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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:
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Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Kasich lashes out: ‘What has happened to the conservative movement?’ — <p>Ohio Gov. John Kasich's first real foray into attacking his Republican rivals centered on him ticking off a list of critiques he has with the 2016 Republican presidential field. </p><p>Kasich, at a rally …
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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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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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Gerald F. Seib / Wall Street Journal:
Noisy GOP Debate Leaves Republican Race Unsettled — Testy exchanges nudge front-runners Donald Trump and Ben Carson into the background — For the first time in the campaign, Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio took jabs at one another. How did social media capture the tension and drama of this moment of the GOP debate?
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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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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook, presented by Comcast - JEB LOOKS DEAD: The benedictions begin - TOP OPERATIVE: ‘Hard to articulate a path’ — DES MOINES REGISTER banner: ‘Iowans agree: Rubio shines’ - SPEAKER PAUL RYAN ERA DAWNS — B'DAY: Jim Messina, David Remnick — By Mike Allen (@mikeallen …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Some Initial Thoughts on the Debate
RealClearPolitics:
Cruz Rips Press At CNBC Debate: “This Debate Illustrates Why We Can Not Trust The Media”
Cruz Rips Press At CNBC Debate: “This Debate Illustrates Why We Can Not Trust The Media”
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Tim Murphy / Mother Jones:
Here's Donald Trump's Epic Throwdown With John Kasich
Here's Donald Trump's Epic Throwdown With John Kasich
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Insiders: Bush bombed, Rubio won
Insiders: Bush bombed, Rubio won
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No More Mister Nice Blog and Bloomberg Business
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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Shushannah Walshe / ABC News:
GOP Piles on Hillary Clinton Over VA Remark
GOP Piles on Hillary Clinton Over VA Remark
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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.
Austin Wright / Politico:
How the Army's $3 billion spy blimp went from boondoggle to laughingstock — The Army made clear last year that its pair of massive spy blimps designed to float at 10,000 feet and scan the skies for air and missile threats would “be tethered to the ground at all times.”
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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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Mark Hemingway / Weekly Standard:
CNBC Moderator Harwood Admits Premise of His Question on Rubio's Tax Plan is Erroneous
CNBC Moderator Harwood Admits Premise of His Question on Rubio's Tax Plan is Erroneous
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Sanders proposes nixing marijuana from federal list of dangerous drugs — Presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders announced his support Wednesday for removing marijuana from a list of the most dangerous drugs outlawed by the federal government — a move that would free states to legalize it without impediments from Washington.
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Alice Ollstein / ThinkProgress:
Bernie Sanders Vows To Fight Back Against Islamophobia In The 2016 Race
Bernie Sanders Vows To Fight Back Against Islamophobia In The 2016 Race
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Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Paul Ryan Set to Take Over as Speaker, Hoping to Manage the Chaos — Representative Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin was poised to be installed as the 62nd speaker of the House on Thursday, taking the gavel that he never sought to wield from John A. Boehner, who relinquished it under fire.
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Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Paul Ryan says he will support budget deal
Paul Ryan says he will support budget deal
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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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Timothy Cama / The Hill:
Agency won't give GOP internal docs on climate research — The federal government's chief climate research agency is refusing to give House Republicans the detailed information they want on a controversial study on climate change. — Citing confidentiality concerns and the integrity …
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry and her ‘hard work’ history — a snowstorm was crippling Ohio. On her eponymous MSNBC show, host Melissa Harris-Perry provided some coverage of the weather event, tossing to NBC News correspondent Kerry Sanders on location. “Yes, it's been coming down since early this morning.
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Christie: Media wants GOP field ‘to kill each other’ — Gov. Chris Christie (R-N.J.) said Thursday that the media is hoping the GOP presidential field tears itself apart. — “First of all, the moderators just didn't do their jobs last night,” Christie said on MSNBC's “Morning Joe” of the previous evening's 2016 primary debate.
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 …