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Obama Deserves Blame, Too, for Shutdown Mess
Obama Deserves Blame,
Too, for Shutdown Mess
OPINION
Oct 3, 2013 3:55 PM CDT

Obama Deserves Blame, Too, for Shutdown Mess

Daniel Henninger blames president for eschewing normal politics

(Newser) - Washington is embroiled in another of its "oxymoronic showdowns" and everyone is blaming Republicans. But Daniel Henninger at the Wall Street Journal thinks Barack Obama "must bear some responsibility for what has become of politics in the nation's capital. Which is to say, the obliteration of politics....

Obama to GOP: 'Take a Vote, Stop This Farce'

Meanwhile, Boehner says he won't allow a default

(Newser) - Barack Obama was on the warpath today in a speech delivered at a Maryland construction company, tearing into the "reckless Republican shutdown," ABC News reports. The only reason the shutdown hadn't ended, he said, was because "Speaker John Boehner won't even let the bill get...

McConnell, Paul Shutdown Talk Caught on Hot Mic

'We're gonna win this,' Paul says

(Newser) - "We're gonna win this." That's Rand Paul's assessment of the politics surrounding the government shutdown, as related to Mitch McConnell in what the two apparently thought was a private strategy chat. In a moment caught on tape by Kentucky's WPSD 6 , Paul approaches McConnell...

Shutdown Actually Costing Us More

 Shutdown Actually 
 Costing Us More 
OPINION
Oct 3, 2013 11:47 AM CDT

Shutdown Actually Costing Us More

'New York Times' editorial points out the hidden costs of not running government

(Newser) - You might assume that the government shutdown is at least saving money and shrinking the deficit. But you'd be wrong. "The shutdown will actually be very expensive and will wind up costing the taxpayers and the economy far more than the regular operations of government," the New ...

Grayson: GOP Is Drinking on Job

Making them 'abusive towards America,' charges liberal congressman

(Newser) - House Republicans have been called everything from anarchists to political terrorists , but Rep. Alan Grayson may have struck the unkindest blow of all. In an interview with Salon , the controversial liberal from Florida says they're drinking on the job. It's "been a problem all year long,"...

Boehner, Reid: The Guys Who Won't Budge

Boehner could end the shutdown tomorrow; Reid leaks emails in cutthroat move

(Newser) - The government shutdown is dragging on thanks in no small part to two men: John Boehner and Harry Reid. Boehner, the Washington Post points out, could almost certainly pass a clean CR and end the shutdown if he wanted to—but he'd have to rely on a coalition of...

Cruz Under Fire as Shutdown Drags On

He pushed GOP into traffic and wandered away, Norquist says

(Newser) - As the government shutdown enters Day 3, a solution to the deadlock doesn't look any nearer—but Ted Cruz appears to be getting less popular by the hour. Insiders say that at a meeting yesterday, the Republican senator was blasted by party members who blame him for causing the...

White House Meeting on Shutdown Yields ... Zilch

No progress made as Obama talks with congressional leaders

(Newser) - The sure sign that this evening's meeting of congressional leaders and President Obama at the White House didn't amount to much: Afterward, John Boehner used the words "nice" and "polite" to describe the conversation, reports Politico . (He used identical language back in March to describe an...

Obama to Wall Street: You Should Be Worried

President says he's 'exasperated' over shutdown

(Newser) - Wall Street has been relatively calm amid the government shutdown, maybe because these kinds of showdowns have become old hat between Republicans and the White House. But "I think this time's different," President Obama tells CNBC . In fact, he said he just warned business leaders who make...

Shutdown a Lifesaver for Buggy ObamaCare Tech
Shutdown a Lifesaver for Buggy ObamaCare Tech
OPINION
Oct 2, 2013 1:56 PM CDT

Shutdown a Lifesaver for Buggy ObamaCare Tech

Matthew Yglesias thinks the GOP gave the White House a gift

(Newser) - The Obama administration shrugged off yesterday's reports of rampant bugs in its new health care exchanges as normal software growing pains, and evidence of the market's popularity . "Those were both decent pieces of spin, but they really are just spin," writes Matthew Yglesias at Slate . "...

