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11:55 AM ET, October 11, 2013

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Jonathan Karl / ABC News:
Analysis: Republicans Are Working Out the Terms of Their Surrender  —  ANALYSIS:  —  Beware of irrational exuberance.  Thursday night's meeting between President Obama and House Republican leaders was clearly a breakthrough, but both sides are cautioning this morning that progress is fragile.
Discussion: Hot Air and The Hinterland Gazette
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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 …
New York Times:
An Inadequate Offer From the House  —  Speaker John Boehner on Thursday said he was willing to delay briefly a disastrous default of the country's financial obligations but was not willing to reopen the government.  “I would hope that the president would look at this as an opportunity …
Politico:
Optimism grows ahead of Obama's next Hill meeting
Todd S. Purdum / Reuters:
The year the government broke
Discussion: Politico, Capitol Report and CNN
Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:   A Crisis of the President's Own Making
Washington Post:
Obama, Republicans in debt talks on two fronts
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Fed up with House, senators grab at reins of fiscal debate
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
Michael O'Brien / NBCNews:
GOP to seek short-term debt ceiling extension
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
In U.S., Perceived Need for Third Party Reaches New High  —  Twenty-six percent believe Democratic and Republican parties do adequate job  —  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 …
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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.
Igor Bobic / Talking Points Memo:
Gallup: 60% Of Americans Say Third Party Is Needed
Discussion: NBCNews and The Strata-Sphere
Charlie Cook / NationalJournal.com:
How Democrats Can Get to Yes  —  If they want to end the shutdown and avoid default, they must find a way to let Republicans save face.  —  Google is a pretty amazing thing.  The other day I was thinking about the government-shutdown mess and how it might be resolved …
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Jonathan Strong / National Review:
Missing From New CR Negotiations: Harry Reid  —  Staff-level talks between House Republicans and President Obama over a government funding bill are entering into day two after no decisions were made last night, according to two sources.  —  But one of the most interesting shifts is in who's involved …
Discussion: Power Line, Hot Air and Booman Tribune
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Ryan Is Again in the Forefront for the G.O.P.
Discussion: Guardian and The Hugh Hewitt Show
Nobelprize.org:
The Nobel Peace Prize for 2013  —  The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2013 is to be awarded to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) for its extensive efforts to eliminate chemical weapons.  —  During World War One, chemical weapons were used to a considerable degree.
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Alan Cowell / New York Times:
Chemical Weapons Watchdog Wins Nobel Peace Prize
Discussion: The Jawa Report, Lawfare and Althouse
Reuters:
Chemicals weapons watchdog OPCW wins Nobel Peace Prize
Discussion: Liberaland and The Hill
Peter Hamby / CNN:
Perkins: Cruz is de facto leader of Republican Party  —  Washington (CNN) — As trench warfare over the government shutdown drags into its 11th day, a number of Republicans with visible roles in the stalemate, including Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, will take a breather …
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Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Cruz wows conservative crowd at Values Voter summit  —  Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) whipped the conservative crowd into a frenzy at Friday's Values Voter summit, painting the fight over ObamaCare as a battle for basic freedom and calling on Republicans to redouble their efforts to end the program.
Discussion: CNN
Eric Schmitt / New York Times:
C.I.A. Warning on Snowden in '09 Said to Slip Through the Cracks  —  WASHINGTON — Just as Edward J. Snowden was preparing to leave Geneva and a job as a C.I.A. technician in 2009, his supervisor wrote a derogatory report in his personnel file, noting a distinct change in the young man's behavior …
Ronald Brownstein / NationalJournal.com:
Will the Kamikaze Caucus Doom the GOP?  —  When Congress devolves into perpetual conflict, each party's more militant voices gain influence at the expense of its deal-makers.  —  When congressional insiders say John Boehner could lose his speakership if he moves to end the confrontations …
Discussion: Yahoo! News
John B. Judis / The New Republic:
The Last Days of the GOP  —  We could be witnessing the death throes of the Republican Party  —  I once wrote about lobbying, and this week I called some Republicans I used to talk to (and some that they recommended I talk to) about the effect the shutdown is having on the Republican Party in Washington.
Michael Tackett / Bloomberg:
Obamacare Foes Using Shutdown Echo South's Nullifiers  —  The Tea Party-inspired drive to derail Obamacare is anchored in a place where opposition to the federal government is as old as the nation: the American South.  —  The current fight, a budget standoff that threatens the creditworthiness of the U.S …
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Dealing With Default  —  So Republicans may have decided to raise the debt ceiling without conditions attached — the details still aren't clear.  Maybe that's the end of that particular extortion tactic, but maybe not, because, at best, we're only looking at a very short-term extension.
Noah Smith / Not Quite Noahpinion:
The Ferg-beast attacks  —  I'm breaking my blogging hiatus to briefly respond to Niall Ferguson, not because I'm mad, but because it's fun.  For those who haven't seen it, Ferguson has posted a massive three-part rant (part 1, part 2, part 3) in which he attempts to take Paul Krugman to task …
Tampa Bay Times:
Yoho: Furloughed workers should not get back pay  —  During a teletown hall this evening hosted by Rep. Ted Yoho, a caller named Frank from Gainesville asked about furloughed workers.  —  “The people that had to work should be paid,” Frank said.  “But the people that are home watching Netflix and whatever …
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
The way out  —  For all the hyped indignation over GOP “anarchism,” there has been remarkable media reticence about the president's intransigence.  He has refused to negotiate anything unless the Republicans fully fund the government and raise the debt ceiling — unconditionally.
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White House takes down White House visitor logs, blames Republicans
Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
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Rich Miller / Bloomberg:
Default Doubters Repudiated by Republican Economists Citing Harm
Richard Goldstein / New York Times:
Scott Carpenter, One of the Original Seven Astronauts, Is Dead at 88
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and NPR
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Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
How the U.S. Is Spreading ‘Procedures of Totalitarianism’
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EXCLUSIVE: Just 51,000 people completed Obamacare applications during the website's first week …
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