Tuesday,November 05, 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. Election Day 2013 Glueck, Haberman, and Hohmann: The final sprint in Election 2013 Biden rallies Democrats, Rubio and Paul aid GOP on the eve of Virginia governor election VP Biden At An Event: Ken Cuccinelli's Conservatism Is 'From Another Era' Virginia blame game begins among Republicans for expected Cuccinelli loss Republicans hang last desperate hopes on Obenshain in Virginia Michael Tomasky: Colorado's Strange Secession Vote In Tuesday's Alabama election, a showdown between the GOP establishment and the tea party Josh Barro: Chris Christie Is About To Win A Landslide, And He Wants Republicans Everywhere To Understand Why Josh Eidelson: Forget Chris Christie - 5 under-the-radar races to watch today (from pot to schools) GOP hopes voters stay home on Election Day Future Elections Charlie Crist Announces Bid For Florida Governor, As A Democratic Candidate Democratic gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist: 'time to take Florida in a better direction' How Florida Democrats learned to love Charlie Crist Republican Dan Frei will take on U.S. Rep. Lee Terry in Nebraska's Second District Wendy Davis Only Trails By Single Digits In Early 2014 Texas Governor's Race Polling Weigel: Christie, NJ,& the GOP: The Republican governor is expected to run for president in 2016. Health Care Checkup Report confirms: Up to 17 million Americans eligible for Obamacare tax credits For Uninsured, Clearing a Way to Enrollment Insurance Companies Continuing To Use 'Misleading' Cancellation Notices On Obamacare The Real Story Behind the Phony Canceled Health Insurance Propaganda Obama administration: No, we won't shut down Healthcare.gov. Jonathan Capehart: Decrying GOP sabotage of HealthCare.gov Jason Cherkis: Kentucky's Obamacare Website Works - But Word Of Mouth Is What's Selling It Brian Beutler: How the media's blowing the coverage of the Obamacare rollout Sarah Kliff: Five things we already know about Obamacare's shoppers Early Buyers of Coverage Are Older Than Expected, Raising Expense Concerns Jonathan Cohn: Attention Conservatives: Yes, Medicaid Works Johnson & Johnson agrees to pay $2.2 billion in drug-marketing settlement Nations In Turmoil Mortar hits Vatican embassy in Damascus, Syria; No casualties reported Syrian chemical weapons mission funded only through this month U.N. Report: About 40 percent of Syrians need humanitarian aid Yemen ceasefire unravels within hours DR Congo rebels agree to disarm The War Over There New report says military, CIA, compelled medics to abuse detainees after 9/11 International News Israel says Separation Wall will be border $1bn Nazi trove of art masterpieces in Munich contains unknown works by masters More violence plagues Mexico; military supplants police force Bangladesh court sentences 152 to death for 2009 mutiny Money in Politics California donor disclosure case exposes how nonprofits play in politics States Of Confusion New Jersey mall shooter found dead Wisconsin voter ID law trial begins in federal court Washington state fight over GMO labeling is expensive and polarizing Missouri Senate Majority Leader Plans To Open Senate Session With Insane Gun Nullification Bill Midwest Roundup Democratic candidate Hansen announces legislative bid in Neb. Neb. Legislators hear arguments to allow Election Day voter reg. Man dies after being shot on Iowa State campus following police chase Iowa GOP Gov. Branstad sides with DOT on traffic camera rules Release The Hounds We apologize in advance today, for ourselves and our industry as a whole, for multiple reasons. First, today is election day in locations across the country. The major races for governor in Virginia and New Jersey, and for Mayor of New York City likely won't be that competitive, if the exit polls match the polling that's already been done. If you hate the runaway watchdog role that most media outlets use during our nearly perpetual election seasons in America, we apologize for those colleagues of ours who will slip back into this abrasive style of journalism - and continue it for the