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12:40 PM 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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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 …
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.
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: Firedoglake, Hit & Run, Politico and Hot Air
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
Discussion: Yahoo! News and TheBlaze.com
Ronald Brownstein / NationalJournal.com:
Poll: Most Americans Oppose Obamacare Repeal Despite Rollout Troubles
Marco Rubio / Wall Street Journal:
No Bailouts for ObamaCare  —  The health-care law's 'risk corridors …
Adambrickley / Twitchy:
Obama's conference call on Obamacare goes about as well as HealthCare.gov rollout
Discussion: Ed Driscoll
Caren Bohan / Reuters:
No huge drop in Obamacare support despite rocky rollout: Reuters/Ipsos poll
Discussion: Daily Kos
New York Times:
Officials Were Warned About Health Site Woes
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.
Julie Carey / nbcwashington.com:
Va. Sen. Creigh Deeds Stabbed in Bath County Home  —  Sources say Deeds' son stabbed his father, then shot himself  —  Virginia State Sen. Creigh Deeds was stabbed by his son, Austin “Gus” Deeds, before the son fatally shot himself, Democratic sources tell News4.
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Virginia / CNN:
Virginia legislator in critical condition after home assault  —  (CNN) - Virginia state Sen. Creigh Deeds was hospitalized for “serious injuries” after an assault Tuesday morning at his house in Bath County, where a second individual was found dead, Virginia state police said.
Discussion: Politico, ABC News and WTVR-TV
Tal Kopan / Politico:
Poll: Mitt Romney beats President Obama today  —  As more bad poll numbers continue to pour in for President Barack Obama, a new survey finds that if the 2012 election matchup were held this month, Mitt Romney would hold the edge with the voters.  —  Romney topped Obama 49 percent …
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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 …
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Alexandra Jaffe / The Hill:
Iowa GOP to Christie: Don't skip caucuses
Discussion: CNN and First Read
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
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Harry Reid: GOP playing with fire on judges  —  Senate Republicans continued rejection of President Barack Obama's judicial nominees threatens “the integrity of the Senate and the future of our country,” Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Tuesday.  —  “It's hard for me to describe words …
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Ramsey Cox / The Hill:
Senate GOP blocks third court nominee
Scott Keyes / ThinkProgress:
State Rep. Uses Sledgehammer To Destroy Homeless People's Possessions  —  State Rep. Tom Brower (D) destroying a homeless person's possessions.  —  Much like Batkid, Hawaii has found its own superhero.  Except that instead of protecting the powerless from harm, he roams the streets …
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 and alicublog
Alex Seitz-Wald / NationalJournal.com:
DHS Still Hasn't Fired Black Supremacist Who Called for Mass Murder of Whites  —  Almost four months after he was unmasked as a militant black nationalist who called for murdering “Uncle Tom race traitors,” Ayo Kimathi is still employed.  —  The black-nationalist Department of Homeland Security employee …
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 …
Stephanie Simon / Politico:
Duncan sorry for ‘moms’ remark  —  Education Secretary Arne Duncan apologized this evening for using “clumsy phrasing that I regret” when talking about opponents of the Common Core academic standards.  —  Duncan told a gathering of state superintendents of education on Friday that …
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Emily Alpert Reyes / Los Angeles Times:
Cheating students more likely to want government jobs, study finds
Discussion: Right Wing News
ThinkProgress:
How Conservatives Abandoned Judicial Restraint, Took Over The Courts And Radically Transformed America
Danika Fears / TODAY:
Oxford Dictionaries names ‘selfie’ word of the year
Discussion: theGrio
Roy Edroso / alicublog:
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Phil Gingrey's top staffers resign campaign
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Woman Hailed by President as Obamacare Success Story Now Can't Afford Obamacare
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
Mike Schneider / Associated Press:
Judge To Decide If Zimmerman Is Released On Bail
Alan Pyke / ThinkProgress:
Sen. Elizabeth Warren Calls For Expanding Social Security
Discussion: Wonkblog, Liberaland and Taylor Marsh
 Earlier Items: 
Bret Stephens / Wall Street Journal:
Stephens: From ‘Four Score’ to ‘Yes We Can!’
Discussion: Israel Matzav
WRAL-TV:
Edwards teaming up again with former law partner
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Cheney Family Values
Neil Munro / The Daily Caller:
Morose Obama asks his base for psychological intervention
BBC:
Monty Python to reunite for stage show
Discussion: The Daily Caller, Guardian and Gawker
Jane Gerster / Toronto Star:
Ford Nation hits the airwaves
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Andy Greenberg / Forbes:
Meet The ‘Assassination Market’ Creator Who's Crowdfunding Murder With Bitcoins
Fox News:
Martin Bashir apologizes for dirty, disgusting slam at Sarah Palin