memeorandum: Obama to Boehner: 'Man, I'm gonna miss you' (Scott Wong/The Hill)

7:10 AM ET, October 31, 2015

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Ashley Parker / New York Times:

Rules of Next Republican Debate Are Unveiled — Republican presidential candidates will not give opening statements at the next debate, hosted by the Fox Business Network, but they will have more time to respond to questions — 90 seconds in their initial answer, and a 60-second rebuttal …

Discussion: Mediaite, Talking Points Memo and Politico

Ben Kamisar / The Hill:

RNC pulls out of NBC debate — The Republican National Committee has pulled out of a planned Feb. 26 debate with NBC News after widespread criticism of this week's CNBC debate from both the party and campaigns. — “We are suspending the partnership with NBC News for the Republican primary debate …

Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Rubio Spox: We're Not Complaining About The CNBC Debate — Our Guy Won!

Discussion: Mediaite

Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
RNC Chair: I'm ‘Pissed Off’ About ‘Crap Sandwich’ CNBC Debate (VIDEO)

Discussion: Daily Kos, Fox News and Hullabaloo

Kyle Cheney / Politico:
RNC suspends partnership with NBC

Discussion: Hot Air, Outside the Beltway, mrctv.org/videos, Guardian, The Hill, Instapundit, Business Insider, Independent Journal, NPR and Fox News, more at Mediagazer »

New York Times:

Paul Singer, Influential Billionaire, Throws Support to Marco Rubio for President — One of the wealthiest and most influential Republican donors in the country is throwing his support to Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, a decision that could swing millions of dollars in contributions behind …

Discussion: Guardian, Business Insider, The Daily Caller, NBC News and Politico

Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
The Not Ready for Prime Time Bush

Discussion: Slate, National Review, Los Angeles Times, Politico, RedState, Fox News, Bloomberg Business, US News and Washington Post

Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
Republican ‘Insiders’ Shine

Discussion: Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion

Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
If You're Black, Lead the Pack

Discussion: Salon, Daily Kos, Talking Points Memo, neo-neocon, The Mahablog, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Mediaite

New York Times:

White House Aims to Stop Release of Obama-Clinton Emails — WASHINGTON — The White House will try to block the release of a handful of emails between President Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, citing longstanding precedent invoked by presidents of both parties …

Discussion: Weekly Standard, The Gateway Pundit, Daily Mail, Mediaite, Hot Air and Political Wire

Rachael Bade / Politico:

Obama drawn into Clinton email controversy — President Barack Obama found himself drawn into Hillary Clinton's email controversy Friday as the White House acknowledged the State Department is withholding a set of messages Obama and Clinton exchanged during her four years as secretary of state.

Discussion: Washington Free Beacon, New York Times and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion

Justin Fishel / ABC News:
More Hillary Clinton Emails Released, One Describes ‘Weirdest Exchange Ever’

Discussion: Mother Jones

Scott Wong / The Hill:

Obama to Boehner: 'Man, I'm gonna miss you' — President Barack Obama placed a call to John Boehner on his penultimate day as Speaker, telling the Ohio Republican he was sorry to see him go. — “He said, 'Boehner, man, I'm gonna miss you,' ” Boehner recalled in an interview broadcast Friday on Fox News.

Discussion: Fox News, Politico, The Week and Hullabaloo

ABC News:
Sunday on ???This Week???: Ben Carson, Carly Fiorina and Speaker Paul Ryan

Discussion: Politico, Independent Journal, Bloomberg View and Outside the Beltway

Wall Street Journal:

Chief Operating Officer Leaves Jeb Bush Campaign — The highest-ranking official known to lose her job in Jeb Bush's flagging campaign is Christine Ciccone, the campaign's chief operating officer. — News of Ms. Ciccone's departure comes a week after the Bush campaign announced a re-organization …

Discussion: Pivit, RedState, Hot Air, The Gateway Pundit, The Week, Talking Points Memo and Liberty Unyielding

Eli Stokols / Politico:
Bush team bracing for cash crunch

Discussion: Political Wire, Fox News Insider and Daily Kos

Bradford Richardson / The Hill:

Black Lives Matter protesters interrupt Hillary rally — Protesters with the Black Lives Matters movement interrupted a Hillary Clinton rally in Atlanta on Friday, where she planned to unveil her criminal justice reform plan. — Members of the civil rights group in the crowd chanted …

Discussion: Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Wall Street Journal, Politico, Mediaite and Power Line

Margaret Newkirk / Bloomberg Business:
Clinton Vows to Fight Profiling as Black Protesters Chant

Discussion: Politico

Greg Jaffe / Washington Post:

Obama seeks to intensify operations in Syria with Special Ops troops — President Obama is sending a small number of Special Operations forces to northern Syria, marking the first full-time deployment of U.S. troops to the chaotic country. — The mission marks a major shift for Obama …

Discussion: Guardian, ThinkProgress, Washington Monthly and Reuters

Reuters:
U.S. to deploy small number of special forces to Syria in advisory role

Discussion: The Federalist, CNN, Mediaite, Hot Air, Hit & Run, NBC News, Common Dreams, Washington Free Beacon, Taylor Marsh and Guardian

Helene Cooper / New York Times:
Obama to Send Special Operations Forces to Syria to Help Fight ISIS

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CNN:
U.S. to send Special Operations forces to Syria

Discussion: FOX2now.com, Belmont Club, Liberty Unyielding, Booman Tribune, FOX6Now.com, mrctv.org/videos, Independent Journal, Washington Free Beacon, Mediaite and Common Dreams

Alex Thompson / Politico:

America's Most Dangerous Political Taboo — Political taboos, campaign dealbreakers and electoral glass ceilings are crumbling. Members of Congress are openly gay and bisexual, there's a black man in the White House, and a woman may be next. Voters have accepted all sorts of behavioral warts …

Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:

‘Shell-shocked’ CNBC staffers had long flight home — For the CNBC employees who boarded a charter plane right after Wednesday's bruising GOP debate, the redeye flight was physically smooth but emotionally turbulent. — People were exhausted, but also rattled and worried.

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, Townhall.com, Liberty Unyielding, The Daily Caller, Talking Points Memo, Hot Air, Mediaite, Washington Free Beacon and Variety

Washington Post:

6 injured in chemistry classroom fire at Woodson High in Fairfax — A chemistry demonstration at a Fairfax County high school went out of control Friday morning, with a flash of flame engulfing a group of students, leaving two with serious burns and also sending three others to the hospital.

Discussion: Daily Mail

New York Post:

Fatal collapse at NYC building — One person was killed and another seriously injured when a ceiling collapsed Friday in a building under renovation at West 38th Street, sources said. — The injured person was trapped in the rubble at 25 W. 38th Street, sources said.

Discussion: Daily Mail and Gothamist

Frank WarnerContact / Morning Call:

School district working with police to identify Allentown teens involved in brawl with officers — Of The Morning Call … The Allentown School District is working with city police Friday morning to help identify some of the youths involved in a melee after school Thursday …

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, EAGnews.org and Daily Mail