Greg Dworkin recaps
post-shutdown polling. There's still more confirming the disastrous results for Republicans, and they're so bad, it's starting to bring the future of party control of the House into question. Only
Clive Crook hasn't heard the news yet, apparently. And Tea Party supporters simply refuse to hear it. Also: a rare
cookie for Ron Fournier, and the firings at AP over the story-that-wasn't-about-Terry McAuliffe. The
extraordinary derpitude of Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-NC). We closely parse her
terrible dodges on health care, but remember, she's had a terrible month, scoring brain-shattering hits on
shutdown derp &
gun safety derp, as well. Which reminds me, people are still accidentally shooting themselves. A lot. And if there's a way to top GunFAIL, it's gotta be
NukeFAIL. Finally, we check in with loyal overseas listener
GideonAB, whose eye has been on the role of HHS Sec. Sebelius in the healthcare.gov launch, and on continued pressure to bring punishment down on Edward Snowden.