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9:00 AM ET, October 14, 2015

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Hillary Clinton towers over her debate rivals — Hillary Clinton was a head shorter than her rivals when they lined up on stage for Sheryl Crow's version of the National Anthem at Tuesday night's Democratic presidential debate. But after that moment, she towered over them.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo

Shane Goldmacher / Politico:

Clinton crushes it — The first debate was the Hillary and Bernie Show, and Hillary received top billing.Not only was Hillary Clinton on the receiving end of the night's biggest gift — her rival, Bernie Sanders, declaring it time for people to shut up about her email scandal …

Discussion: ABC News, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Bloomberg.com news, No More Mister Nice Blog, Wall Street Journal and National Review

Washington Post:

The CNN Democratic debate transcript, annotated — Five candidates are in Las Vegas for the first Democratic debate: Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, Martin O'Malley, Jim Webb and Lincoln Chafee. We are posting the transcript as we get it, with insight from the crew here at The Fix as well as the Fact Checker's Michelle Lee.

Jim Geraghty / National Review:

The Debate Lesson: America Now Has an Openly Socialist Party — Sure, this batch of candidates sounded like a bunch of loons. They contended socialism is mostly about standing up to the richest one percent and promoting entrepreneurs and small business; climate change is the biggest national …

Discussion: USA Today, Doug Ross, Instapundit, The PJ Tatler and Power Line

Frank Bruni / New York Times:

Hillary Clinton's Democratic Debate Magic — I never doubted that Hillary Clinton had many talents. — I just didn't know that seamstress was among them. — There were moments in the first Democratic presidential debate on Tuesday night when she threaded the needle as delicately and perfectly as a politician could.

Discussion: Politico, The Week and Washington Post

Politico:

POLITICO Playbook, presented by BP - BIDEN WAITED TOO LONG: ‘Dems seemed happy with their two options’ - HILLARY LANDSLIDE — JON KARL: her ‘best day of the campaign’ - REMEMBERING Brandon Lepow — B'DAY: Mike Feldman, Cody Keenan, Bob Costa is 3-0 — By Mike Allen (@mikeallen …

Discussion: ABC News

Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:

I would have taken Clinton to task on emails, Bush says — GOP presidential candidate Jeb Bush on Wednesday said he would have challenged Hillary Clinton on the controversy surrounding her use of a private email server, something her rivals did not do during the first Democratic presidential debate.

Discussion: Political Wire

Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:

The Best Lines From the 2016 Democratic Presidential Debate — The Democratic debate included the introduction of some of the candidates to a national audience, fiery exchanges and some tough questions. — The five candidates on stage — Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, Martin O'Malley …

Discussion: Politico, Bloomberg Business, New York Times, Bloomberg View, WPRI-TV, Taylor Marsh and Bloomberg.com news

John Heilemann / Bloomberg Business:

Hillary Clinton Runs the Table in Vegas Debate — Simply put, the Democratic front-runner put her competition to shame. — jheil — Eight years ago, Hillary Clinton took part in 25 Democratic debates or forums in her epic, historic, ultimately doomstruck battle with Barack Obama for their party's presidential nomination.

Discussion: Politico, ABC News, Slate, Poynter., Reuters and Washington Post

Katie Glueck / Politico:
Insiders: A runaway victory for Clinton

Discussion: Los Angeles Times, NBC News, ABC News, The Week and Bloomberg Business

AJ Vicens / Mother Jones:
Bernie Sanders Just Explained Why Hillary's Email Scandal Is Such a Sideshow

Discussion: Slantpoint, Correct The Record, Business Insider and US News

Paola Chavez / ABC News:
First Democratic Presidential Debate: By the Numbers

Discussion: Politico and The Week

Guardian:
Democratic debate: Clinton remains in command as Sanders stumbles on guns - live

Discussion: Mother Jones

Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Hillary Clinton Panic May Have Just Ended

Discussion: Washington Post, Betsy's Page, Hot Air and Business Insider

Margaret Talev / Bloomberg Business:
What the Democratic Debate Means for Joe Biden

Discussion: Washington Post, Guardian, Liberty Unyielding, ABC News, No More Mister Nice Blog and Bloomberg.com news

Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Dems poised for first face-to-face clash of 2016 campaign

