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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
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.
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The CNN Democratic debate transcript, annotated … Tuesday night, five candidates participated in the first Democratic debate: Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, Martin O'Malley, Jim Webb and Lincoln Chafee. We've posted the transcript below, 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 …
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Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Clinton crushes it — <p>The first debate was the Hillary and Bernie Show, and Hillary received top billing.</p><p>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 …
Katie Glueck / Politico:
Insiders: A runaway victory for Clinton — <p>Hillary Clinton<b> </b>won — by a landslide. </p><p>Clinton was the clear winner of the first Democratic presidential debate, according to the assessment of both Democrats and Republicans in this week's POLITICO Caucus, our bipartisan survey …
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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.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Hillary Clinton Panic May Have Just Ended — The first presidential debate was the best thing that could have happened to her. … Hillary Clinton's campaign spent most of the last year descending inexorably into depression and even panic. But the first Democratic presidential debate …
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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.
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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 — <p><b>By Mike Allen </b>(@mikeallen …
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AJ Vicens / Mother Jones:
Bernie Sanders Just Explained Why Hillary's Email Scandal Is Such a Sideshow
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Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
The Best Lines From the 2016 Democratic Presidential Debate
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The candidate breaking through in the Democratic debate? Bernie Sanders.
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Margaret Talev / Bloomberg Business:
What the Democratic Debate Means for Joe Biden
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Guardian:
Democratic debate: Clinton remains in command as Sanders stumbles on guns - live
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Annie Karni / Politico:
A ‘Cancer’ on the Clinton Candidacy
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Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg Business:
What to Watch For in the First Democratic Debate
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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.
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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 …
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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 …
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Daniel Tepfer / Connecticut Post:
Jury rules against aunt who sued boy over hug — BRIDGEPORT — The case of the aunt who sued her young nephew over a reckless birthday hug, may have hinged on a plate of hors d'oeuvres. — Jennifer Connell, who claimed the 8-year-old boy was negligent when he jumped in her arms …
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Chelsia Rose Marcius / New York Daily News:
NYC aunt loses lawsuit against 12-year-old nephew over birthday hug that broke her wrist
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Daniel Tepfer / Connecticut Post:
Aunt loses lawsuit against her 8-year-old nephew
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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.
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Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Fox's Shep Smith Goes Off About NBC Taking Back Donald Trump (VIDEO)
Sarah Stewart / KFOR-TV:
A look at Anthony Palma: Who is the man arrested for Kirsten Hatfield's murder? — MIDWEST CITY, Okla. - Anthony Palma lived just two doors down from Kirsten Hatfield when she disappeared in 1997. — And, he still lives there to this day. — On Tuesday, his home was surrounded …
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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.
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