• Charlie Pierce of Esquire’s Politics Blog calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about the GOP shooting themselves in the foot with the shutdown
• Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) calls in at 11:30am ET / 8:30am PT to talk about what Dems in the House are doing about the government shutdown
• Outlines of a deal to end the government shutdown and raise the debt ceiling emerged Monday as key senators huddled to hammer out the specifics of a possible compromise. GOP and Dem leaders said they are closing in on an agreement to end a government shutdown and stave off a default on the national debt come Thursday.
• A survey released yesterday from ABC News/Washington Post, is similar to two polls out last week in suggesting congressional Republicans are getting more of the blame than Democrats or President Barack Obama for the fiscal impasse.
• Speaker John Boehner and other top House GOP leaders met yesterday afternoon to discuss their options and consider preparing their own bill to raise the nation’s debt ceiling. It’s unlikely to be simply a clean short term increase in the debt ceiling.
• A magnitude-7.1 earthquake struck central Philippines on Tuesday, leaving at least 49 people dead and rattling many who were celebrating a religious holiday.
