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10:25 AM ET, November 9, 2013

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Matthewjbuettner / CBS Denver:
Colorado Woman Who Championed Obamacare Loses Insurance Plan  —  DENVER (CBS4) - President Barack Obama is apologizing to Americans who are losing their current health insurance plans.  Millions of people are getting cancellation notices, including about 250,000 Coloradans.
Discussion: Vox Popoli
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Bryan Koenig / CNN:
GOP weekly address: The ‘betrayal’ of Obamacare  —  (CNN) - Rep. Todd Young took his turn delivering the GOP's weekly address on Saturday to assail Obamacare's negative impacts on his constituents.  —  “This is what betrayal looks like,” the Indiana Republican said in the address …
Discussion: Politico and Weasel Zippers
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Analysis: Tens of millions could be forced out of health insurance they had  —  Facebook Twitter Google Plus Reddit E-mail Print  —  WASHINGTON — Even as President Barack Obama sold a new health care law in part by assuring Americans they would be able to keep their insurance plans …
Matt Fuller / Roll Call:   GOP Playbook Looks to Capitalize on Obamacare Woes
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Obama Considers Administrative Fix To Health Care Law
Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
Obama laments site, not health plans
Discussion: The PJ Tatler, Twitchy and First Read
Philly.com:
Police probe website targeting crime witnesses  —  Philadelphia police and prosecutors are investigating an anonymous Instagram account with thousands of followers that for months has been identifying witnesses in violent crimes across the city - aiming, in its creator's words, to “expose rats.”
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Simon & Schuster pulling Benghazi book  —  The publisher for Dylan Davies, the source of “60 Minutes” controversial Benghazi report, announced on Friday that they are pulling his book “in light of information” brought to their attention since its publication.
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Igor Bobic / Talking Points Memo:
Former ‘60 Minutes’ Producer: Discredited Benghazi Story Was Done To Appeal To Conservatives  —  A former “60 Minutes” producer who was fired over a 2004 story about then-President George W. Bush's service in the Air National Guard said Friday that CBS' now retracted story about the attack in Benghazi …
Michael Kinsley / New York Times:
‘Double Down,’ by Mark Halperin and John Heilemann  —  “Chasmal.”  Is that a word?  Here, I'll use it in a sentence for you: “Santorum had been turfed out of office in 2006, losing his re-election bid by a chasmal 18-point margin.”  According to Merriam Webster, it is indeed a word, meaning ­"resembling a chasm."
Ben Geman / The Hill:
Obama grasps for climate legacy as second-term agenda crumbles  —  President Obama has a chance to craft a second-term legacy on climate change even as the rest of his agenda runs aground in Congress.  —  Gun control legislation is dead; immigration reform is on life support …
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
Obama's Second-Term Slide Continues  —  65% Disapprove of his Handling of Economy  —  Barack Obama has had a difficult year since his reelection victory.  His overall job rating stands at 41%, down 14 points since last December.  A majority (53%) now disapproves of the way he is handling his job as president.
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George E. Condon Jr / NationalJournal.com:
How Obama Blew the Entire Last Year
Discussion: Associated Press
Aaron Blake / Post Politics:
Poll: Obama's approval hits new low
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Donna Cassata / Associated Press:
House GOP Leader: No Vote On Immigration Reform This Year  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The third-ranking House Republican told immigration advocates that lawmakers won't vote this year on the issue, confirming what many had long assumed.  —  California Rep. Kevin McCarthy, the majority whip …
Discussion: TechCrunch and Reuters
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Brian Beutler / Salon:
GOP's intolerance trap: How ENDA fight explains all of U.S. politics
Discussion: The Plum Line and Booman Tribune
Rebecca Shabad / The Hill:
Top Oversight Dem slams Issa for HealthCare.gov claims  —  The top Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee says he has evidence that contradicts information Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) has released about the number of users HealthCare.gov was expected to handle.
Discussion: The Raw Story and Liberaland
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
A White House in Crisis Mode, but Some Allies Prod for More Action  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama was seething.  Two weeks after the disastrous launch of HealthCare.gov, Mr. Obama gathered his senior staff members in the Oval Office for what one aide recalled as an “unsparing” dressing-down.
Discussion: Via Meadia
PR Newswire:
Business Owners Welcome White House Support for $10 Minimum Wage  —  Business owners applauded President Obama in backing a federal minimum wage increase to at least $10 an hour.  “The American Dream needs a minimum wage increase,” said Lew Prince, CEO and co-owner of Vintage Vinyl in St. Louis …
Discussion: Cafe Hayek and EconLog
 
 
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Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed:
One Week In, Cory Booker Hasn't Figured Out How To Save Washington Yet
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell quietly convenes group for next fiscal showdown
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Only 5 enrollments completed in D.C. Obamacare exchange
Discussion: National Review
Lynn Sweet Washington / Chicago Sun Times:
Sweet: Obama tries to empathize over health insurance cancellations, but is that the best he's got?
Noah Rothman / Mediaite:
Obama Burns Media Supporters with Apology
Discussion: JustOneMinute
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Benjamin Weiser / New York Times:
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Lynne Marek / Chicago Business:
Onion quits print
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