memeorandum: Four years ago, GOP showed exactly what was false about Obama's keep-your-coverage promise (Byron York/Washington Examiner)

11:50 AM ET, November 17, 2013

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Cameron Joseph / The Hill:

McAllister wins La. House special election — Republican businessman Vance McAllister has won a special House election in Louisiana, an upset victory for a political newcomer. — McAllister defeated Louisiana state Sen. Neil Riser (R) by 60 percent to 40 percent with all precincts reporting.

Discussion: Booman Tribune

Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:

Louisiana Republican Who Backs Obamacare's Medicaid Provision Wins Seat Over Party Favorite — Campaign ad for Rep.-Elect Vance McAllister (R) — Louisiana voters elected Republican Vance McAllister in a runoff to fill the state's vacant Fifth District U.S. House seat on Saturday.

Discussion: Liberaland, Post Politics and Roll Call

Melinda Deslatte / Associated Press:

McAllister Wins 5th District Congressional Seat — Vance McAllister, a political newcomer with the backing of the popular “Duck Dynasty” TV family, was elected Saturday as Louisiana's newest member of Congress. — McAllister, who largely self-funded his campaign, beat establishment candidate Neil Riser …

Alex Isenstadt / Politico:

McAllister wins La. House runoff — Businessman Vance McAllister has won the special runoff election for a vacant northeast Louisiana congressional seat, notching an upset win over fellow Republican Neil Riser, according to the Associated Press. — With 99 percent of precincts reporting …

Discussion: Hot Air and Daily Kos

Aaron C. Davis / Washington Post:

D.C. insurance commissioner fired a day after questioning Obamacare fix — A day after he questioned President Obama's decision to unwind a major tenet of the health-care law and said the nation's capital might not go along, D.C. insurance commissioner William P. White was fired.

Discussion: Post Politics, Weasel Zippers and The PJ Tatler

Washington Post:

Health-care law has changed game for Democrats looking to 2014 election — UPPER DUBLIN, Pa. — Few places may better explain how the bungled launch of President Obama's health-care law has scrambled the political landscape for Democrats than this hamlet north of Philadelphia.

Discussion: The Moderate Voice

Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
In Fracas on Health Coverage, Some Democrats Feel Exposed

Discussion: The Hinterland Gazette and National Review

Conor Finnegan / CNN:

Netanyahu on Iran: ‘This is a bad deal’ — (CNN) - Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a stern warning against the potential deal over Iran's nuclear program between Tehran and the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council, along with Germany,.

Discussion: Reuters

New York Times:
Not the Time to Squeeze Iran

Discussion: Israel Matzav and Israpundit

Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed:

Martin O'Malley Takes “Believe” Campaign To The Presidential Stage — In a speech to New Hampshire Democrats, the possible presidential hopeful turns his Baltimore campaign into a national argument. But for Warren and Clinton supporters, the focus isn't O'Malley. — AFP / Getty Images

Discussion: Liberaland

Byron York / Washington Examiner:

Four years ago, GOP showed exactly what was false about Obama's keep-your-coverage promise — It is now painfully evident to millions of Americans that President Obama's promise that they could keep their current health coverage under Obamacare wasn't true.

Discussion: Power Line

Julie Pace / ABC News:

Obama Health Care Woes Becomes Credibility Fight — Throughout President Barack Obama's first four years in office, he prided himself on his ability to bounce back when much of Washington thought his presidency was in peril. — But the political challenge posed by Obama's disastrous health care rollout …

Discussion: CNN

Reid J. Epstein / Politico:

Woodward: Obamacare not Watergate, but it ‘is going to get worse’ — President Barack Obama's mishandling of the Affordable Care Act rollout has been incompetent, Washington Post journalist Bob Woodward said, but it doesn't rise to past president-dooming scandals.

Discussion: The Week and Mediaite

Spiegel Online:

Cornelius Gurlitt Shares the Secrets of His Pictures — Cornelius Gurlitt hoarded art treasures his father obtained under dubious circumstances in the Nazi era. The reclusive 80-year-old has given SPIEGEL the first interview since news of their discovery broke two weeks ago.

Discussion: Guardian and New York Times