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10:40 AM ET, October 17, 2013

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Bob Cusack / The Hill:
Winners and losers of the debt-limit fight  —  The 2013 fiscal showdown was ugly, especially for Republicans.  —  Both parties have scoffed that there are winners and losers in the debate.  —  Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) recently said, “This isn't a damn game!”
Discussion: Politico and Reuters
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Steve Almasy / CNN:
There's a little pork in that bill: The 5 most surprising provisions in the debt deal  —  (CNN) — So much for a “clean” bill.  The measure passed by Congress to fund the government and raise the debt ceiling also contains some goodies and gifts tucked into the 35-page bill.
Discussion: BizPac Review
Phillip M. Bailey / WFPL:
McConnell-Reid Deal Includes $3 Billion Earmark for Kentucky Project  —  A proposal to end the government shutdown and avoid default orchestrated by Republican Leader Mitch McConnell and Democratic Leader Harry Reid includes a nearly $3 billion earmark for a Kentucky project.
Washington Post:
Deal buys Democrats and Republicans a little time to find a big fiscal fix
Todd Starnes / Fox News:
American taxpayers betrayed by chicken-hearted RINOs
Discussion: Reuters, The Right Scoop and Twitchy
John Stanton / BuzzFeed:
Shutdown Deal Includes Nearly $3 Billion For Kentucky Dam Project
David Edwards / The Raw Story:
Cruz: It was a ‘remarkable victory’ until Senate Republicans caved on the shutdown
Discussion: Firedoglake
Russell Berman / The Hill:
Ryan breaks from Boehner, votes ‘no’  —  Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) split with his party's leadership and voted against the Senate fiscal agreement on Wednesday night.  —  In a statement, Ryan called the legislation to reopen the government and lift the debt ceiling “a missed opportunity” to reduce the federal debt.
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New York Times:
The Republican Surrender  —  President Obama signed the bill reopening the government and lifting the debt ceiling early Thursday morning.  —  The Republican Party slunk away on Wednesday from its failed, ruinous strategy to get its way through the use of havoc.
Fox News:
Obama signs bill ending partial shutdown, raising debt ceiling  —  President Obama early Thursday signed a short-term bill ending the partial government shutdown and raising the debt ceiling, capping one of the most bitter and brutal political fights in recent memory.
Russell Berman / The Hill:
Republicans grapple with stinging defeat
Discussion: Politico
Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Hands Empty but Spirit Unbowed, House Republicans Take Stock
Discussion: ABC News and Daniel W. Drezner
New York Times:
Republicans Back Down, Ending Crisis Over Shutdown and Debt Limit
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
Tea Party's Image Turns More Negative  —  Ted Cruz's Popularity Soars among Tea Party Republicans  —  The Tea Party is less popular than ever, with even many Republicans now viewing the movement negatively.  Overall, nearly half of the public (49%) has an unfavorable opinion of the Tea Party, while 30% have a favorable opinion.
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Erick Erickson / RedState:
Advancing.  Ever Advancing.  —  Much cynicism has been expressed over the past month about the effort, led by Ted Cruz and Mike Lee, to fight Obamacare.  It was about money or defeating Republicans or something other than what it was about — undermining Obamacare with a united front.
CNN:
Republican congressman: It was worth the fight  —  Washington (CNN) - Rep. Mick Mulvaney, a tea party firebrand, said Thursday the fight that led to a government shutdown was worth it, but he acknowledged the GOP's messaging wasn't as effective.  —  “Anytime you fight for something …
New Jersey Online:
Cory Booker makes history as he defeats Steve Lonegan in U.S. Senate election  —  NEWARK — Cory Booker's star-quality and his skill at surviving the roughhouse politics of New Jersey's biggest city took him from the mayor's office to the U.S. Senate today in a hard-fought victory over Republican iconoclast Steve Lonegan.
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:   Only Four African Americans Have Ever Been Elected To The U.S. Senate In All Of American History
Jessica L. Taylor / NBCNews:
Booker wins Senate race in New Jersey
Kate Zernike / New York Times:
Booker, Winning Rocky Senate Bid, Gets a Job to Fit His Profile
Greg Miller / Washington Post:
Documents reveal NSA's extensive involvement in targeted killing program  —  It was an innocuous e-mail, one of millions sent every day by spouses with updates on the situation at home.  But this one was of particular interest to the National Security Agency and contained clues that put …
Discussion: The Raw Story
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Politico:
House stenographer hauled from floor  —  A House floor stenographer was abruptly hauled out of the chamber after charging the dais and screaming during Wednesday's late night vote on raising the debt ceiling and funding the federal government.  —  As the bill sailed toward final passage …
Alexandra Jaffe / Ballot Box:
GOP's presidential hopefuls oppose deal  —  Nearly every potential 2016 Republican presidential candidate serving in Congress opposed a deal, passed late Wednesday night, to fund the government and raise the debt limit.  —  Sens. Marco Rubio (Fla.), Rand Paul (Ky.), Ted Cruz (Texas) …
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Ian Swanson / The Hill:
Congress approves deal to end shutdown, raise debt ceiling
Discussion: Weekly Standard and Infowars
Ron Fournier / NationalJournal.com:
Obama Wins!  Big Whoop.  Can He Lead?  —  With an eye to history, will the president leverage his victory to score a debt-busting deal with the GOP?  Doubt it.  —  Barack Obama is a winning president.  Will he be remembered as a great one?  (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
Discussion: Washington Wire
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Graham: Polls factored into GOP folding  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Wednesday that the polling backlash against the Republican Party was one of the reasons Senate Republicans were eager to cut a deal with Democrats.  —  “Well you can't let 20 or 30 polls cloud you're thinking apparently …
Discussion: Politico and CANNONFIRE
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Fareed Zakaria / Washington Post:
Conservatism needs to lighten up  —  The crisis has been resolved, but this respite is temporary.  We are bound to have more standoffs and brinkmanship in the months and years ahead.  To understand why, you must recognize that, for the tea party, the stakes could not be higher.
Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
Conservatives Learned The Wrong Lessons From The Shutdown Debacle  —  For a certain block of House conservatives, the ones who drove Speaker John Boehner toward a government shutdown and near-default against his will, the lesson of the last few weeks isn't that they overreached.
Discussion: The Mahablog
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Marshall Sella / GQ Magazine Online:
The Year of Living Carlos Dangerously  —  Anthony Weiner's sexting addiction nuked his political career (twice!), endangered his marriage (twice!), and turned him into a walking penis joke (forever!).  —  Marshall Sella tails Weiner through his doomed campaign for New York mayor …
 
 
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Shane Goldmacher / NationalJournal.com:
The Next Budget Crisis Is Only 90 Days Away
Discussion: Firedoglake
Caitlin McDevitt / Politico:
Elton John: I hope Hillary Clinton runs
Telegraph:
US debt ceiling crisis - Barack Obama has won the shutdown. His prize is a lame duck presidency
Marisa Guthrie / Hollywood Reporter:
It's Official: Ronan Farrow to Host MSNBC Show
 Earlier Items: 
Zachary A. Goldfarb / Washington Post:
Shutdown deal averts catastrophe but leaves economy in peril
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Terence P. Jeffrey / CNSNews:
DOD Refuses to Say If It Would Stop Priest from Giving Last Rites to Dying Serviceman …
Discussion: BizPac Review and Weasel Zippers
Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
S&P: Shutdown cost economy at least $24B