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9:55 AM ET, November 13, 2013

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Amy Goldstein / Washington Post:
Troubled HealthCare.gov unlikely to work fully by end of November  —  Software problems with the federal online health insurance marketplace, especially in handling high volumes, are proving so stubborn that the system is unlikely to work fully by the end of the month as the White House has promised …
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Matthew Yglesias / Slate:
It's Good That You Can't Keep Your Insurance Plan  —  Obama was wrong to mislead people but right to scrap dysfunctional insurance products.  —  “If you like your plan, you can keep your plan.”  That was the promise Barack Obama made to insured Americans when stumping for his signature health insurance overhaul back in 2009 and 2010.
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Obama's Image as “Strong and Decisive Leader” Takes a Hit  —  Public approval of his handling of the economy and healthcare largely steady  —  PRINCETON, NJ — After six messy weeks — defined chiefly by the partial government shutdown and troubled rollout of the federal government's …
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Obama is boxed in by Bill Clinton  —  President Obama scrambled to find a coherent response Tuesday after former President Clinton jammed the administration by saying it should keep its promise that people could keep their health insurance plans if they liked them.
Discussion: Instapundit
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Obama's critic-in-chief strikes again  —  President Bill Clinton — the man President Barack Obama once dubbed his “Secretary of Explaining Stuff” — once again has some explaining of his own to do with the Obama White House.  —  In an interview released Tuesday, Clinton called for a fix …
Abby D. Phillip / ABC News:
Exclusive: Obamacare's Mystery Woman Says She Fell Victim to Cyberbullies … The smiling woman who was once the face of the Affordable Care Act's website has come out of the shadows to stand up to the “cyberbullying” she says she suffered after the law's flawed kickoff.
Washington Post:
Democrat Mark Herring gets a leg up in Va. attorney general's race in late ballot count  —  State Sen. Mark R. Herring padded his still-narrow lead over state Sen. Mark D. Obenshain on Tuesday night in the race for Virginia attorney general, giving the Democrat an apparent 163-vote advantage …
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TIME:
With 106 Vote Attorney General Victory, Virginia Democrats Sweep State  —  The difference between a vote cast and a vote counted was nowhere clearer than in the Virginia race for attorney general  —  The difference between a vote cast and a vote counted was nowhere clearer than in the Virginia race …
Elizabeth Titus / Politico:
Virginia AG race: Democrat widens lead
Discussion: The BRAD BLOG
James Carville / TheHill:
Not so fast, my friend  —  In my column two weeks ago, I bet that Terry McAuliffe would have a decisive win in Virginia but that it wouldn't be enough for the Washington media elite.  —  Look, I'm not one of those people who always has to be right — when I'm wrong, I fess up.
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
A reversal of fortune for Democrats after Obamacare  —  Two months ago, polls showed Democrat Kay Hagan leading prospective opponents by double digits in her quest for a second term representing North Carolina in the Senate.  —  So why is she so nervous?  —  Well, her problem begins with Obamacare …
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
NC Senate race tightens up
Discussion: Daily Kos and Talking Points Memo
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Dianne Feinstein joins push to keep health plans
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Dallas News:
One fired, three suspended after undercover health care video  —  By: myfoxdfw.com Staff - email  —  The Urban League of Greater Dallas fired one person and suspended three others after a video from a conservative activist reportedly showed the workers encouraging health care applicants to lie.
John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Why It's Not Too Late for the ‘Keep Your Health Plan’ Act  —  With millions of Americans losing their health insurance because of Obamacare, bills have been introduced in Congress to let people keep their plans.  —  But health industry consultant Bob Laszewski says it's too late for these measures …
Discussion: Hot Air
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Matt Higgins / CBS Sacramento:
Calif. Insurance Commissioner: More Than 1M Californians Having Insurance Cancelled Due To ACA
Ryan Grim / The Huffington Post:
Richard Cohen Defends Column: ‘Word Racist Is Truly Hurtful’  —  Richard Cohen says that his latest piece was not intended to be and shouldn't be read as racist.  —  “The word racist is truly hurtful,” he told The Huffington Post on Tuesday.  “It's not who I am.  It's not who I ever was.
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Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
WaPo Publisher Calls Cohen Column ‘Brilliant’
Alleigh Marre / National Republican Congressional …:
Kurt Schrader's “grossly misleading” ObamaCare hypocrisy  —  In an interview with Laural Porter about the disastrous roll-out of ObamaCare, Congressman Kurt Schrader was asked explicitly about the President's line, “if you like your health care plan you can keep it,” which millions of Americans are learning is not true.
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Dem. Rep: Obama ‘misleading’ on ACA
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Republicans Again Reject Obama Pick for Judiciary  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama's latest choice to fill one of the vacancies on a powerful appeals court went down in a filibuster on Tuesday as Senate Republicans blocked another White House nominee — the third in two weeks …
Discussion: Master Feed and Washington Post
Igor Bobic / Talking Points Memo:
Sarah Palin ‘Surprised’ By Pope Francis' ‘Liberal’ Sounding Statements  —  Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) said Tuesday that some of the pope's statements “sounded kind of liberal,” but assured CNN's Jake Tapper that she wouldn't necessarily trust her ears nor the “lamestream media” until she did her “own homework” on the matter.
Discussion: Liberaland
ABC News:
Biden to Push Immigration at Naturalization Event  —  Vice President Joe Biden will head to Atlanta this week to promote the need for an immigration overhaul during a naturalization ceremony for new U.S. citizens.  —  The White House says Biden will speak at a ceremony Thursday at The King Center in Atlanta.
Discussion: Politico and Weasel Zippers
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Josh Lederman / Associated Press:   Obama Lunches With US Service Members at Irish Pub
 
 
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Dean Baker / The Huffington Post:
The Obama Pledge on Keeping Your Insurance
Investor's Business Daily:
All These Lies And Incompetence, Too
Discussion: NewsBusters
Senator Mike Lee / RedState:
What's Next for Conservatives
Discussion: Washington Wire
IEA:
Report sees large disparities in regional energy prices affecting industrial competitiveness
Discussion: Politico, EcoWatch and Guardian
Pete Williams / U.S. News:
Supreme Court justices rebuff chance to hear second Oklahoma abortion case
Discussion: Off the Kuff and Juanita Jean's
Rasmussen Reports:
55% Favor Repeal of Obamacare
CNN:
White House technology chief to testify at hearing
Discussion: Politico
 Earlier Items: 
Jay Bookman / Ajc Blogs:
Cobb GOP chairman concerned about (those) people coming to Braves' games
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Esquire
Amy Davidson / Close Read:
“60 Minutes” and the Benghazi Scandal Trap
Dan Merica / CNN:
Bush 43 to sit down with Leno
Discussion: Politico
Daily Mail:
The rise of paid friends: How wealthy New Yorkers are socializing with hired staff over 'real …
Blair Kamin / Chicago Tribune:
Tallest building ruling: Willis Tower loses to One World Trade Center
Discussion: The Week and Outside the Beltway
Charles Lane / Washington Post:
Liberals' investment drives Tesla's survival
Discussion: Hit & Run
 

 
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