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4:20 PM 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.
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Jeb Bush urges Cruz to show ‘self-restraint’  —  Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) said in an interview airing Sunday that Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) needs to “ have a little bit of self-restraint” if the Republican Party is to succeed in repealing ObamaCare.  —  The brother of former President …
Discussion: Politico
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Ashley Killough / CNN:
Cruz to CNN: 'I don't work for the party bosses in Washington'
Discussion: Politico and ABC News
Greg Clary / CNN:
Rubio weighs in on McConnell's election fight
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Cruz defiant on stopping ObamaCare
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Prairie Weather
HHS.gov:
Doing Better: Making Improvements to HealthCare.gov  —  Over the past two and a half weeks, millions of Americans visited HealthCare.gov to look at their new health care options under the Affordable Care Act.  In that time, nearly half a million applications for coverage have been submitted from across the nation.
NY Daily News:
Brooklyn group of black youths blocks white couple's car, bloody victims in racial attack: cops  —  Authorities say Ronald and Alana Russo were pummeled by attackers — ranging in age from 12 to 18 — who showered them with racial slurs.  One Brooklyn teen says he was falsely arrested …
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 …
ThinkProgress:
Marco Rubio: Obama Has Undermined Immigration Reform By Refusing To Defund Obamacare  —  Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) suggested on Sunday that President Obama's refusal to compromise with Republicans on Obamacare to re-open the government and raise the nation's debt ceiling has jeopardized …
Discussion: The Raw Story
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Dan Nowicki / USA Today:
Time running out for immigration reform
Discussion: The Reaction
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Top Senate Democrat says ObamaCare is on its way to ‘substantial success’  —  A top Senate Democrat said on Sunday that ObamaCare is “on its way to be a substantial success.”  —  Sen. Dick Durbin (Ill.), the No. 2 Democrat in the chamber, defended the rollout of the healthcare reform law in an appearance on …
New York Times:
Fiscal Crisis Sounds the Charge in G.O.P.'s ‘Civil War’  —  After the budget standoff ended in crushing defeat last week and the political damage reports began to pile up for Republicans, one longtime party leader after another stepped forward to chastise their less seasoned, Tea Party-inspired colleagues who drove the losing strategy.
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Lew: Obama upset about website failures  —  Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said on Sunday that President Obama is more upset about failures in ObamaCare's rollout than anyone else.  —  “There are millions of Americans who want health insurance.  It's important for our economy for them to have health insurance …
Discussion: CNN and Weasel Zippers
Ed Gillespie / Washington Post:
To save the Republican Party, look to the states  —  Ed Gillespie is a communications strategist and chairman of the Republican State Leadership Committee.  He was a counselor to President George W. Bush, and he chaired the Republican National Committee from 2003 to 2004.
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.
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
 
 
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Eric Lipton / New York Times:
Lobbyists Ready for a New Fight on U.S. Spending
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Pelosi: ACA site problems ‘unacceptable’
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James Freeman / Wall Street Journal:
Stanley Druckenmiller: How Washington Really Redistributes Income
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Steven Pearlstein / Washington Post:
Alan Greenspan still thinks he's right
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Death Panels are in the Past, Let's Move On
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Now, lead from the front  —  Let us hear no more about President …
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Jason Linkins / The Huffington Post:
This Should Be Fun: Sen. Bernie Sanders Will Be On Budget Conference Committee
Discussion: Corrente
Clarke Canfield / Associated Press:
Pot Legalization Effort Moves Eastward To Maine
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