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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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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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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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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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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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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Some Initial Thoughts on the Debate — As I said in my previous post, this was a pretty poorly run debate. But that's media criticism. The real question is how it will affect the race. Jeb Bush needed to get back into this campaign. And he absolutely didn't do that.
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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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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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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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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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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Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Rubio tries to cool expectations of a surge
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Candace Smith / ABC News:
Feud Between Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio Boils Over
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Insiders: Bush bombed, Rubio won
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Douglas E. Schoen / Fox News:
Hillary Clinton won the third GOP debate. Here's why
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Jamelle Bouie / Slate:
Jeb Died on That Stage
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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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Kathy Frankovic / YouGov US Opinion Center News:
Trump leads GOP nationally ahead of third debate
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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.
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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Clinton campaign backtracks on VA claim after widespread criticism
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Shushannah Walshe / ABC News:
GOP Piles on Hillary Clinton Over VA Remark
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Simon Denyer / Washington Post:
China lifts one-child policy amid worries over graying population — BEIJING — China said it would abandon its controversial “one-child policy” on Thursday and allow all couples to have two children, pulling back from the biggest experiment in modern population control in a sign …
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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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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 …
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
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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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Jeff Tollefson / Nature:
US science agency refuses request for climate records — House of Representatives committee is demanding documents relating to a study that refuted a global-warming ‘hiatus’. — Rights & Permissions — The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has refused to comply …
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Timothy Cama / The Hill:
Agency won't give GOP internal docs on climate research
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