memeorandum: Battleground Tracker: Sanders Surges in IA, NH; Clinton up in SC (CBS News)

8:10 PM ET, September 13, 2015

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William Jordan / YouGov US Opinion Center News:

Sanders up big in New Hampshire and Iowa; Carson trails Trump — The first wave of the YouGov/CBS News Battleground Tracker polled primary and caucus voters from both parties in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina — Hillary Clinton's deficit among likely Democratic primary voters …

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, BizPac Review, The Moderate Voice, Slantpoint, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Washington Free Beacon

CBS News:

Battleground Tracker: Sanders Surges in IA, NH; Clinton up in SC — Shares - — Bolstered by support from liberal Democrats, Bernie Sanders tops Hillary Clinton in primary voters' preference in both the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary, while Clinton holds a lead in South Carolina.

Discussion: Progress Pond, The Daily Caller and YouGov US Opinion Center News

Charles M. Blow / New York Times:

Bernie Sanders and the Black Vote — COLUMBIA, S.C. — Democratic presidential hopeful Senator Bernie Sanders spoke Saturday to a half empty gymnasium at Benedict College in South Carolina. The school is historically black, but the crowd appeared to be largely white.

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Hot Air and Daily Kos

CBS News:

Battleground Tracker: Trump leads GOP field in IA, NH, SC — Shares - — Showing no signs of a slowdown heading into the fall, Donald Trump leads the Republican Presidential field in each of the early voting states of Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina.

Discussion: Washington Post

ABC News: Insider vs. Outsider Matchup Finds Clinton, Trump Near Even

Dan Hannan / Washington Examiner:

U.K.'s left wing takes hard anti-U.S. turn — Share Tweet Reddit Digg Mail Print SMS More — For the first time in a lifetime of political analysis, I find myself lost for words. Nothing I write can do justice to the calamity that Britain's Labour Party has just inflicted on itself.

Discussion: National Review and Guardian

Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Sanders, Corbyn and the coming debate inside the Democratic Party

Discussion: Sydney Morning Herald, Slantpoint, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Guardian

Jeremy Corbyn / Guardian:
'Britain can't cut its way to prosperity. We have to build it'

Discussion: The Independent, Observer, No More Mister Nice Blog and Progress Pond

Daily Mail:

Germany reintroduce border controls amid influx of Syrian refugees — German politicians have called for urgent action on the migrant crisis as the country today halted all trains from Austria due to an overwhelming influx of refugees. This evening Germany reinstated ‘temporary’ controls …

Discussion: Chicago Boyz, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, The Gateway Pundit and Instapundit

New York Post:

Crazed woman pummels desnuda in Times Square melee — Warning: Video displays graphic language — A crazed woman attacked a desnuda in Times Square, calling her a “nasty whore” before pummeling her in front of shocked tourists Saturday afternoon. — “Some girl from out of nowhere said, 'You nasty!

Discussion: Daily Mail, Mediaite, Gothamist and CBS New York

Breitbart London / BREITBART.COM:

WATCH: “I'm My Own Prophet”, Topless Feminists Storm Stage At Muslim Conference — Two topless feminists have stormed the stage at a Muslim conference in France. The activists, from hard-line feminist outfit Femen jumped on stage, with “Nobody makes me submit” scrawled across their bare chests.

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and John Hawkins' Right Wing News

Jonah Goldberg / National Review:

In the Left's Story of Government, the State Is Always the Hero — EDITOR'S NOTE: — The following is Jonah Goldberg's weekly “news"letter, the G-File. Subscribe here to get the G-File delivered to your inbox on Fridays. — Dear Reader (and particularly the lawyer at the State Department …

Benjamin Bell / ABC News:

‘Case Disrupted’ Ahead of Pope Francis Visit to US, Says House Homeland Security Chair — Shares- — Play

New York Times:

California Wildfires Prompt Evacuations and Emergency Declaration — LOS ANGELES — Two wildfires north of San Francisco forced thousands of people to flee their homes and prompted Gov. Jerry Brown to declare a state of emergency on Sunday, continuing a drought-fueled fire season that threatens …

Discussion: CNN, NPR, NBC News, Slantpoint and The Agonist

Adrienne Shubin / ABC News:
California Wildfires Wreak Havoc, Force Thousands to Evacuate

Discussion: Talking Points Memo

CNN:

Misperceptions persist about Obama's faith, but aren't so widespread — Washington (CNN)A new CNN/ORC poll finds that although misperceptions about Barack Obama's religious beliefs and background persist, they are not as widespread as some recent polling has suggested. Obama was born in Hawaii and is a Christian.

Discussion: Daily Mail