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2:10 PM ET, October 22, 2013

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Washington Post:
Health insurance exchange launched despite signs of serious problems  —  Days before the launch of President Obama's online health ­insurance marketplace, government officials and contractors tested a key part of the Web site to see whether it could handle tens of thousands of consumers at the same time.
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USA Today:
HHS brings in Verizon to help HealthCare.gov  —  You might think that a website needed to help over 40 million people would be ready to accommodate those 40 million people.  Apparently, it's a little more complicated than that.  VPC  —  CONNECT  —  WASHINGTON — The international …
New York Times:
The Health Site's Chaotic Debut  —  President Obama rightly acknowledged on Monday that there is “no excuse” for the horrendously botched opening of the federal Web site consumers are supposed to use to sign up for health insurance policies under the Affordable Care Act.
John Dickerson / Slate:
President Obama is a gifted politician and knows how to win an election.  But his spin on Healthcare.gov may only make things worse.  —  An IT problem has never escalated faster than the president's Rose Garden speech Monday addressing the problems with Healthcare.gov. He could no longer outsource responding to user complaints.
Rich Lowry / New York Post:
Healthcare.gov is walking dead
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Power Line
USA Today:
HealthCare.gov feeds doubts about rollout: Our view
Washington Post:
A prescription for fixing Obamacare glitches
Discussion: The Fix, News Desk and USA Today
Justin Sink / The Hill:
ObamaCare debacle in spotlight
Discussion: Connecting.the.Dots
Mike Tipping:
Gov. LePage lets slip what he really thinks about Maine people  —  At a speech to a conservative audience in Falmouth last week, Governor Paul LePage made a statement that is deeply revealing.  —  Informed that the event was wrapping up, LePage said he had two more points to make.
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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Maine Gov. LePage: ‘47 Percent’ Of Those Able To Work In State Don't (AUDIO)  —  Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R) took a page from the Mitt Romney playbook when he told a conservative audience at an event last week that 47 percent of able-bodied people in the state don't work, the Bangor Daily News reported Tuesday.
Discussion: Mike Tipping
Washington Post:
Poll: Major damage to GOP after shutdown, and broad dissatisfaction with government  —  Video: Will voters remember the shutdown next year?  Incumbents usually win elections.  But after a shutdown, near-default and historic lows in Congressional approval, voters are claiming they'll reverse that trend in 2014.
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
The Morning Plum: Outside the conservative bubble, GOP sustains epic damage  —  The Washington Post and ABC News have released a new batch of polling that shows in quite striking terms just how badly the shutdown fight has damaged the GOP.  —  The question, however, is …
CBS News:
Poll: Congress, tea party take hits from government shutdown
Discussion: CNN and NewsBusters
Gary Langer / ABC News:
Congress Dives, Anti-Incumbency Soars in Deep Post-Shutdown Criticism
Consumer Reports Online:
Obamacare opponents have misrepresented Consumer Reports' position  —  HealthCare.gov problems do not negate benefits of new health law  —  Pundits opposed to the new health care law and some media outlets have tried to suggest that our coverage of the troubled HealthCare.gov site means …
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Brian Beutler / Salon:
Take this, conservatives: Criticism only makes Obamacare stronger!  —  Ignore most conservatives attacking Healthcare.gov — but it's a mistake to assume Obama's got it under control  —  Let's stipulate that the conservatives crying crocodile tears for uninsured Americans who've …
Discussion: The Dish
Rasmussen Reports:
Virginia Governor: McAuliffe (D) 50%, Cuccinelli (R) 33%, Sarvis (L) 8%  —  Democrat Terry McAuliffe has jumped to a 17-point lead over Republican Ken Cuccinelli in the Virginia gubernatorial race following the federal government shutdown that hit Northern Virginia hard and Hillary Clinton's weekend visit to the state.
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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Inside The Meeting Where Obama And Reid Vowed Not To Be ‘Taken In By These Crazy People’  —  WASHINGTON — Barack Obama and Harry Reid needed to clear the air.  The relationship between the president and the Senate majority leader had been deteriorating since 2011, with Reid losing respect …
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Fred Barnes / Wall Street Journal:
The Upside of the GOP Shutdown Defeat
Discussion: Weekly Standard
Fox News:
Fla. congressman's ex-chief of staff jailed for voter fraud scheme  —  Oct. 2, 2013: Rep. Joe Garcia, D-Fla., at a news conference on Immigration Reform on Capitol Hill in Washington.Reuters  —  The former chief of staff of a Democratic Florida congressman will serve 90 days in jail …
Discussion: NewsBusters
Aaron Blake / Post Politics:
McCain considering seeking reelection in 2016  —  Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said Tuesday that he is considering running for another term in 2016, when he would be 80 years old.  —  “I'm seriously thinking about maybe giving another opportunity for you to vote for or against me in a few years from now …
Adam C. Smith / Tampa Bay Times:
Beverly Young to Charlie Crist: Stay away from memorial service  —  A host of dignitaries from Washington to Tallahassee to Tampa Bay will be on hand to honor the late U.S. Rep. C.W. Bill Young at his memorial service Thursday.  —  But one particularly prominent politician won't be welcome at First Baptist Indian Rocks: Charlie Crist.
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Have Barack Obama and Eric Holder Caused an Increase in Mass Murder?  —  Attorney General Eric Holder said today, in a speech to a convention of police chiefs, that mass shooting incidents have tripled in the last few years: … So Holder is telling us that since he took over as AG, mass shooting incidents have tripled.
Charlie Cook / NationalJournal.com:
Democratic Takeover of the House Is Still a Long Shot  —  Democrats will need Republicans to continue self-destructing, among other things, to return to the majority in 2014.  —  Those who already are saying that the House of Representatives is now “in play” are getting a little ahead of their skis—forgetting a few key factors.
Discussion: First Read
David Hogberg / The Federalist:
The Eight Biggest Falsehoods in Obama's Rose Garden Speech  —  I was on a radio program yesterday where the host compared President Obama's speech on the ObamaCare exchanges to an infomercial hosted by the late Billy Mays.  —  There are of course some big differences.  Unlike healthcare.gov, OxiClean actually works.
 
 
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ThinkProgress:
Confronted With Example Of Obamacare Success, GOP Rep Freaks Out
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Gideon Rachman / Financial Times:
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