Wiretap: President Obama, still kicking

 
The political obituaries of Barack Obama have all been written. And they will almost certainly all be wrong. Obama has three more years in office, which is like a 100 more years in presidential years. Will Obama recover from the Obamacare disaster? Alex Seitz-Wald writes in the National Journal that he already has.

Obama is back. He’s still alive and so is Obamacare. Via the National Journal.

Republicans oppose the Iran deal simply because it’s Obama’s deal. Via Dana Milbank.

Shock. Healtcare.gov won’t be perfect on Dec. 1. Via the Hill.

Did Boehner mislead us on his new insurance premiums? Sure he did. Via Los Angeles Times.

Ron Fournier asks why Obama is not pardoning a man instead of a bird. Via the Atlantic.

For the Springsteen needy, Rolling Stone has six early versions of tracks on Bruce’s forthcoming album.

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