Discussion: VentureBeat, New Republic, BostonGlobe.com, Washington Post, BREITBART.COM, The Daily Caller, Daily Kos, FOX6Now.com, RedState, The Moderate Voice, JustOneMinute and MichelleMalkin.com

Annie Karni / Politico:
A ‘Cancer’ on the Clinton Candidacy

Discussion: ABC News, Power Line, Hot Air, Trail Blazers Blog, Hit & Run, The Week, RedState, Daily Mail and Washington Monthly

Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders finally face off

Discussion: Daily Kos, The Moderate Voice, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Hollywood Life, Reuters and Common Dreams

Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg Business:
What to Watch For in the First Democratic Debate

Discussion: Politico, ABC News, The Week, CNN and Bloomberg.com news

Daniel Tepfer / Connecticut Post:

8-year-old Westport boy on trial for exuberance — BRIDGEPORT — New York woman wants a jury to hold her 8-year-old nephew accountable for his youthful exuberance during his birthday party. — Jennifer Connell claims the boy, Sean Tarala of Westport, acted unreasonable when he leaped into her arms …

Discussion: Daily Mail, Ethics Alarms, New York Daily News, Hit & Run, Hot Air, WREG-TV, Liberty Unyielding, myfox8.com, Mediaite, Rare, Independent Journal, FOX2now.com, WGN-TV, The Daily Caller, addictinginfo.org and The Week

Daniel Tepfer / Connecticut Post:
Jury rules against aunt who sued boy over hug

Discussion: CNN and KFOR-TV

Chelsia Rose Marcius / New York Daily News:
NYC aunt loses lawsuit against 12-year-old nephew over birthday hug that broke her wrist

Discussion: KFOR-TV, WGN-TV, Guardian, The Daily Banter and myfox8.com

Daniel Tepfer / Connecticut Post:
Aunt loses lawsuit against her 8-year-old nephew

Discussion: Daily Mail, Westport News and Mother Jones

TMZ.com:

Lamar Odom Fighting for His Life ... Found Unconscious at Nevada Brothel (UPDATE) — FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE — Found Unconscious at Nevada Brothel — EXCLUSIVE — 11:00 PM PT — Lamar is still in a coma and his heart is failing ... our source says he is having serious problems with his kidneys and lungs as well.

Discussion: Daily Mail, Hollywood Life, CBS DC, Refinery29, Just Jared, The Big Lead, E! Online and Telegraph

The Hill:

Trump: I should have Secret Service protection — NEW YORK — Donald Trump on Tuesday said the Secret Service should be giving him protection — and he suggested partisan politics might be why the agency isn't providing it. — In a 90-minute interview with The Hill, the Republican …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Hot Air

Dana Blanton / Fox News:

Fox News Poll: Carson giving Trump a run for his money in GOP race — Ben Carson is giving Donald Trump a run for his money, according to the latest Fox News national poll. — Support for Carson in the race for the Republican nomination has nearly doubled in the last two months …

Discussion: Washington Times, Talking Points Memo, Hot Air, OnPolitics and Weekly Standard

Carrie Dann / NBC News:

Donald Trump to Host ‘SNL’ November 7 — Live from New York, it's Donald Trump! — The GOP presidential frontrunner and real estate magnate will host NBC's “Saturday Night Live” on November 7, the show announced Tuesday. — His appearance comes almost exactly a year before Election Day, which will fall on November 8, 2016.

Discussion: Political Wire, Wall Street Journal, Mother Jones, Daily Mail, New York Times, Talking Points Memo and WOOD-TV

Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Fox's Shep Smith Goes Off About NBC Taking Back Donald Trump (VIDEO)

Discussion: Raw Story

KFOR-TV:

Families release shocking video of final moments of sons' lives to help others — Warning: Some viewers may find the video disturbing to watch. — SUSSEX, England - Two families in England are mourning the deaths of their sons following a fatal ‘mistake.’

Discussion: FOX2now.com and Mashable

Brent Budowsky / The Hill:

A Paul Ryan era in Congress? — Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) is the chairman of the immensely powerful House Ways and Means Committee, he was the vice presidential nominee for Republicans in 2012 and now he's the protagonist in an unprecedented campaign by a large majority of House Republicans to draft him for Speaker.