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10:15 AM ET, September 27, 2015

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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.”
Discussion: ABC News and Bloomberg Business
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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
ABC News:
5 Stories You'll Care About in Politics This Week  —  All it took was a papal visit to get Washington moving again — and moving, and moving.  Fast enough to get another 2016er out of the race, force the Democratic frontrunner to come up with a position on the Keystone Pipeline, and even hasten the end of a speakership.
Discussion: Politico and abc7.com
The Hill:
Cruz wins Values Voter Summit straw poll for third straight year
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
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  —  <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 …
Discussion: 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 …
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
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)
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
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 …
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
The Camp of the Saints Comes to Europe  —  The Daily Mail has a long report from Germany on the influx of migrants there.  Who, exactly, are the migrants?  The article begins: … Only a small percentage of the migrants are Syrian, and only a small minority are refugees.
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.
Arizona Republic:
Police: 10 to 12 injured at Summer Ends Music Festival in Tempe … A concert at Tempe Beach Park was interrupted Saturday night as dozens of crews responded to a medical emergency, with Tempe police saying some fans rushed the stage and other fans saying they feared being crushed.
Discussion: Daily Mail
 
 
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Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
Donald Trump says the media underestimates his crowds — and him
Economist:
After the hold, be bold
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New York Times:
Thousands Enter Syria to Join ISIS Despite Global Efforts
Discussion: Prairie Weather
theusconstitution.org:
CONSTITUTIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY CENTER MOURNS THE PASSING OF DOUG KENDALL, ITS VISIONARY PRESIDENT AND FOUNDER
Discussion: Washington Post and Balkinization
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John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Pope Francis is just another liberal political pundit
Raw Story:
Bill Maher slams Republican ‘instant heroes’ gone wrong Cliven Bundy, Kim Davis and Josh Duggar
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Man shoots self in penis, lies to police: affidavit
 

 
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