So as my faithful reader(s) will know, I’m a reader of the Chicago Tribune — which is largely behind a paywall, and it’s difficult to look at the paper and find the equivalent stories online. But here are the headlines:
Front page: “Cracks visible in GOP unity” — with two stories, “Illinois workers, visitors get dose of standoff” and “Moderates finding voice amid ongoing stalemate.” The first is, as you might expect, stories about the impact of the shutdown. The second focuses on moderate Republicans wanting to accede to the Democrat’s “clean CR” demand, with the conclusion being that hard-liners will ultimately lose.
Also, “Rocky start to enrollment for insurance: internet volume blamed for glitches, officials laud interest.” Yeah, the Trib’s reporters are consistently cheerleaders for the law, including this article, beginning with a profile of a 58 year old businesswoman and cancer survivor who currently pays
$731/month for insurance through the state’s high risk pool.
In the op-ed columns:
“Government shutdown has a simple explanation” by Cass Sunstein. The explanation is that “the most extreme members of the Republican Party” are caught in an echo chamber. And “Washington’s three-party Congress” by Clarence Page. The third party? Radical Republicans.
The editorial cartoon? It depicts a man in a suit, with a button labeled House GOP, jumping off the capitol building, holding hands with a man with a t-shirt saying, “US GOVT,” saying “follow me!”
Republicans might wish that reporters would be neutral, but they’re not, and it’s foolish not to bear this in mind.
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