Wednesday, October 30, 2013   Published Weekday Mornings   To see the full version of today's cartoon, click on the preview graphic of the cartoon (below the Commentary) to be taken to the full version in your favorite web browser. Virginia's Monster GOP Fail Virginia poll finds opposition to tea party reaches new high, destroying crucial support for Cuccinelli The three strikes against Ken Cuccinelli Jamelle Bouie: Ken Cuccinelli Making Bad Candidate History in Virginia Greg Sargent: The implosion of the GOP brand, in one more chart Planned Parenthood targets Virginia Republican Mark Obenshain in new ads Kathleen Parker: Virginia is a GOP wake-up call Jennifer Rubin: New Jersey vs. Virginia Sidebar: NJ's Christie won't commit to full term as governor In 2 states, 2 tales of the Republican Party Terry McAuliffe: Why I'm running for governor of Virginia Health Care Checkup Sebelius apologizes to Congress for glitchy Obamacare site Tuesday Recap: Medicare chief Marilyn Tavenner apologizes for botched rollout of HealthCare.gov CGI warned of HealthCare.gov problems a month before launch, documents show Matthew Cooper: Why Obama Won't Fire Sebelius 5 Key Questions Kathleen Sebelius Needs To Answer Today About The Rocky Obamacare Rollout Romneycare had super slow enrollment. The White House says Obamacare will be similar. Brian Beutler: "Rate shock" - The GOP's shameful new Obamacare lie The Health-Care Trilemma: How Obamacare is changing insurance premiums Alex Seitz-Wald: The Fight of Obamacare's 'Navigators' Against Republican Hurdles Josh Barro: Here's The Truth About Your 'Private' Health Insurance - It's Already A Big Govt. Program The "You Can Keep It" Mess Press Sec. Jay Carney: Pres. Obama didn't mislead on keeping insurance plans Democratic Leader Hoyer: Obama Should Have Been 'More Precise' About Insurance Promise Jonathan Cohn: NBC's Anti-Obamacare Cancellation Story Is Actually Three Years Old. But The Underlying Issue Is Real. Phillip Klein: 6 ways a health care plan can lose its 'grandfathered' status under Obamacare Sarah Kliff: This is why Obamacare is canceling some people's insurance plans Geoffrey Cowley: Millions will lose their old health plans under Obamacare - and most will come out ahead. Conservative WaPo Editorial Board: Coverage under health-care law may change - for the better Race In America GOP to Moms of Slain Black Sons: Stand Your Ground Laws Help Black People Francis Wilkinson: White Alienation, Black Satisfaction and the Obama Era Equality In America Support for ENDA grows in the Senate Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor Performs Same-Sex Wedding at High Court Nations In Turmoil Reports: Syrian government now using starvation as war tactic Iraq violence: Fresh wave of bombings kills 20 Iraqi PM Nuri Kamal al-Maliki: Our Plea To Americans - Have Patience With Us, Please Egypt Arrests Deputy Leader Of Muslim Brotherhood, Morsi Still Held Incommunicado International News China arrests, detains Tiananmen Square car crash terrorism suspects South Africa sentences 20 white supremacists after 10-year-long trial Bus fire in southern India leaves 42 dead States Of Confusion Online and helpline glitches snag Florida's new jobless claims system Michigan Gov. Snyder signs jobless benefit penalty bills into law Texas AG Will Have To Sign Voter ID Affidavit To Vote Midwest Roundup Neb. Legislature looking to pack large number of issue into just a few days of work next year Nebraska parents group urges repeal of state's truancy law Iowa DOT now circulating tax & funding ideas to key legislators, highway construction industry Four Iowa school districts chosen for $50,000 STEM grants Clueless Disasters Over the last couple of days, some of our media colleagues have been rightly focusing on the anniversary of Superstorm Sandy, or the anniversary of the Great Depression. However, with less than a week to go, much of our staff still has our eyes planted firmly on the Virginia election being held next Tuesday. As we noted yesterday, the Republican Party is currently being dragged down - rapidly -  by its extremist 'Tea Party' wing. There are plenty of opportunities right now for sane, rational Republicans to wrest control of their party back at the national level, with subjects like