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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Biden would run ‘optimistic campaign’ — A top adviser to Vice President Biden sent a letter to former staffers Thursday indicating his decision on 2016 will happen soon and laying out the themes of a possible presidential campaign, according to The Associated Press.
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Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
The Biden Eclipse and the Trump Plateau — Mrs. Clinton pre-empts her biggest challenge as Republicans consider their alternatives. — Something big happened at the Democratic debate. It didn't have to do with Hillary Clinton besting Bernie Sanders or Jim Webb.
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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
We Are Already Months Into the Biden Campaign — The only question he’s been mulling is how aggressive he should be. — On Wednesday, the day after the first Democratic presidential debate, almost the entire political and media Establishment was in agreement: Hillary Clinton …
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Obama passes on chance to talk about a Biden run
Obama passes on chance to talk about a Biden run
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Alexander Mallin / ABC News:
Obama Punts on Question About Biden's Possible Candidacy
Obama Punts on Question About Biden's Possible Candidacy
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump: 9/11 happened on George W. Bush's watch — <p>Donald Trump slammed former President George W. Bush for the 9/11 attacks happening "during his reign" in an interview aired Friday, prompting a strong rebuke from a certain GOP presidential rival.</p><p>Asked by Bloomberg's Stephanie Ruhle …
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Daily Mail:
Trump blames George W. Bush for 9/11: ‘Say what you want, the World Trade Center came down during his time’ — Trump said New York's twin towers ‘came down during his reign’ as he tried to paint himself as ‘much more competent’ than other politicians — Donald Trump took an unprovoked slap …
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Bloomberg.com news:
Donald Trump on Yellen, Clinton, Sanders, and Taxes — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump sat down with Bloomberg ‹GO› anchor Stephanie Ruhle at the Trump Towers in midtown Manhattan on Thursday. (Source: Bloomberg)
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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Hits W: ‘The World Trade Center Came Down During His Reign’ (VIDEO)
Trump Hits W: ‘The World Trade Center Came Down During His Reign’ (VIDEO)
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Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Why the 2016 presidential race will be a historic ideological battle — Share Tweet Reddit Digg Mail Print SMS More — Republican and Democratic voters, making drastically different assumptions about the politics of the 2016 presidential race, are pulling their parties even further apart …
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Stephanie Ebbert / BostonGlobe.com:
Poll finds Clinton, Sanders in dead heat in N.H.
Poll finds Clinton, Sanders in dead heat in N.H.
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Leigh Ann Caldwell / NBC News:
Why The Fight Between Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio Is Getting Ugly
Why The Fight Between Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio Is Getting Ugly
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Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry / The Week:
Democrats' 2016 strategy assumes America is lurching left. Are they wrong?
Democrats' 2016 strategy assumes America is lurching left. Are they wrong?
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Kaitlan Collins / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Malia, The Only Cool Obama, Plays Beer Pong During College Visit [PHOTOS] — Malia Obama was visiting Brown University in Rhode Island for a campus tour last weekend, and while she was there, the 17-year-old finally proved that there's at least one cool person in the Obama family.
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
RNC Chief Priebus: Republican Party “Cooked” If We Lose 2016 — The Republican Party was “cooked” a long time ago when they started treating their base with outright contempt. — GOP leader Reince Priebus told The Washington Examiner the Big Tent party is “cooked” if they don't win the 2016 election.
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
How Trump almost blew up the third GOP debate
How Trump almost blew up the third GOP debate
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Al Weaver / Washington Examiner:
RNC chair: GOP will be ‘cooked’ as national party with 2016 loss
RNC chair: GOP will be ‘cooked’ as national party with 2016 loss
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Miranda Blue / Right Wing Watch:
Rand Paul Warns Sanders Presidency Could Lead To ‘Mass Genocide’ — Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., joined South Carolina radio host Vince Coakley yesterday to discuss the first Democratic presidential debate, where he said the candidates were “all trying to outdo each other in their disdain …
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U.S. Department of Justice:
Former Cable News Commentator Arrested and Charged with Fraud — ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Wayne Shelby Simmons, 62, of Annapolis, Maryland, a former occasional on-air commentator who appeared on a cable news network, was arrested today after being indicted by a federal grand jury on charges …
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Emily Atkin / ThinkProgress:
7 Amazing Moments From The Fox News ‘Terrorism Expert’ Who Was Just Arrested For Fraud
7 Amazing Moments From The Fox News ‘Terrorism Expert’ Who Was Just Arrested For Fraud
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Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic:
The Paranoid, Supremacist Roots of the Stabbing Intifada — In September of 1928, a group of Jewish residents of Jerusalem placed a bench in front of the Western Wall of the Temple Mount, for the comfort of elderly worshipers. They also brought with them a wooden partition, to separate the sexes during prayer.
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Los Angeles Times:
Drivers flee as mudslides engulf nearly 200 vehicles near Tehachapi; more rain coming — Nearly 200 vehicles, including 75 tractor-trailers, are trapped on California 58 east of Tehachapi in up to 20 feet of mud and debris after torrential rains pummeled the area and forced drivers to flee.
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Adam Taylor / Washington Post:
The American boy arrested for making a clock meets Sudan's president, an accused war criminal … The arrest of Ahmed Mohamed, a 14-year-old Texas student, in mid-September for bringing a homemade clock to his high school created a nationwide debate about racism and Islamophobia in the United States.
Eliza Collins / Politico:
Romney: Trump's controversial comments will hurt the GOP nominee — <p>Mitt Romney thinks that Donald Trump's controversial comments could taint the ultimate Republican nominee — even if it ends up being someone other than the businessman. </p><p>"Some of the things he's said …
New York Times:
Obama's Comments on Clinton Emails Collide With F.B.I. Inquiry — WASHINGTON — Federal agents were still cataloging the classified information from Hillary Rodham Clinton's personal email server last week when President Obama went on television and played down the matter.
Rodney Ho / Radio and TV Talk:
Steve McCoy let go from NewsRadio 106.7 after trumped-up Trump interview — Steve McCoy with his former radio co-host Vikki Locke. CREDIT: Jennifer Brett — By RODNEY HO/ rho@ajc.com, originally filed Friday, October 16, 2015 — Steve McCoy was let go from NewsRadio 106.7 Friday following …
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