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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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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 …
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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New Republic, The Atlantic, New York Times, Guardian, Hit & Run, US News, Salon and The Week
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.) …
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 …
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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New York Times, AMERICAblog News, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Hot Air
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 …
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.
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Online polls: Trump won third GOP debate — Donald Trump emerged the victor of Wednesday night's third GOP presidential debate, according to flash polls of three websites' users. — Trump overwhelmingly won the contest in Boulder, Colo., according to online surveys from Time …
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TIME, Mother Jones, Political Wire and CNBC
Brittany M. Hughes / mrctv.org/videos:
Kasich: ‘I Was Very Appreciative’ of CNBC Moderators
Kasich: ‘I Was Very Appreciative’ of CNBC Moderators
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Power Line, National Review and Hot Air
New York Times:
Republican Candidates Take Sharp Tone in Third Debate
Republican Candidates Take Sharp Tone in Third Debate
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New York Magazine, Weekly Standard, Washington Post, Politico and Erick on the Radio
Ezra Klein / Vox:
Ted Cruz's best moment of the debate was also completely wrong
Ted Cruz's best moment of the debate was also completely wrong
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Sean Davis / The Federalist:
Surprise! John Harwood Lied About Marco Rubio's Tax Plan
Surprise! John Harwood Lied About Marco Rubio's Tax Plan
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NewsBusters, American Spectator, Mediaite, Weekly Standard, Betsy's Page, Townhall.com, BizPac Review, Front Page Magazine and National Review
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
CNBC's really bad debate night
CNBC's really bad debate night
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Slate, Liberty Unyielding, Scared Monkeys, OnPolitics, NPR, Truth Revolt, The Week and NBC News
Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg.com news:
Fact Check: Study Says Rubio's Tax Plan Helps Rich More Than Middle Class, Less Than Poorest
Fact Check: Study Says Rubio's Tax Plan Helps Rich More Than Middle Class, Less Than Poorest
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TIME, Washington Post, Daily Kos, Mediaite, Althouse and The Daily Caller
Roger L Simon / Diary of a Mad Voter:
CNBC and Jeb Bush Commit Suicide in Boulder
CNBC and Jeb Bush Commit Suicide in Boulder
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neo-neocon, The Daily Caller, American Thinker, Da Tech Guy Blog and Shot in the Dark
Shushannah Walshe / ABC News:
Third Republican Presidential Debate: The 6 Moments That Mattered
Third Republican Presidential Debate: The 6 Moments That Mattered
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Politico, The Hill, Outside the Beltway, Bloomberg Business, Althouse, National Review and Bloomberg.com news
Jeff Jacoby / BostonGlobe.com:
The biggest loser? The media
The biggest loser? The media
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Weekly Standard, Politico and NPR
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Peace Breaks Out Among the Republican Candidates
Peace Breaks Out Among the Republican Candidates
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NBC News, Balloon Juice, Mother Jones, Lawyers, Guns & Money, The Federalist and National Review
Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Lamestream CNBC Moderators Total Debate Fail
Gerald F. Seib / Wall Street Journal:
Noisy GOP Debate Leaves Republican Race Unsettled
Noisy GOP Debate Leaves Republican Race Unsettled
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Associated Press, New York Times, Politico, The Week, Poynter., Raw Story, US News and Bloomberg Business
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Insiders: Bush bombed, Rubio won
Insiders: Bush bombed, Rubio won
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ABC News, Bloomberg Business, No More Mister Nice Blog and Bloomberg.com news
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Some Initial Thoughts on the Debate
McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
Jeb Bush Continues “Death Spiral” At GOP Debate
Jeb Bush Continues “Death Spiral” At GOP Debate
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Los Angeles Times, Salon, Hullabaloo, Hot Air, Guardian, Daily Kos, Vox, RedState, Bloomberg View, Slantpoint, Politico and Washington Post
Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Rubio tries to cool expectations of a surge
Rubio tries to cool expectations of a surge
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Political Wire and ABC News
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 …
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David Weigel / Washington Post:
Ben Carson calls on rival campaigns to help him end ‘gotcha’ debate questions
Ben Carson calls on rival campaigns to help him end ‘gotcha’ debate questions
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Scott Wong / The Hill:
Paul Ryan elected Speaker — Lawmakers on Thursday elected Rep. Paul Ryan as the 54th Speaker of the House, putting an end to weeks of uncertainty over who would lead the raucous 247-member GOP conference after John Boehner's (R-Ohio) surprise resignation. — On a day filled with pomp …
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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis:
Jeannine Aversa: (202) 606-2649 (News Media) — National Income and Product Accounts — Gross Domestic Product: Third Quarter 2015 (Advance Estimate) — Real gross domestic product — the value of the goods and services produced by the nation's economy less the value of the goods …
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Wall Street Journal, Mother Jones, Telegraph, MarketWatch, The Daily Caller, US News, New York Times and Hot Air
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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ThinkProgress, Wall Street Journal, National Review and Washington Post
Thomas Schaller / American Prospect:
The Republican Structural Advantage — In the 25th anniversary issue of this magazine, Jacob Hacker and Paul Pierson offered an explanation of what they call the “no-cost extremism” of current Republican politics. How does the GOP continue to move rightward and still win, they ask …
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