the borrowing limit.  It's time for negotiations.  —  CONNECT  —  There's no question that Republicans want a different solution for our nation's health care delivery.
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
New GOP strategy: Offer deal on debt limit, but keep shutdown fight going  —  BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL REPUBLICAN PARTY JOHN BOEHNER DEBT CEILING GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN  —  Many House Republicans, including some key leaders, have decided they can live with a government shutdown but not with the threat of default.
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
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: Daily Kos
Just Sink / The Hill:
White House: No budget talks until government reopens
Jim Acosta / CNN:
Official: Obama will sign short term debt ceiling extension
Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
Ted Cruz Backs House GOP's Temporary Debt-Limit Plan
Ben Domenech / The Federalist:
Boehner's Smart Debt Ceiling Play
Ian Swanson / The Hill:
House GOP unveils six-week debt hike that continues shutdown
Discussion: Politico
Igor Bobic / Talking Points Memo:
Carney: Obama ‘Happy’ That House Is Willing To Raise Debt Limit
Discussion: Daily Kos
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.
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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Matthew Daly / Associated Press:
APNewsBreak: Feds to Let States Pay to Open Parks
Discussion: CNN and Associated Press
Benny Johnson / BuzzFeed:
Insane Tourists Blatantly Defying The U.S. Government's Demands
Discussion: Hit & Run
Fredrick Kunkle / Washington Post:
McAuliffe among investors in Rhode Island insurance scam that preyed on dying people  —  Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe was one of dozens of investors with a Rhode Island estate planner charged with defrauding insurers by using the stolen identities of terminally ill people …
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Harry J Enten / Guardian:
What the Virginia governor's race tells us about the 2014 midterms
Discussion: Balloon Juice
James Hohmann / Politico:
Virginia governor election: Less money, more problems for Cuccinelli
Discussion: CNN and Right Wing Watch
Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Scarborough: A NYT Editor Told Me Krugman's Column Is ‘Their Biggest Nightmare’ (VIDEO)  —  MSNBC host Joe Scarborough said Thursday that a public editor at the New York Times considers liberal columnist Paul Krugman's work to be an ongoing “nightmare.”  —  During a segment on “Morning Joe …
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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.
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Balloon Juice
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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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 …
Peter Baker / New York Times:
The Final Insult in the Bush-Cheney Marriage  —  In the final days of his presidency, George W. Bush sat behind his desk in the Oval Office, chewing gum and staring into the distance as two White House lawyers briefed him on the possible last-minute pardon of I. Lewis Libby.  —  “Do you think he did it?”
Discussion: emptywheel
Eric Trager / The New Republic:
Obama Just Made a Terrible Mistake on Egypt  —  In a certain sense, the Obama administration's decision to withhold much of the $1.3 billion in annual aid given to Egypt isn't surprising.  U.S. law mandates cutting off aid to countries in which a coup has taken place, and the Egyptian military's ouster …
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
Conservative Media's Tribal Loyalty Weakens the GOP  —  Instead of rewarding smart political strategy or policy substance, right-wing outlets celebrate those who are merely in a state of conflict with Democrats or liberals.  —  The strategy that House Republicans have imprudently embraced in recent weeks has many causes.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and The Dish
ThinkProgress:
Los Angeles Police Dogs Only Bit Blacks And Latinos In The First Six Months Of 2013  —  A new report on the Los Angeles Sheriff Department Canine Special Detail finds that the number of minority individuals bitten by police dogs has dramatically increased between 2004 to 2012.
New York Times:
Business Groups See Loss of Sway Over House G.O.P.  —  WASHINGTON — As the government shutdown grinds toward a potential debt default, some of the country's most influential business executives have come to a conclusion all but unthinkable a few years ago: Their voices are carrying little weight …
 
 
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Washington Post:
Paul Ryan hints at a way to end the political paralysis
Alexandra Jaffe / Ballot Box:
DNC launching Spanish-language ads on shutdown
Discussion: Politico
Eric Lach / Talking Points Memo:
California Officials Raid Offices Of Obama Mega Donor
Hunter Walker / Talking Points Memo:
Steve Lonegan: Obama Will Cave On The Shutdown When I Win My Election
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Arizona Lawmaker Denies ‘De Fuhrer’ Obama Comment Was Reference To Hitler
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
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Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
Arizona's GOP Gov: Don't Defund Obamacare, We Need The Money
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Misstripleem / Twitchy:
Shut up!  Olivia Wilde's latest O-care propaganda claims ‘you can sign up for health care online in 10 minutes’
Kevin Derby / Sunshine State News:
Charlie Crist's Lead Within Margin of Error Against Rick Scott in New Poll
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