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11:20 AM ET, October 20, 2013

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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Obamacare, Failing Ahead of Schedule  —  THIS is not the column about the Obamacare rollout I expected to write.  —  If you had told me, months ago, that weeks after the health care law's coverage expansion went into effect I would be writing about the problems its launch had exposed …
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Megan McArdle / Bloomberg:
Four Things We Think We Know About Obamacare  —  I've been seeing a few things floating around the blogosphere about Obamacare that aren't true.  They're not really conservative or liberal talking points; they're just misconceptions that people may have about how the health-care law works.
Ashley Killough / CNN:
Cruz to CNN: 'I don't work for the party bosses in Washington'  —  (CNN) - Back in his home state after the reopening of the government, Sen. Ted Cruz didn't rule out the idea of again staging the strategy that helped lead to the 16-day partial shutdown and bashed his fellow Senate Republicans …
Discussion: Politico, ABC News and The Hill
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Cruz defiant on stopping ObamaCare  —  A defiant Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said in an interview broadcast on Sunday that he would “continue to do anything I can to stop the train wreck that is Obamacare,” hinting that he could again seek to complicate efforts to pass a long-term budget deal.
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Prairie Weather
Laura Koran / CNN:   Ted Cruz, back in Texas, rails against fellow Senate Republicans
Kathleen Parker / Washington Post:
The crux of Ted Cruz
Joanne Kenen / Politico:
Obamacare figures leave a lot unsaid  —  About a half million people have taken the first step toward enrolling in Obamacare health coverage, creating applications on the exchanges, administration officials said late Saturday.  —  The “almost half million” figure the officials reported …
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Julie Pace / ABC News:
AP Sources: 476,000 Obamacare Applications Filed  —  Administration officials say about 476,000 health insurance applications have been filed through federal and state exchanges, the most detailed measure yet of the problem-plagued rollout of President Barack Obama's signature legislation.
Edward Klein / New York Post:
Even Oprah isn't on board with ObamaCare  —  As the White House was gearing up to sell ObamaCare to the American people last summer, Valerie Jarrett, the president's pointwoman on a host of issues, phoned Oprah Winfrey.  —  She invited the Queen of All Media to join celebrities …
Discussion: NewsBusters and Weasel Zippers
DealBook:
Tentative Deal Hands JPMorgan Chase a Record Penalty  —  JPMorgan Chase and the Justice Department have reached a tentative $13 billion settlement over the bank's questionable mortgage practices leading up to the financial crisis, a record penalty that would cap weeks of heated negotiating …
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Now, lead from the front  —  Let us hear no more about President Obama leading from behind.  —  Since a White House adviser uttered that phrase to the New Yorker's Ryan Lizza in 2011 to describe Obama's leadership in Libya, “leading from behind” has become a favorite refrain of Republicans trying to portray Obama as weak.
Discussion: Daily Kos
Arutz Sheva:
Again: Arabs Fly Nazi Flag Near Road  —  For at least the second time in five months, Arab residents of Beit Umar in the Palestinian Authority (PA) have placed a Nazi flag over a major thoroughfare where Jews pass in their vehicles.  —  Beit Umar is located between Halhoul and the Etzion Bloc, not far from Hevron.
Steven Pearlstein / Washington Post:
Alan Greenspan still thinks he's right  —  Steven Pearlstein is a business and economics columnist for The Washington Post and a Robinson professor of political and international affairs at George Mason University.  —  Alan Greenspan's last book, “The Age of Turbulence,” …
Discussion: Brad DeLong
Clarke Canfield / Associated Press:
Pot Legalization Effort Moves Eastward To Maine  —  PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Advocates of recreational marijuana use are looking to an upcoming vote in Maine as an indicator of whether the East Coast is ready to follow in the footsteps of Colorado and Washington by legalizing cannabis.
Discussion: Hot Air and Liberaland
Justin Sink / Ballot Box:
Clinton decries ‘scorched-earth politics’ in Washington  —  Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton decried the “scorched-earth politics” that led to the government shutdown at a campaign event for Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe on Saturday.
Discussion: Taylor Marsh and Politico
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James Hohmann / Politico:
Trailing, Ken Cuccinelli seeks to fire up base
 
 
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