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Jonathan V. Last / Weekly Standard:
We Have Our Final Six — Tonight's debate showed that the GOP field is smaller than it looks. Technically, there are still fourteen people running, but the winnowing is far along. We probably have a final six and possibly a final four. — The three winners of the night were pretty obvious …
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
CNBC moderators defend debate amid criticism — A pair of CNBC moderators defended the network's handling of Wednesday night's Republican presidential debate amid a flurry of criticism from the candidates and party leaders. — “There were a lot of conservatives before the debate who were urging …
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Bush campaign manager confronts CNBC producer — Jeb Bush campaign manager Danny Diaz got into a heated confrontation with a CNBC producer outside the debate as it was happening, according to two sources familiar with the incident. — One of the sources said Diaz was complaining about speaking time allotments.
Emily Atkin / ThinkProgress:
The CNBC Republican Debate Was A Total Trainwreck — Reporters from both conservative and liberal-minded news organizations seem to agree: the CNBC Republican presidential debate was kind of a trainwreck. — That wasn't really because of the candidates, though — it was because of the moderators.
Shushannah Walshe / ABC News:
Third Republican Presidential Debate: The 6 Moments That Mattered — At times it seemed the night was defined not by the candidates' attacks on each other, but on the moderators who lobbed challenging and, at times, contentious questions at them. — Some fought back and some candidates …
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RealClearPolitics:
Cruz Rips Press At CNBC Debate: “This Debate Illustrates Why We Can Not Trust The Media” — At the Republican debate hosted by CNBC in Boulder, Colorado Wednesday night, presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz lambasted the moderators, particularly John Harwood of The New York Times …
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Douglas E. Schoen / Fox News:
Hillary Clinton won the third GOP debate. Here's why — In conventional terms Senators Cruz and Rubio won Thursday night's debate. They were laser focused, quick, smart and passionate. They defended themselves, their records and went on the offensive at all the right times …
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Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
The Best Lines and Zingers From the Third Republican Debate — The third Republican debate hosted in Boulder, Colorado was not short on drama and memorable moments. — Here are some of the best lines and zingers said by some of the 10 candidates on stage:
Washington Post:
The third Republican debate transcript, annotated — Wednesday night, 10 candidates participated in the third Republican debate: Donald Trump, Ben Carson, Sen. Marco Rubio (Fla.), former Florida governor Jeb Bush, former tech executive Carly Fiorina, Sen. Ted Cruz (Tex.) …
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Jamelle Bouie / Slate:
Jeb Died on That Stage — And the Republican Party's refusal to update its ideas may doom the rest of the field. — Wednesday's Republican presidential debate was critical for Jeb Bush. He had to show donors and voters that he was a fighter, with life in his campaign …
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Sean Davis / The Federalist:
Surprise! John Harwood Lied About Marco Rubio's Tax Plan — As The Federalist's Mollie Hemingway predicted, CNBC's management of Wednesday's Republican presidential primary debate was a complete disaster. The night's biggest loser, aside from everyone who suffered through watching the debate debacle …
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Candace Smith / ABC News:
Feud Between Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio Boils Over
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Jeff Jacoby / BostonGlobe.com:
The biggest loser? The media
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Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Rubio tries to cool expectations of a surge
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Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Kasich lashes out: ‘What has happened to the conservative movement?’
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Insiders: Bush bombed, Rubio won
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Winners and Losers from the third Republican presidential debate
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Jonathan V. Last / Weekly Standard:
Jeb's Dead: Adiós Amigo
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Dylan Byers / CNN:
2016 Republicans vs. the media
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Mark Hemingway / Weekly Standard:
CNBC Moderator Harwood Admits Premise of His Question on Rubio's Tax Plan is Erroneous
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Ted Cruz / Wall Street Journal:
A Simple Flat Tax for Economic Growth — A 10% income tax and a 16% business tax would put an end to the Eight Lean Years of Obama. — Imagine 4.9 million new jobs. Imagine, instead of President Obama's income stagnation, average wages rising 12.2% over the next decade. Capital investment rising 43.9%.
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Tax Foundation:
Details and Analysis of Senator Ted Cruz's Tax Plan — Key Findings: — Senator Cruz's (R-TX) tax plan would enact a 10 percent flat tax on individual income and replace the corporate income tax and all payroll taxes with a 16 percent “Business Transfer Tax,” or subtraction method value-added tax.
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Yeah, Jeb Bush Is Probably Toast — The post-debate spin could become a self-fulfilling prophecy — “You know, I think Jeb Bush is toast,” I told one of my editors after Wednesday night's debate. — “I kinda do too,” he replied. “I'm just worried because that's what everyone else seems to think too.”
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Jake Sherman / Politico:
Webster encouraging House Republicans to not vote for him for speaker — Florida Rep. Daniel Webster is encouraging House Republicans to not vote for him for House speaker, according to multiple GOP sources. — Webster is Rep. Paul Ryan's only competition for House speaker.
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Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Paul Ryan Is Elected House Speaker, Hoping to Manage Chaos
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Tim Murphy / Mother Jones:
Here's Donald Trump's Epic Throwdown With John Kasich — It didn't take long for Wednesday's Republican presidential debate to devolve into an angry back-and-forth between rival candidates. And for once, it was actually kind of substantive. — Ohio Gov. John Kasich spent his first moments …
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Roger Stone / Plain Dealer:
Stoned? Former Donald Trump adviser Roger Stone goes after John Kasich on Twitter
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
After CNBC debacle, Carson camp vows revolt over debates — Share Tweet Reddit Digg Mail Print SMS More — Boulder, Colo. — After a performance by CNBC moderators that Republicans characterized as both biased and inept, a manager for a top GOP campaign says he will try to organize …
Chris Buckley / New York Times:
China to End One-Child Policy, Allowing Families Two Children — BEIJING — China will allow all couples to have two children, a Communist Party leadership meeting decided on Thursday, bringing an end to decades of restrictive policies that limited most urban families to one child.
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Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
McCain: Sanders has better record on veterans than Hillary — Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) says Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has a better track record when it comes to caring for veterans than Hillary Clinton. — McCain said the Vermont senator, who is competing with Clinton …
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Alice Ollstein / ThinkProgress:
Bernie Sanders Vows To Fight Back Against Islamophobia In The 2016 Race
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