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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Jeb Bush: Early polls 'really don't matter' — <p>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. </p><p>"These polls really don't matter," Bush said in an interview on “Fox News Sunday.”
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ABC News and Bloomberg Business
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Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Graham fears post-Boehner ‘meltdown’ — Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is warning Republicans to act wisely following the impending departure of Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), which he fears could lead to a party “meltdown” in 2016. — “It's a fresh start, and what's the goal here?
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Political Wire, ABC News and NBC News
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
John Boehner Exits, Donald Trump Storms On
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Washington Post and Hullabaloo
The Hill:
Cruz wins Values Voter Summit straw poll for third straight year
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BREITBART.COM and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
Elspeth Reeve / New Republic:
Sympathy for the Boehner — The internet is thick with cruel GIFs …
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Booman Tribune
New York Times:
The Post-Boehner Congress and Washington's Sense of Dread
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Washington Post, Slate and Progress Pond
Eric Cantor / New York Times:
The G.O.P., After John Boehner
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VICE, Friendly Atheist, Balloon Juice, National Review, The Hill and The Daily Signal
Eric Fehrnstrom / BostonGlobe.com:
Boehner and the Year of the Outsider
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CNN, Hot Air and Washington Post
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Clinton camp: Clinton did not sign form on Abedin job change — <p>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 …
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Gretawire
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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 …
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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'
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Guardian, The Week, Detroit News and Independent Journal Review
Ali Breland / Politico:
Bill Clinton blames Republicans — but no ‘plot’ — for Hillary's campaign woes
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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.
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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.
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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)
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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 …
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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 — <p><b>By Mike Allen </b>(@mikeallen …
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Political Wire
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Third GOP debate sets off wave of anxiety — <p>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 …
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Political Wire
Edward L. Rubin / Salon:
Pope Francis is scaring the hell out of conservatives. Here's the real reason why — It isn't just that conservatives disagree with the pontiff's politics. He threatens something even more fundamental — Republican legislators who attended Pope Francis' address to Congress …
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