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 …

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.

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 …

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 …

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.

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,” …

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 …

Death Panels are in the Past, Let's Move On  —  Atrios: … I'd have to consult a psychiatrist or a circus owner to get an expert opinion, but I have a couple of unschooled guesses why the Obamacare rollout isn't occupying banner headlines on Fox and shooting to the top of Memeorandum.

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.

This Should Be Fun: Sen. Bernie Sanders Will Be On Budget Conference Committee  —  In what can only be seen as good news for people who like traditional earned-benefit programs like Social Security and Medicare, here's one name that appears on the list of Senate conferees …

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.