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8:25 AM ET, November 18, 2013

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Josh Kraushaar / NationalJournal.com:
Why Obamacare Is On Life Support  —  Democrats may begin calling for repeal if the law's problems don't get resolved soon.  —  President Obama will fight to preserve his signature domestic legislation, but Democrats may not let him.  (Mandel Ngan/AFP)  —  There's nothing that Democrats …
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Three Burials of Obamacare
Discussion: The Caucus
Reid J. Epstein / Politico:
Woodward: Obamacare not Watergate, but it ‘is going to get worse’
Discussion: CNN, Mediaite and The Week
CNN:
Pelosi defends Obamacare claims, can't predict effect on Dems in midterms
Discussion: Connecting.the.Dots and Politico
Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
Pelosi: Dems ‘stand tall’ behind O-Care
Jonathan Martin / The Caucus:
Dispute Over Gay Marriage Erupts in Cheney Family  —  Mary Cheney, a daughter of the former vice president, and her wife, Heather Poe, sharply criticized on Sunday a comment by by Ms. Cheney's sister, Liz Cheney, a candidate for the Senate in Wyoming, that they disagreed on the issue of same-sex marriage.
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Chris Wallace / Fox News:
Liz Cheney on her run for US Senate; Can President Obama ‘fix’ ObamaCare?
Discussion: Advocate and Althouse
Joseph Curl / Washington Times:
The beginning of the end for Barack Obama  —  ANALYSIS/OPINION:  —  Second-term presidents in the past 30 years have had some pretty embarrassing news conferences, full of frank admissions of failure, submissive spasms of shame and groveling, grieving apologies.
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Evan McMurry / Mediaite:
David Plouffe to ABC: GOP Plan to Run Against Obamacare an ‘Impossibility’
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
John Kass / Chicago Tribune:
Hubris has a way of ruining grand designs
Discussion: Hot Air
The Daily Beast:
President Obama Should Never Apologize for Passing Obamacare  —  Obama's taken responsibility for HealthCare.gov and apologized to those who got cancellation notices.  But he should never be sorry for passing a law to bring us affordable health care.  —  It's true what they say: Barack Obama does not relish the game of politics.
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Washington Post:
Obamacare failures are not a cure for the GOP
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Ashley Killough / CNN:
Clyburn: Obama failed to explain health care promise
Discussion: Politico
Aaron C. Davis / Washington Post:
D.C. insurance commissioner fired a day after questioning Obamacare fix
Discussion: Hot Air and Runnin' Scared
Nelson Mandela / Telegraph:
Bill Clinton tells China forum he hopes for female US president  —  Bill Clinton says he wants to see a female US president in his lifetime - as speculation about a Hillary 2016 bid mounts  —  Former US President Bill Clinton hopes there will be a woman in the White House in his lifetime, he told a Chinese audience on Monday.
Discussion: Politico and Taegan Goddard's …
Juan Williams / The Hill:
A phony Republican war aims to frustrate will of voters  —  Last week, 20 House Republicans, including Louie Gohmert (Texas), Ted Yoho (Fla.) and Michele Bachmann (Minn.), took the first step to impeach Attorney General Eric Holder.  —  They introduced articles of impeachment that target Holder …
Associated Press:
Soldier: Minnesota Man Was Once SS Commander, Ordered Nazi Massacre Of Polish Village  —  BERLIN (AP) — A retired Minnesota carpenter, shown in a June investigation to be a former commander in a Nazi SS-led unit, ordered his men to attack a Polish village that was razed to the ground …
Discussion: Liberaland
Daily Mail:
'We've listened - and here's how we'll halt this depravity': Google chief ERIC SCHMIDT explains block on child porn  —  Last week 348 people were arrested in Canada - and 386 young kids rescued - in one of the largest child sex investigations ever seen.  It defies belief that anyone …
Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Rob Ford Wants To Run For Prime Minister Of Canada (VIDEO)  —  Sounding confident about his re-election chances, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford said this weekend that he has aspirations for higher office.  —  “Yes, one day I do want to run for prime minister,” Ford said during an interview with Fox News Channel's John Roberts.
Discussion: CNN, Liberaland and Toronto Star
Washington Post:
Capital gains: Spending on contracts and lobbying propels a wave of new wealth in D .C.  —  So much money to be had if you know where to look.  —  The avalanche of cash that made Washington rich in the last decade has transformed the culture of a once staid capital and created a new wave of well-heeled insiders.
David Feith / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Navy to the Rescue Again  —  In the wake of Typhoon Haiyan, one man desperately seeks contact with his uncle in Virginia who served in the U.S. Navy.  —  Guiuan, Philippines  —  'I have an uncle there in the U.S. Can you help me to contact him?  Trudoro Dado Tan is yelling this plea …
DealBook:
Pressure Builds to Finish Volcker Rule on Wall St. Oversight  —  The Obama administration, currently stumbling through the health care overhaul, has reached a critical stage in its other signature effort: reining in Wall Street.  —  The push to reshape financial oversight hinges on negotiations …
Helen T. Verongos / New York Times:
Doris Lessing, Author Who Swept Aside Convention, Is Dead at 94  —  Doris Lessing, the uninhibited and outspoken novelist who won the 2007 Nobel Prize for a lifetime of writing that shattered convention, both social and artistic, died on Sunday at her home in London.  She was 94.
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BBC:
Doris Lessing, Nobel Prize-winning author, dies aged 94
Discussion: Spectator and The Stranger …
 
 
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