immigration, the budget, and even LGBT rights being argued in Congress right now. That doesn't mean doing so would be easy. In fact, as the last Washington Post/SRBI poll before the Virginia election shows, the crumbling Frankenstein that is currently the GOP is far more likely to keep scaring voters away - in part, because those who control remain in denial of the facts. This couldn't have been made any more obvious than in the chart highlighted by Greg Sargent yesterday afternoon. In multiple major categories - White college graduates, Non-white voters, Women, Independents, and even 'All Likely Voters' - the kinds of Virginians who will likely hit the polls by next Tuesday overwhelmingly dislike the Republican Party right now. As Sargent also noted, in a state that experienced political observers see as "increasingly resembling the country as a whole," the Republican Party seems to already be among the walking dead... To continue reading... click here. And now, for your Daily Felltoon preview for October 30, 2013 (Click the preview cartoon above to see the full version of the cartoon) Jobs & The Economy Rise in Home Prices May Now Be Peaking Investors Beginning To Dive Into Mortgage Bonds Once Again | Oct. U.S. Consumer Confidence Falls Sharply, Due To Govt Shutdown Neil Irwin: Consumer confidence collapsed in Oct. Thanks, Congress! Wall Street Watch JPMorgan's $13 billion settlement deal with Justice Dept. at risk of falling apart Katrina vanden Heuvel: JPMorgan settlement is justice, not a shakedown SAC Capital to Plead Guilty to Securities Fraud, Pay $1.2B - Largest Insider Trading Penalty Ever | Sen. Rand Paul says he will place hold on Janet Yellen's nomination to Fed Chair position Apple's performance results disappoint Wall St. ahead of holiday quarter Felix Salmon: Why Apple should keep doing what it's doing - and ignore Wall Street Economic Inequality Ned Resnikoff: America's new rapidly looming hunger crisis | How to Cut the Poverty Rate in Half (It's Easier Than You Think) Budget Battles Sahil Kapur: A Mini-Bargain? Path Emerges In Congress For Budget Deal Jonathan Taplin: The Chart That Should Be Driving Budget Talks John Nichols: Instead of Paul Ryan's 'Robin Hood in Reverse,' Why Not a Robin Hood Tax? Kevin Drum: Who Actually Pays Corporate Income Taxes? Immigration: Reform Coming? Business Alliance Now Pressing Congressional GOP for Immigration Action Greg Sargent: Immigration reform is sort of undead Benjy Sarlin: Widely mocked anti-immigration Heritage report returns Rubio's immigration defeat a huge victory for GOP's "whites-only"faction Media Matters Twitter's addition of inline photos & videos solve site's biggest problem: words. Is CBS News Getting into the 24-Hour News Network Business? | Bill Moyers ending 'Moyers & Company' in January Flashback: How The Washington Post covered the start of the Great Depression, on Oct 29, 1929 Energy, Climate & Environment Jonathan Chait: The Keystone Fight Is a Huge Environmentalist Mistake. There Are Better, Easier Targets. | Roberto A. Ferdman: The Great Global Wine Shortage Is Here, Thanks To Climate Change Did You Miss It On Monday? Here It Is Again! Your HuskerNutz Preview for October 30, 2013 (Click the preview cartoon above to see the full version of the cartoon) White House Update EU delegation to meet at White House today over NSA spying concerns WH reaction to NSA stories shows how presidents work way too hard keeping their predecessors' secrets National Politics Former Democratic House speaker Tom Foley remembered, as his colleagues beg for civility now Gallup: U.S. Death Penalty Support Now At Lowest Level in More Than 40 Years News From Capitol Hill Senate clears Obama FCC, NLRB picks, but battle over judge nominee revives partisan rancor Meredith Shiner: Dems Introduce Bill to End Debt Limit Brinkmanship | U.S. Congress to hear from drone attack survivors for first time Trayvon Martin's Mother To Senate: Clarify America's Inconsistent 'Stand Your Ground' Laws On The Left David Dayen: How a Blogger Made Expanding Social Security a Respectable Idea  On The Right Las Vegas Launches Bid To Host 2016 Republican National Convention We hope you enjoy "The Daily Felltoon" every business day. 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