Don&#39;t Pay Our Troops
 Don't Pay Our Troops 
OPINION
Oct 2, 2013 1:06 PM CDT

Don't Pay Our Troops

It's only fair that the military gets shut down, too, David Dayen argues

(Newser) - President Obama says GOP bills that would end the shutdown for select parts of the government are "not serious" and "no way to fund a government." But on Monday he signed a bill just like that, ensuring that the military keeps getting paid. "How can I...

Obama to Host White House Shutdown Summit

Meanwhile, he's also meeting with business leaders

(Newser) - With Congress apparently not even trying to negotiate an end to the government shutdown, President Obama has invited John Boehner, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and Mitch McConnell to a White House meeting this afternoon, the New York Times reports. But from the sound of it, Obama doesn't have a...

Stewart Rips Fox for Chortling Over Shutdown

Cavalier shutdown reaction from Hannity and Co. rankles 'Daily Show' host

(Newser) - The government has shut down—"thanks to the tireless efforts of a few brave House Republican morons"—but Fox News doesn't seem too upset about it, Jon Stewart observed on last night's Daily Show , playing clips of pundits noting that the sky hadn't fallen nor...

Occupy DC: Vets Continue Shutdown Protests

WWII Memorial protest now in day 2, more being considered

(Newser) - Well if America's youth won't protest the government shutdown , it looks like America's veterans will. After a group of vets stormed the barricades of DC's WWII memorial yesterday, more protests are in the works, reports Buzzfeed . More veterans groups will arrive at the memorial today, while...

Search for Missing Woman Stymied by Shutdown

And more unfortunate fallout...

(Newser) - One potentially tragic consequence of the government shutdown: With 16 employees of Craters of the Moon National Monument in Idaho now on furlough, the search for a missing woman last seen there has slowed dramatically. Jo Elliott-Blakeslee, 63, went hiking with Amy Linkert, 69, on Sept. 19; they were reported...

Government Shutdown: No End in Sight

Dems shoot down GOP 'piecemeal' strategy

(Newser) - It's Day 2 of the government shutdown and it's starting to look like this could go on for a while. In contrast to other budget showdowns of recent years, there have been no serious negotiations between President Obama and John Boehner—and no sign that Joe Biden and...

Shutdown Scuppers KKK Rally
 Shutdown Scuppers KKK Rally 
Oct 2, 2013 1:17 AM CDT

Shutdown Scuppers KKK Rally

No Gettysburg address for white supremacists

(Newser) - Looks like the government shutdown has a silver lining some men in white hoods won't be happy about: A planned Ku Klux Klan rally at Gettysburg National Military Park is among the events at the Civil War battlefield that have been called off because of the budget stalemate, NBC...

Hey, Young People: Why Aren't You Protesting?

Shutdown deserves a response from millennials: Michael Kazin

(Newser) - On a range of issues from immigration to unions, polls suggest today's twentysomethings are lefties. Yet here we are, in the midst of a government shutdown , and the millennials aren't coming out against it. "They should be surrounding the Capitol to defend Obamacare and blast the Republicans...

House Leaders Plan to Use Ted Cruz's Strategy Next

He suggests passing a series of bills to fund individual agencies

(Newser) - House Republicans can't get one big spending bill through the Senate, so how about lots of little spending bills? That seems to be the strategy they're settling on, reports Roll Call , and it's one floated previously by the Senate's Ted Cruz. The House plans to vote...

The Shutdown: Democracy at Work?
 The Shutdown: 
 Democracy at Work? 
OPINION
Oct 1, 2013 1:59 PM CDT

The Shutdown: Democracy at Work?

Debate rages over the GOP's big stand

(Newser) - The first government shutdown since the Clinton/Gingrich years has some people bemoaning our divided government. And yes, "separation of powers is inefficient," admits Charles CW Cooke at the National Review ; "it will not only 'allow' gridlock, but it is explicitly designed to encourage it." And...

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