National Headlines 12-1-13

Is President Obama a lame duck already? (CBS News)

Republican doctors running for Congress amid ObamaCare rollout fiasco (The Hill)

Plouffe: May be years before ObamaCare works ‘really well’ (The Hill)

P.J. O’Rourke: The Boomer Bust (Wall Street Journal)

Jimmy Carter’s legacy hovers over grandson’s run (Politico)

Inside the Race to Rescue a Health Care Site, and Obama (New York Times)

White House claims success on HealthCare.gov repairs (USA Today)

Some states see fight for right to same-sex divorce (Fox News)

Feinstein and Rogers say terrorism threat to US is increasing (Guardian)

Death penalty for Boston bomber a complicated question (Detroit Free Press)

Iran to build 2nd nuclear power plant in Bushehr: president (Xinhua)

Japan Questions China’s Policing of Defense Zone (Wall Street Journal)