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2:35 PM ET, October 29, 2015

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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 …
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 …
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.) …
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 …
Ezra Klein / Vox:
Ted Cruz's best moment of the debate was also completely wrong  —  “The questions that have been asked so far in this debate illustrate why the American people don't trust the media,” Ted Cruz said with considerable disgust.  “This is not a cage match.”  —  Cruz ticked off the insults …
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Ben Carson calls on rival campaigns to help him end ‘gotcha’ debate questions  —  LAKEWOOD, Colo. — Republican presidential front-runner Ben Carson told reporters Thursday that he was reaching out to every rival campaign to lobby for changes to future debate formats.
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 …
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 …
Emily Atkin / ThinkProgress:
The CNBC Republican Debate Was A Total Trainwreck
Brittany M. Hughes / mrctv.org/videos:
Kasich: ‘I Was Very Appreciative’ of CNBC Moderators
Discussion: Power Line, National Review and Hot Air
Jeff Jacoby / BostonGlobe.com:
The biggest loser? The media
Discussion: Weekly Standard, Politico and NPR
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Peace Breaks Out Among the Republican Candidates
Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:   Lamestream CNBC Moderators Total Debate Fail
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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Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Paul Ryan Is Elected House Speaker
Discussion: Outside the Beltway 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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Energy.gov:
Turn Your Halloween Pumpkins Into Power  —  WHAT ARE THE KEY FACTS? … With the passing of Halloween, millions of pounds of pumpkins have turned from seasonal decorations to trash destined for landfills, adding to more than 254 million tons of municipal solid waste (MSW) produced in the United States every year.
Discussion: Fox News, RedState and Washington Times
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Jennifer Pompi / Washington Times:
Energy Department smashes pumpkins for causing climate change
Discussion: Truth Revolt and Allen B. West
BBC:
China to end one-child policy and allow two  —  China has decided to end its decades-long one-child policy, the state-run Xinhua news agency reports.  —  Couples will now be allowed to have two children, it said, citing a statement from the Communist Party.
Discussion: Slantpoint and Independent Journal
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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 …
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 …
USA Today:
Move over standing desk: this one reclines  —  SAN FRANCISCO —After trying out the $5,900 Altwork Station, one thought immediately comes to mind: boycott work until you're issued one of these babies.  —  In development for five years in a rural Sonoma County barn and going on pre-order Wednesday …
 
 
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Perry Stein / Washington Post:
A D.C. cop tried to break up a group of teens. It ended in this impressive dance-off.
Hadas Gold / Politico:
CNBC's GOP debate draws in 14 million viewers
Discussion: Bloomberg.com news
Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Ann Coulter Defends CNBC Debate Moderators From ‘Ridiculous’ Attacks
Ted Nugent / WND:
That high-school brat had it coming
Thomas Schaller / American Prospect:
The Republican Structural Advantage
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Daily Mail:
'Terror threat is the highest I've ever seen,' says MI5 chief: Britain faces unprecedented risk …
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Leslie A. Rubin / WCHS-TV:
Assistant Logan County Prosecutor Suspended After Gun Scare Involving Fake Spiders
Discussion: Fox News and CBS Pittsburgh
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Rich Lowry / Politico:
Bernie's Conspiracy Theory
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Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
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