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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
White House rips Trump over birther reaction — President Obama's top spokesman slammed Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump on Friday for failing to condemn a supporter who claimed Obama is a Muslim who was born abroad. — “Is anybody really surprised this happened at a Donald Trump rally?”
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Tal Kopan / CNN:
Jeb Bush: ‘Yes, I am a Bush’ — Mackinac Island, Michigan (CNN)Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush on Friday embraced his last name more than he has at any point in his presidential campaign to date — saying he is a Bush, and that's why he'd be a good leader on foreign policy.
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Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Jeb Bush responds to Trump: Obama is an 'American, he's a Christian' — MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich. — Jeb Bush responded Friday night to Donald Trump's decision this week not to correct a questioner who said President Obama is a Muslim who is “not even an American.”
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Cortney O'Brien / Townhall.com:
‘That Face’ Surpasses Trump in New Hampshire — Donald Trump will certainly want to take a closer ‘look at that face’ now that Carly Fiorina has surpassed him in a new New Hampshire poll. In a Voter Gravity survey conducted the day after Wednesday night's second presidential GOP debate, Fiorina comes out on top:
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Joe.My.God. and Mediaite
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Poll: Fiorina takes lead in New Hampshire post-debate
Poll: Fiorina takes lead in New Hampshire post-debate
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Daily Kos, Towleroad, Hot Air and Weekly Standard
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Marco Rubio-Carly Fiorina Option
Chris Littleton / Voter Gravity:
Fiorina Leads in NH in Post-CNN Debate Poll
Fiorina Leads in NH in Post-CNN Debate Poll
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Wall Street Journal:
Joe Biden Edges Closer to Joining Presidential Race — Vice president's aides debate timing of entry and hone message for a possible campaign — Vice President Joe Biden's aides in recent days called Democratic donors and supporters to suggest he is more likely than not to enter the 2016 race …
Arizona Republic:
Phoenix freeway-shootings suspect Leslie Allen Merritt Jr. tied to first 4 incidents — After arrest, Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey tweets: ‘We got him!’ — CONNECT — For nearly three weeks, life in Phoenix and the Valley was under a darkening cloud of fear as vehicles driving on freeways were hit …
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Are Democrats and Republicans talking about the same country? — To the Democratic candidates, the 2016 presidential campaign is about shrinking the gap between rich and poor; combating climate change; and expanding voting rights, gay rights and workplace equality for women.
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Washington Post:
The White House is more afraid of offending China's president than the pope — THE VATICAN has raised objections to a few of the guests invited to the White House arrival ceremony next week for Pope Francis. The Wall Street Journal reported that the guests include transgender activists …
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Andrew Husband / Mediaite:
This Bonkers CNN Guest Who Co-Chairs ‘Women For Trump’ Is Television Magic — If you don't know the name Paula Johnson, you soon will. That's because the co-chair of the New Hampshire-based Women for Trump organization was a guest on CNN's Legal View Friday morning, and it was television magic.
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BizPac Review
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Pope Francis' fact-free flamboyance — Pope Francis embodies sanctity but comes trailing clouds of sanctimony. With a convert's indiscriminate zeal, he embraces ideas impeccably fashionable, demonstrably false and deeply reactionary. They would devastate the poor on whose behalf he purports to speak …
S. L. A. Marshall / The Atlantic:
First Wave at Omaha Beach … UNLIKE what happens to other great battles, the passing of the years and the retelling of the story have softened the horror of Omaha Beach on D Day. — This fluke of history is doubly ironic since no other decisive battle has ever been so thoroughly reported for the official record.
David Boaz / The National Interest:
Rand Paul Found His Voice: Can He Find Noninterventionist Voters? — Last night Paul found his voice - not just on foreign policy, but on marijuana, federalism, taxes, and the Constitution - and there are millions of Republican voters who share that range of views. Can he capitalize?
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