memeorandum: Man starts gas station blaze trying to kill spider with lighter (Taryn Asher/WJBK-TV)

10:40 AM ET, September 27, 2015

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Kyle Cheney / Politico:

Jeb Bush: Early polls 'really don't matter' — Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, who has persistently trailed Donald Trump and Ben Carson in the Republican presidential polls, is questioning the accuracy of them showing him way behind. "These polls really don't matter," Bush said in an interview on “Fox News Sunday.”

Discussion: ABC News and Bloomberg Business

Patrick O'Connor / Wall Street Journal:

Carson, Fiorina, Sanders Gain Ground in Their Parties' Primary Races, Poll Shows — Carson is preferred pick of 20% of GOP primary voters, while 21% favor Donald Trump — Republicans Ben Carson and Carly Fiorina and Democratic Sen. Bernie Sanders have gained significant ground …

Discussion: Political Wire and Business Insider

Frank Bruni / New York Times:

John Boehner Exits, Donald Trump Storms On — ON Thursday, when John Boehner grew weepy in the presence of the pope, I assumed that we were seeing the tears of a proud Catholic. — On Friday, when he announced that he'd be resigning as the speaker of the House of Representatives …

Discussion: Washington Post and Hullabaloo

Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Graham fears post-Boehner ‘meltdown’

Discussion: Political Wire, ABC News and NBC News

ABC News:
5 Stories You'll Care About in Politics This Week

Discussion: Politico and abc7.com

The Hill:
Cruz wins Values Voter Summit straw poll for third straight year

Discussion: BREITBART.COM and John Hawkins' Right Wing News

Elspeth Reeve / New Republic:
Sympathy for the Boehner — The internet is thick with cruel GIFs …

Discussion: Booman Tribune

New York Times:
The Post-Boehner Congress and Washington's Sense of Dread

Discussion: Washington Post, Slate and Progress Pond

Eric Cantor / New York Times:
The G.O.P., After John Boehner

Discussion: VICE, Friendly Atheist, Balloon Juice, National Review, The Hill and The Daily Signal

Eric Fehrnstrom / BostonGlobe.com:
Boehner and the Year of the Outsider

Discussion: CNN, Hot Air and Washington Post

Josh Gerstein / Politico:

Clinton camp: Clinton did not sign form on Abedin job change — Hillary Clinton's chief of staff —and not Clinton herself — signed a State Department form that helped another Clinton aide change to a job status that allowed broader private-sector employment, a Clinton campaign official …

Discussion: Gretawire

Amy Chozick / New York Times:

Bill Clinton Blames G.O.P. and Press for Wife's Email Woes — Former President Bill Clinton blamed Republicans who hope to undercut his wife's presidential chances and a voracious political news media uninterested in substance for the furor surrounding Hillary Rodham Clinton's use …

Discussion: Power Line, Washington Free Beacon, Liberaland and Slantpoint

Theodore Schleifer / CNN:
Bill Clinton on email scrutiny: 'I've never seen so much expended on so little'

Discussion: Guardian, The Week, Detroit News and Independent Journal Review

Reuters:
Government finds new emails Clinton did not hand over

Discussion: Vox Popoli

Ali Breland / Politico:
Bill Clinton blames Republicans — but no ‘plot’ — for Hillary's campaign woes

Discussion: Front Page Magazine

Niall Stanage / The Hill:

Media thumps Trump, but polls show he's winning big — Rumors of Donald Trump's demise may have been greatly exaggerated. — Ever since rival Carly Fiorina was widely perceived to have bested Trump at the second GOP debate in California on Sept. 16, media outlets have been lining up to suggest that the front-runner is waning.

Discussion: BizPac Review

Taryn Asher / WJBK-TV:

Man starts gas station blaze trying to kill spider with lighter — CENTER LINE - A man tried to kill a spider at a gas station using a lighter causing a dangerous fire. — Using a lighter to kill the bug, he started a blaze that quickly engulfed the gas pump.

Discussion: Fox News, Fox News Insider, New York's PIX11, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Guardian

Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:

On Islam, Ben Carson Is Right and Charles Krauthammer Is Wrong — Ben Carson campaigning in California, September 9, 2015 (Kevork Djansezian/Getty)

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Progress Pond, Power Line and The Elder Statement

Steven Rattner / New York Times:

Carly Fiorina Really Was That Bad — HER silver tongue honed by decades in corporate marketing, Carly Fiorina has used two debates, and a steely determination on the campaign trail, to climb near the top of the polls for the Republican nomination. — But Americans should pause …

Discussion: Daily Kos and Liberaland

Politico:

POLITICO Playbook, presented by the American Bankers Association — HILLARY tells CHUCK TODD that server was Bill's: ‘It was sitting there in the basement’ — ‘I did not participate’ in lawyers' decision on emails to submit - RUBIO EMERGES from pack — By Mike Allen (@mikeallen …

Discussion: Political Wire

Hadas Gold / Politico:

Third GOP debate sets off wave of anxiety — The uncertain terms of the next Republican debate are setting off a wave of anxiety among middle and bottom tier campaigns, with several lashing out at the Republican National Committee for failing to provide clarity on how many candidates …

Discussion: Political Wire