next three years. We also apologize for those members of the media who are are still stuck on the same story, namely of Republicans crying wolf over Obamacare. Yes, Republicans - especially those in the extremist wing of their party - are still going to try to continue to sabotage the Affordable Care Act at every turn. No, Obamacare isn't going away. Finally, we also apologize for those members of the media who are still chasing the Edward Snowden/NSA spying story like some kind of rabid dog. As yet another document release by Snowden this past weekend showed, the U.S. is far from the only friendly nation spying on it's allies. European nations do it too, as does Brazil, who made an international stink in September about the NSA spying on Brazillians. Yet Monday, the Brazilian government admitted they'd also spied on several diplomatic targets, including the U.S. The biggest reason we're apologizing on behalf of our industry, however, happens to be... To continue reading... click here. And now, for your Daily Felltoon preview for November 05, 2013 (Click the preview cartoon above to see the full version of the cartoon) Jobs & The Economy David Cay Johnston: Study confirms median American wages have now fallen to lowest level since 1998 Bryce Covert: Forty Percent Of U.S. Workers Made Less Than $20,000 Last Year New Homes Are Getting Built - But With Renters in Mind Wall Street Watch SAC Capitol to Plead Guilty to Criminal Conduct and Pay $1.2 Billion for Insider Trading EU regulators to fine RBS, Deutsche Bank, JP Morgan and three others in interest rate rigging case Rick Ungar: Billionaire Guilt - Is It A Trend? Economic Inequality The Data Shows Poverty in America Is Now Mainstream | Ryan Cooper: Where's the GOP's anti-poverty agenda? Tolerance In America Everything you need to know about the Employment Non-Discrimination Act aka ENDA ENDA Set to Pass Senate and Then Die in House Republicans need to pay attention to this poll on gay marriage in South Carolina Josh Marshall: For Bigots, There's Nowhere Left to Hide The Spying Game As U.S. Weighs Spying Changes, Officials Say Data Sweeps Must Continue Snowden Files: How we know the NSA had access to internal Google and Yahoo cloud data Intelligence Lawyers Cool to Bill to Revamp NSA Brazil Admits It Spied on U.S. and Other Nations Inside Its Borders War on Women Supreme Court Dismisses Major Attack On Abortion Rights In Oklahoma Race In America Goldie Taylor: 'Shopping while black' - When simply being African-American becomes a crime Ethics & The Media Trudy Lieberman, CJR: The failure of journalists to 'ask the questions' on Obamacare insurance cancellations | NBC News, agreeing to pay for sky-diving footage, criticized for 'checkbook journalism' Energy, Climate & Environment Joshua Tucker: The fundamental *political* challenge of climate change | Ed Kilgore: A New Theory of Man-Made Global Warming And now, for your Weekly OK Gazette Toon preview for November 05, 2013  (Click the preview cartoon above to see the full version of the cartoon) News From Capitol Hill Senate votes to proceed with gay rights bill Boehner Opposes ENDA, Quashing Hopes Of Further Progress In The House | CMS head to cite improvements to Healthcare.gov in front of Senate today Boehner hands Democrats another gift: Reviving their 2012 coalition SCOTUS Brief Supreme Court drops Oklahoma abortion case, may hear Texas case | The Supreme Court's impact on voting rights, in two maps On The Left Sen. Mark Kirk Gives First Floor Speech Since His Stroke, Addresses ENDA LGBT Bill Richard Eskow: Debunking the Spin - Voters Want Change, Not "Centrism" Why National Democrats Rolled Over for Chris Christie On The Right GOP 'extremist movement' prompts NC candidate to switch to Democratic Party Senator Rand Paul Faces New Charges of Plagiarism Michael Gerson: A Republican Party in upheaval Dumping The Tea Dana Milbank: When the tea party jumped the shark | Bruce Barlett: The Decline of the Tea Party We hope you enjoy "The Daily Felltoon" every business day. Thanks for continuing to be a member! Paul Fell Shawn "Smith" Peirce Paul Fell Cartoons, Inc.