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10:05 AM ET, November 19, 2013

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Washington Post:
Obama's ratings tumble after health-care flaws  —  The flawed rollout of the Affordable Care Act has pushed President Obama to the lowest point of his presidency, with dwindling faith in his competence and in many of the personal attributes that have buoyed him in the past, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
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Robert Kuttner / The Huffington Post:
Obama's Gift to the Republicans  —  The ancient Greeks liked to say that character is fate.  —  The colossal mess that Obamacare has become reflects both the character of the legislation and that of the president who sponsored it.  —  The Affordable Care Act, as a government mandate …
Washington Post:
Private consultants warned of risks before HealthCare.gov's Oct. 1 launch  —  The Obama administration brought in a private consulting team to independently assess how the federal online health-care enrollment system was developing, according to a newly disclosed document …
New York Times:
A New G.O.P. Excuse for Doing Nothing  —  With unrestrained glee, Republicans are using the calamitous debut of the Affordable Care Act as their latest justification for undermining all of health care reform.  But they're not stopping there.  The Obama administration's fumbling is apparently …
Discussion: The Plum Line
Erik Smith / Washington State Wire:
Rude Awakening for Federal Way Woman Who Got Shout-Out From President - Can't Afford Obamacare Policy After All  —  After Jessica Sanford Sends Fan Letter to Obama for Making Insurance Affordable, State Says She Must Pay Full Ticket  —  Jessica Sanford, the Federal Way woman who got a shout …
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Jim Acosta / CNN:
Woman cited by President as Obamacare success story frustrated by sign up process  —  Updated 1:20 a.m. ET, 11/19/2013 - This is updated from an earlier version, adding more details.  —  (CNN)- Washington state resident Jessica Sanford was bursting with pride when President Obama mentioned …
Discussion: Politico
Noam N. Levey / Los Angeles Times:
Healthcare plan enrollment surges in some states after rocky rollout  —  Healthcare insurance enrollment increases in some states that run their own exchanges, boosting hopes of Obamacare backers.  —  Peter Lee, director of the Covered California health insurance exchange, discusses enrollment.
Discussion: ABC News
John Crudele / New York Post:
Census ‘faked’ 2012 election jobs report  —  In the home stretch of the 2012 presidential campaign, from August to September, the unemployment rate fell sharply — raising eyebrows from Wall Street to Washington.  —  The decline — from 8.1 percent in August to 7.8 percent in September — might not have been all it seemed.
ThinkProgress:
Sen. Elizabeth Warren Calls For Expanding Social Security  —  American values demand that Congress boost retirement benefits rather than shrinking them to satisfy deficit hawks, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) said on the Senate floor Monday afternoon.  “We should be talking …
Discussion: Liberaland
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Elizabeth Warren: Don't cut Social Security. Expand it!
Discussion: Crooks and Liars and The Impolitic
Shushannah Walshe / ABC News:
Chris Christie Knocks GOP, Says Washington Is Full of ‘Absolutists’  —  WASHINGTON — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie had some harsh words for Washington, D.C. Monday night, telling a group of CEOs that “both parties” in Washington are the problem, but still harshly criticizing the GOP …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Liberaland
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Dan Merica / CNN:
Christie to GOP: 'If being me isn't good enough, then fine, I will go home'
Discussion: Politico
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Cheney Family Values  —  If Liz Cheney, whose bid for the Senate has always had a stench of extreme opportunism, wants to discuss traditions and values, I'm all for it.  Let's start here: Isn't there a tradition of close-knit family members' taking care not to wound one another?  Is there not value in that?
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James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
The analogy is less telling than who is employing it.  —  Granted, it's an imperfect analogy.  So is every other analogy, but there are some particularly glaring differences here.  As Karl Van Zandt observes on Twitter, President Bush didn't push Hurricane Katrina through Congress without a single vote from the other party.
Discussion: Yahoo! News
Mike Schneider / Associated Press:
Judge To Decide If Zimmerman Is Released On Bail  —  SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — George Zimmerman's arrest following a domestic dispute with his girlfriend marks the latest in a series of brushes with the law he has had since his acquittal in a murder case that sparked nationwide debates about race and self-defense laws.
Discussion: The Mahablog
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Orlando Sentinel:
Seminole deputies arrest George Zimmerman
WRAL-TV:
Edwards teaming up again with former law partner  —  RALEIGH, N.C. — Two-time Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards will soon begin practicing law again with his former law partner, David Kirby, and his daughter Cate.  —  The Edwards Kirby law firm will have offices in Raleigh and Washington, D.C.
Fox News:
Martin Bashir apologizes for dirty, disgusting slam at Sarah Palin  —  FILE: Martin Bashir on the second day of Michael Jackson's child molestation trial in Santa Maria.reuters  —  When I first saw a headline about what Martin Bashir said, I figured it must be exaggerated.
