We Are Doomed!

++Obama's approval rating falls to low of 39%. 

++Obamacare approval to 40%.

++Democrats lose the generic lead in congressional races they had when the government shutdown.

++Andrew Sullivan says Obama can't survive a policy screwup and lying to the public. His approval is going the way of W, not Reagan or Clinton.

++60 Minutes apologized for two weeks of Benghazi stories that proved to be false.

++CBS said that Obamacare will lead to identity theft on the basis of selected leaks from Darryl Issa. Of course,it's not true.

++Democrats up for re-election nervous about Obamacare and want junk insurance re-instated.

++House GOP think the way to end Obamacare is to restore junk insurance permanently.

++Democrats fear the healthcare website won't handle the surge in November and early December so people will have health insurance by January 1.

++Chris Christie fakes illness so he won't be in Philadelphia today when President Obama is there.

++John Boehner says he won't go to conference on an immigration law. So it would be dead this year.

++John Boehner says ENDA isn't necessary even though 29 states allow for firing people just because the employer thinks you are gay.

++James O'Keefe of phony investigative reporter fame says the Obamacare Navigators are members of ACORM, which doesn't exist. Of course, ACORN members were navigators for George W. Bush's Medicare Plan B. 

++Texas lawmakers claim felons are navigators for Obamacare.

++Right-wingers are claiming that Michelle Obama's Princeton classmate won the Obamacare website contract as a political favor. 

++The Obamacare website can only handle 25,000 simultaneous users in contrast to 15,000 last week.

++The website will only solve 90% of its problems by Obama's deadline. He lied.

++Newsbuster poll says more Americans believe Fox News about Obamacare than Obama.

++Obamacare has signed up most of its new people from Blue States. The Republican sabotage worked in states they control.

++President Obama said today that insurance companies can sell their junk insurance for another year but no later. They also can't sell it to new customers. Progressive bloggers fear that this will unravel Obamacare.

++The Koch Brothers are trying to get young people by not buying health insurance by hosting beer parties. So what happens when some student gets drunk and has to go to the emergency room.

++Iran has stopped expanding its nuclear facilities and has agreed to extensive inspections by the IAEA.
This is bad news for people trying to block a deal with Iran.

++By the way, Hawaii has legalized same sex marriage.

++Democratic Senator Begich of Alaska has dropped his federal insurance and signed on to Obamacare to see what it is like for his constituency.

++California has signed up 25,000 more people in a day since the first federal numbers were released.

++Medicaid expansion recipients have enrolled over 500,000 since October. Where Medicaid expansion exists, it is working seamlessly.

++CORRECTION: The nifty website was Health Sherpa.net. Go check out your options.

++GOP claims Obamacare doesn't have enough options. I had over 30. A woman in New York has over 100. I have never seen as many options in health insurance my whole working life.

++Remember: The number for viability is 7 million people enrolled. Anything else is gravy.

++The so-called cancelled plans represents about 5% of total number affected by Obamacare. Half of these will do better.

Late Afternoon Coffee

++The Little website that could: Underfunded by House Republicans, healthcare.com has had a shaky start. Today's Post now raises the concern that the White House should be afraid of the numbers. Well, given the number of days the website has been down and that enrollment lasts to March 2014, here is today's number: 903,190 that have enrolled. So what happens when the website really works? 

++Oversight has been so intense for the GOP they shutdown early today so they went on vacation for ten days.

++Daryl Issa wants to investigate the website, believing the latest Rightwing meme that Michelle Obama's Princeton classmate owns it and there is the conflict of interest. Or if you want it another way, the company gave massive amounts of donations to the Republicans, who have a vested interest in it failing.

++Mary Landrieu wants to introduce a bill that allows Americans to keep their junk insurance saying a promise is a promise.

++The Democrats are close to unanimity on ENDA with Senator Manchin holding up the works. Harry Reid has already moved to cloture and a vote may come next week.

++Also next week ,Hawaii is supposed to approve same sex marriage.

++Yes, progressives, Elizabeth Warren has come out in favor of Hillary Clinton for President. At least, she signed the letter of all women Democratic Senators asking her to run.

++The last polls of the day--Roanoke shows the Macker up 17 against the Cooch. Rasmussen has changed from 17 Macker to 7 for the Macker.

++Cooch supporters e-mailed the Wenzel Poll showing is a neck and neck race. Remember Wenzel had Romney winning Ohio and Michigan and Sharon Angle beating Harry Reid.

++The GOP's latest polls show the party has a 29.6% approval rating and a 58.2% disapproval rating.