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Jeb Bush Orders Across-the-Board Pay Cuts for Struggling Campaign — Bush's advisers, under pressure from their donors and from falling and stagnant poll numbers, came to the conclusion that a course correction was essential. — michaelcbender — MarkHalperin
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Iowa Poll: Carson surges to 9-point lead; Trump slides — Donald Trump is the biggest loser in the new Iowa Poll. — The pious Ben Carson has plowed past the braggadocious New York businessman to take the front-runner crown, unseating Trump as the most popular choice for president among …
Eli Stokols / Politico:
Jeb Bush slashes pay, spending as campaign struggles — <p>Jeb Bush on Friday ordered a wholesale restructuring of his struggling campaign after suffering miserably in the polls despite massive spending and a deep donor network.</p><p>The campaign will cut payroll costs by 40 percent …
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John McCormick / Bloomberg Business:
Carson Surges Past Trump in Latest Bloomberg Politics/Des Moines Register Iowa Poll — Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson has moved into a dominant position in Iowa, surpassing former front-runner Donald Trump as evangelical Christians begin to coalesce around him in the state that will cast the first 2016 nomination ballots.
Caitlin Cruz / Talking Points Memo:
Jeb's Campaign Downsizes Staff At HQ And Cuts Payroll By 40 Percent
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Jason Millman / Politico:
Dr. Ben Carson's prescription: Abolish Medicare
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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Insiders: Trump nomination looking more likely
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Hallie Jackson / NBC News:
NBC Exclusive: Ben Carson Begins First TV Ads in Key States
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Conservative pundits were not impressed with the GOP's disastrous Benghazi hearing — Hillary Clinton is a top-tier politician who's been the subject of nearly constant national media scrutiny for more than 20 years. She also happens to have worked at the House Judiciary Committee during …
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Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
She Knew All Along — The House hearing on Benghazi reveals that Hillary Clinton's spin about the attack was a politically expedient fiction. — Thanks to Hillary Clinton's Benghazi testimony on Thursday, we now understand why the former secretary of state never wanted anyone to see her emails …
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Jennifer Bendery / The Huffington Post:
Trey Gowdy Says His 11-Hour Benghazi Hearing Didn't Reveal Anything New — Hillary Clinton had nothing better to do anyway.
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Benghazi bust — Share Tweet Reddit Digg Mail Print SMS More — There's a reason Benghazi Committee chairman Rep. Trey Gowdy offered Hillary Clinton the chance to testify in a private, closed hearing. And there's a reason Clinton wanted to appear in an open setting, with the whole world watching.
New York Times:
Hillary Clinton and the Benghazi Gang
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Erick Erickson / Erick on the Radio:
The Benghazi Hearing Should Not Be, But Is, A Waste of Time
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The GOP's unfortunate Benghazi hearing
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Annie Karni / Politico:
Clinton emerges stronger for next phase of campaign
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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
5 takeaways from Clinton's marathon Benghazi testimony
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Washington Examiner's Byron York Says Benghazi Hearing Was A ‘Bust’
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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
GOPer Mocks ‘Clinton Doctrine,’ Accuses Her Of Hogging Limelight On Libya
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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Lincoln Chafee ends quixotic presidential bid — <p>Democratic presidential candidate Lincoln Chafee, always a long shot, dropped out of the race for his party's nomination on Friday morning. </p><p>"As you know I have been campaigning on a platform of Prosperity Through Peace," …
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Lincoln Chafee drops out of Democratic primary race
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Lincoln Chafee for President 2016:
CHAFEE WITHDRAWS FROM 2016 DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL RACE
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Lincoln Chafee ends Democratic bid for president
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The Weather Channel:
Catastrophic Landfall Expected in Mexico Friday; Patricia Becomes Strongest Hurricane Ever Recorded — {{wxnodeVideo.video.current.description + " “}} — A potentially catastrophic landfall is expected Friday evening as a very powerful and dangerous Hurricane Patricia moves towards Mexico's Pacific coast.
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Hurricane Patricia: Strongest Storm Ever Measured to Hit Mexico — Hurricane Patricia became the strongest storm ever measured on the planet early Friday with experts warning it could trigger 39-foot waves along Mexico's coast and “life-threatening” flash flooding.
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Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
Boehner appoints woman to lead Planned Parenthood investigation — Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) will chair the new select committee investigating Planned Parenthood, Speaker John Boehner announced Friday. — Blackburn will be the second House GOP committee chairwoman …
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State Investigators Visit Planned Parenthood Facilities
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New York Times:
Conservative PACs Attack Republicans, and It Pays — WASHINGTON — The petitions that started surfacing online over a year ago were as incendiary as they were urgent, begging recipients to sign up to “Boot Boehner,” “Dump McConnell,” “Drop a Truth-Bomb on Kevin McCarthy” and “Fire Paul Ryan.”
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Anna Palmer / Politico:
McConnell presses Paul to focus on Senate bid — <p>Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and his allies are quietly ratcheting up pressure on Rand Paul to pay more attention to his Senate reelection next year — and less to his flagging 2016 presidential candidacy.</p><p> So far …
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The fragile marriage of Ryan and the Freedom Caucus
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