Sarah Mimms / NationalJournal.com:
Did the Shutdown Even Matter?  —  When budget negotiations began last month, Democrats felt confident that public opinion surrounding the government shutdown would force Republicans to the table, eager to prove their party could compromise.  —  But today, there's little sense of urgency on a budget deal.
Discussion: The Hill and The Plum Line
Jane Gerster / Toronto Star:
Ford Nation hits the airwaves … Mayor Rob Ford and Coun.  Doug Ford debuted their talk show ‘Ford Nation’ on the Sun News Network Monday evening shortly after council voted to futher strip the mayor's power and budget.  Video courtesy: Sun News … Photos View photos  — zoom
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Spencer Ackerman / Guardian:
Court order that allowed NSA surveillance is revealed for first time  —  Fisa court judge who authorised massive tapping of metadata was hesitant but felt she could not stand in the way  —  A secret court order that authorised a massive trawl by the National Security Agency of Americans' email …
Neil Munro / The Daily Caller:
Morose Obama asks his base for psychological intervention  —  A downbeat President Barack Obama repeatedly asked his worried supporters Monday night to help resurrect his spirits, following weeks of political disasters and personal humiliations caused by the cascading collapse of Obamacare.
Discussion: Betsy's Page
Plain Dealer:
Chat wrap: OUR Walmart rep answers your questions about this story  —  Is the food drive proof the retailer pays so little that many employees can't afford Thanksgiving dinner?  —  Norma Mills of Canton, who lives near the store, saw the photo circulating showing the food drive bins, and felt both “outrage” and “anger.”
Bret Stephens / Wall Street Journal:
Stephens: From ‘Four Score’ to ‘Yes We Can!’  —  Sudden modesty from the selfhyperadulated president.  —  Seven score and 10 years ago, Abraham Lincoln delivered his sacred speech on the meaning of free government.  Edward Everett, a former secretary of state and the principal speaker …
Discussion: Israel Matzav
Andy Greenberg / Forbes:
Meet The ‘Assassination Market’ Creator Who's Crowdfunding Murder With Bitcoins  —  As Bitcoin becomes an increasingly popular form of digital cash, the cryptocurrency is being accepted in exchange for everything from socks to sushi to heroin.  If one anarchist has his way, it'll soon be used to buy murder, too.
Adambrickley / Twitchy:
Obama's conference call on Obamacare goes about as well as HealthCare.gov rollout  —  President Obama is participating in an online conference call on Obamacare tonight with his friends at Organizing For Action (OFA).  However, in an interesting twist, numerous reporters had difficulty logging into the call on the OFA website.
BBC:
Monty Python to reunite for stage show  —  All of the surviving members of comedy group Monty Python are to reform for a stage show, one of the Pythons, Terry Jones, has confirmed.  —  “We're getting together and putting on a show - it's real,” Jones told the BBC.  —  “I'm quite excited about it.
Discussion: Guardian and Gawker
Ted Johnson / Variety:
NFL, Major League Baseball Warn That Aereo Could Trigger End of Free TV Game Broadcasts  —  The National Football League and Major League Baseball are urging the Supreme Court to grant broadcasters' petition to hear their challenge to the legality of Aereo, the startup that features unauthorized streams of local broadcast signals.
Discussion: Politico, Business Insider and Poynter
 
 
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Burkhard Bilger / New Yorker:
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Discussion: Althouse, The Verge and New York Times
Caren Bohan / Reuters:
No huge drop in Obamacare support despite rocky rollout: Reuters/Ipsos poll
New York Times:
Officials Were Warned About Health Site Woes
Elizabeth Harrington / Washington Free Beacon:
Holder's Victims  —  Coretta Pittman goes well beyond the 40 hours …
Discussion: Weekly Standard
Glenn Harlan Reynolds / USA Today:
Obamacare flopped, but at least fracking works: Column
Discussion: Hit & Run and Ed Driscoll
Emily Greenhouse / Currency:
JPMorgan's Twitter Mistake
 Earlier Items: 
David Nather / Politico:
President Obama's messy breakup with insurers
Discussion: United Liberty and Power Line
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Obama Pick for Court Is 3rd in a Row Blocked by Republicans
Ronald Brownstein / NationalJournal.com:
Poll: Obama Down But Congress Is Down Further
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Judge won't allow Holder appeal now in contempt case
Discussion: Twitchy and The Volokh Conspiracy
Julián Aguilar / The Texas Tribune:
Conservatives to Hold Mock Immigration Sting at UT
Mackubin Thomas Owens / Washington Times:
The feminist campaign to make weaklings of America's warriors
Discussion: Right Wing Watch