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This is the political scene, a weekly conversation with New Yorker writers and editors about politics.

It's Thursday, October 24th. I'm Dorothy Wickendon, executive editor of The New Yorker writers and editors about politics. It's Thursday, October 24th. I'm Dorothy

Wicenden, executive editor of The New Yorker. Last Thursday, President Obama finally defeated House

Republicans in the battle over the debt ceiling and the government shut down.

So, passing a budget, immigration reform, farm bill. Those are three specific things that would make a huge

difference in our economy right now. And we could get them done by the end of the year if our focus

is on what's good for the American people. Brian Liza, Amy Davidson, and John Cassidy are here to

talk about Obama's strategies in the coming weeks. So, John, what now as far as the president is concerned? Well, I think job won's Obamacare, right? I mean, that seems to be dominated everything. The president wants to talk about farm bills and immigration. But with the debt ceiling out of the way, I think, you know, the fate of the presidency is now tied up with Obamacare and the glitchy rollout.

We've had a bunch of hearings in the House starting Thursday. You know, it's a big embarrassment for the government. There's no doubt about it. Obama has already admitted that it's been a troublesome rollout. Everybody knows that. The question is, how quick can they fix it and who's going to take the blame? And are Republicans succeeding for the moment at least in shifting the political embarrassment

from their catastrophic performance of recent weeks to the computer crash?

They don't think they have to shift it, do it? It's a big story. I mean, you know,

Obama Care's the signature policy of the administration, whether you agree with it, whether you

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