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9:20 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 …
Discussion: Politico
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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
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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John Kass / Chicago Tribune:
Hubris has a way of ruining grand designs
Discussion: Hot Air
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 …
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Rory Cellan-Jones / BBC:
Google and Microsoft agree measures to block abuse images
Discussion: Samizdata
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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Ashley Killough / CNN:
Clyburn: Obama failed to explain health care promise
Discussion: Politico
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
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
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 …
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 …
Lucy McCalmont / Politico:
2016 New York poll: Chris Christie beats Andrew Cuomo  —  In a 2016 presidential matchup, Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo would lose to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on his own turf, according to a new poll of New York voters.  —  The Republican Garden State governor leads Cuomo 47 …
Discussion: CNN
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.
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
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
A Permanent Slump?  —  Spend any time around monetary officials and one word you'll hear a lot is “normalization.”  Most though not all such officials accept that now is no time to be tightfisted, that for the time being credit must be easy and interest rates low.
Benjamin Bell / ABC News:
Scott Walker on the Ideal GOP 2016 Presidential Candidate: Members of Congress Need Not Apply  —  During an interview with ABC's Jonathan Karl for “This Week,” Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker — while offering praise for his GOP colleagues — dismissed Sen. Ted Cruz, Sen. Rand Paul …
Discussion: The Reaction
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Reid J. Epstein / Politico:
Scott Walker: Next GOP presidential nominee must be a governor
Discussion: CNN
 
 
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Associated Press:
Afghan villagers find the bodies of 6 beheaded contractors in restive southern province
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Obamacare failures are not a cure for the GOP
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Herb Keinon / Jerusalem Post:
Analysis: Unpopular at home, Hollande appreciated in Israel
Discussion: Israpundit and Power Line
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Margery Eagan / Boston Herald:
JFK tragedy defines a generation
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Discussion: Mashable
Helen T. Verongos / New York Times:
Doris Lessing, Author Who Swept Aside Convention, Is Dead at 94
Discussion: Associated Press and Paul Krugman
Valerie Strauss / The Answer Sheet:
Arne Duncan: ‘White suburban moms’ upset that Common Core shows their kids aren't ‘brilliant’
 

 
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Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
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Andrew Marchand / The Athletic:
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