memeorandum: Chuck Schumer Opposes Iran Nuclear Deal, Shaking Democratic Firewall (New York Times)

12:55 PM ET, August 7, 2015

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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:

GOP debate: Early numbers suggest record audience — Early overnight Nielsen ratings suggest that Thursday's Republican debate was not just the most-watched primary debate in history — it may have been twice as big as the previous record-holder. — The debate on Fox News …

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Frank Bruni / New York Times:

A Foxy, Rowdy Republican Debate — The first question to Chris Christie was about the nine credit downgrades that New Jersey had suffered since he became its governor. — Ben Carson was reminded of his domestic-policy blunders, of his foreign-policy blunders, of a whole raft of loopy statements …

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Dylan Byers / Politico:

Donald Trump: Megyn Kelly ‘behaved very nasty to me’ — CLEVELAND — Donald Trump says he didn't get a fair shake. — Speaking in the spin room behind the debate stage, Trump said the questions he received from the moderators Thursday night “were far tougher” than those asked of the other candidates.

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Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:

Trump: Fox News Questions “Not Nice,” “Inappropriate” — CLEVELAND — Donald Trump criticized the questions asked by Fox News in the opening presidential primary debate on Thursday, calling them “inappropriate” and saying that Megyn Kelly “behaved very badly.”

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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Graham: Trump questions were an ‘inquisition’ not a debate

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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Trump makes it clear that he plays by his own rules

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Ed Kilgore / Talking Points Memo:
Fox News Had Its Own GOP Debate Agenda: Narrow Down The Field

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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Carly Fiorina won the ‘Happy Hour’ debate. By a lot.

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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Donald Trump lunched with Fox's Roger Ailes

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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Winners and losers from the first Republican presidential debate

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Washington Post:
Trump roils first debate among GOP contenders

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Jonathan V. Last / Weekly Standard: The Best, Classiest Debate Ever

Chuck Schumer / Medium:

My Position on the Iran Deal — Every several years or so a legislator is called upon to cast a momentous vote in which the stakes are high and both sides of the issue are vociferous in their views. — Over the years, I have learned that the best way to treat such decisions is to study …

New York Times:

Chuck Schumer Opposes Iran Nuclear Deal, Shaking Democratic Firewall — WASHINGTON — Senator Chuck Schumer, the most influential Jewish voice in Congress, said Thursday night that he would oppose President Obama's deal to limit Iran's nuclear program. — “Advocates on both sides …

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Julian Hattem / The Hill:
MoveOn rips Schumer on Iran, says Dems should find ‘a new leader’

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Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Schumer comes out against Iran deal

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Charles Schumer / New York Post:
Why I'm opposing the Iran nuclear deal

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Kristina Wong / The Hill:
GOP candidates take turns bashing Obama's Iran deal

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CNN:
Chuck Schumer to vote against Iran nuclear deal

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Glenn Thrush / Politico:

The GOP debate: 7 takeaways — The first Republican debate of 2016 turned out to be an empty-calorie joy ride. — Takeaway 1: Jeb Bush was meh. Getty — That was fun. Now what? — The first Republican debate of 2016 was an empty-calorie joy ride, thanks to Donald Trump …

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Politico:

The Debate's Biggest Winners-And Losers — 22 political experts give their snap reactions. — Getty. — SHARES — ‘The best two performances came from John Kasich and Marco Rubio.’ — Get POLITICO Magazine in your feeds — By John Hudak, Brookings fellow in Governance Studies and author of the GovFix blog.

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Jeremy Diamond / CNN:

Republican presidential debate: 8 takeaways — Story highlights — (CNN)The top 10 candidates for the Republican presidential nomination only had a few minutes each on Thursday to capture the attention of voters tuning in to the first big-league Republican presidential debate.

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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Trump Alters the Way the Rest of the Field Is Perceived

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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Winners at the G.O.P. Debate Did Not Include Bush and Trump

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Josh Kraushaar / National Journal:
John Kasich Is Stealing Jeb Bush's Thunder

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Jessica Valenti / Guardian:
Republican debate: Donald Trump still focus of campaign after sprawling fight - live updates

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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Trump wins the Internet

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Chad Livengood / Detroit News:

Recordings: State rep asked aide to hide relationship — Lansing — State Rep. Todd Courser planned the distribution of a fictional email alleging he had sex with a male prostitute in a bid to conceal his relationship with Rep. Cindy Gamrat, according to audio recordings obtained by The Detroit News.

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TIME:

Transcript: Read the Full Text of the Primetime Republican Debate — Ten Republican presidential candidates met in Cleveland for a primetime debate on Fox News. — At the debate, real estate mogul Donald Trump, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio …

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Washington Post:
Annotated transcript: The Aug. 6 GOP debate

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Bloomberg Business:

Oops: Jeb's Website Publishes, Then Deletes, Attacks on Walker, Rubio — The former Florida governor's campaign describes the attacks as “draft pages.” — Jeb Bush's official campaign website on Thursday briefly featured two separate sections attacking two top Republican rivals …

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Ashe Schow / Washington Examiner:

Democrats tweet sexist attack on Carly Fiorina — Share Tweet Reddit Digg Mail Print SMS More — During Thursday's undercard debate, former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina noted her business experience, which during her tenure saw the tech company's revenue double to $90 billion.

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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:

Clinton dismisses debate, rips GOP on voting rights — Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton dismissed the first GOP-sanctioned debate Thursday before ripping into the Republican presidential field over voting rights. — During an interview on the Rev. Al Sharpton's radio program …

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