Wiretap: Obamacare 1.0, gay marriage, Pueblo pot shops

The president gave a speech about Obamacare’s much-worse-than-glitch problem. He said it was bad, but that things will improve once the IT team shows up. Feeling better now?

Barack Obama, insurance salesman in chief. Via the Atlantic.

Why Obama should be freaked out about Obamacare. Via the National Journal.

And the Onion’s take: Obamacare to be released on 35 floppy disks.

Pueblo Chieftain quotes County Commissioner Sal Pace on new pot-shop zoning regulations: “The most important thing is, these zoning regulations are far more restrictive than alcohol zoning regulations.” So why is that and why is the “most important thing”?

Good news for GOP? New Republic say better to be two warring tribes than one hated one.

Chris Christie won’t appeal gay marriage ruling. Think he was looking for a way out?

The great American novel (unread version). Via the New Yorker.

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