- Staying Out of Syria Didn’t Sink Obama’s Presidency After All (Conor Friedersdorf at The Atlantic)
. - GOP Can’t Survive Without the Tea Party (Nate Cohn at TNR)
. - John Boehner’s Bad Night Clears a Path for a Deal (Zeke Miller and Alex Altman at TIME)
. - Why Should the Public Trust Republicans With Power? (Daniel Larison at The American Conservative)
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Midday Links
- Fools Rush In (Matt Lewis at Daily Caller)
. - The Electoral Ramifications of the Shutdown are Far from Clear (John Sides at The Monkey Cage)
. - The Default Has Already Begun (Felix Salmon at Reuters)
. - “Obamacare is a Bit Like an Astronaut on Top of the Rocket” (Ezra Klein interviews Robert Laszewski at Wonkblog)
Midday Links
- The One Piece of Debt Ceiling Investment Advice You Need (Matt Yglesias at Slate)
. - Five Thoughts on the Obamacare Disaster (Ezra Klein at Wonkblog)
. - Communications Challenges and Quantitative Easing (Speech by Fed Governor Jerome Powell)
. - Open Season (James Surowiecki at The New Yorker)
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