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Wall Street Journal:
The GOP on Economics — The good, the bad, and the ugly at the fourth presidential debate. — Tuesday night's Republican presidential debate wasn't the most entertaining, but it was by far the most educational. The two-hour session gave the candidates a chance to critique the Obama record …
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Business Insider, Forbes, National Review, OnPolitics, Taylor Marsh, Mediaite, Politico and Washington Post
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Michael Brendan Dougherty / The Week:
Why GOP elites are totally ignoring a political reality that could destroy their party — For months now, the race for the Republican presidential nomination has actually been split into two races. — In the one that gets talked about the most by the professional political press …
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The American Conservative, The Daily Caller and CNN
NBC News:
Rubio Looks Like the GOP Frontrunner, But There's a Catch — First Read is a morning briefing from Meet the Press and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter. — The Rubio Paradox — After his strong debate performances …
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Hullabaloo, NBC News, Politico and The Hill
Ken Shepherd / NewsBusters:
Chris Matthews Not Sure If Cruz, Rubio Really Hispanic; They're ‘Cuban Nationals’ Though — Share it Tweet it — According to Chris Matthews, it's uncertain whether the term Hispanic can properly be used to describe GOP presidential aspirants Sens. Ted Cruz (Texas) and Marco Rubio (Florida).
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RedState, American Spectator, Mediaite, Hot Air, Independent Journal, Washington Free Beacon and The Daily Caller
Bill Scher / Politico:
Jeb Bush Is 2016's John Kerry
Jeb Bush Is 2016's John Kerry
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CANNONFIRE, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Week and Jeb 2016
Catherine Herridge / Fox News:
FBI expands probe of Clinton emails, launches independent classification review — The FBI has expanded its probe of Hillary Clinton's emails, with agents exploring whether multiple statements violate a federal false statements statute, according to intelligence sources familiar with the ongoing case.
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New York Times:
Poll Shows Hillary Clinton Maintaining Lead Over Bernie Sanders — Despite a month of sharpened attacks, Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont has failed to significantly dent Hillary Rodham Clinton's lead in the Democratic presidential race, according to a New York Times/CBS News survey released on Thursday.
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ABC News, OnPolitics, Bloomberg Business, Politico, Washington Post, Common Dreams, Towleroad, The Week and Bloomberg.com news
Brent Budowsky / The Hill:
In new shock poll, Sanders has landslides over both Trump and Bush
In new shock poll, Sanders has landslides over both Trump and Bush
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DownWithTyranny! and Discourse.net
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Chris Christie: College unrest a product of ‘lawlessness’ that Obama allows — MUSCATAINE, Iowa — In his first campaign stops after a well-received performance in Fox Business's “undercard” GOP presidential primary debate, Gov. Chris Christie (R-N.J.) mixed raw talk about addiction …
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ThinkProgress, Raw Story, Mediaite and Washington Free Beacon
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j.school:
Crying Wolfe Exposes Real Problem
Crying Wolfe Exposes Real Problem
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RedState, Vox, The Daily Caller and Moe Lane
Claude Brodesser-Akner / New Jersey Online:
Christie bashes Clinton as he draws bigger Iowa crowds
Christie bashes Clinton as he draws bigger Iowa crowds
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ThinkProgress, Independent Journal, theGrio and Mediaite
Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Trump talks Clinton's ‘massive’ new hairdo — Washington (CNN)Donald Trump said Wednesday he was shocked to see Hillary Clinton's latest hairdo, calling it “massive” in an interview on conservative talk radio. — Asked by host Mark Levin what Clinton's appeal to voters is, Trump simply said …
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New York Post, neo-neocon, Jezebel, Liberaland, CBS DC, The Frisky, The Week and Shakesville
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Cpotter / MARK-CM:
Trump: It Was Shocking To See Hillary's Hair
Trump: It Was Shocking To See Hillary's Hair
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Talking Points Memo, Raw Story and The Gateway Pundit
Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
Mizzou, Yale and Free Speech — On university campuses across the country, from Mizzou to Yale, we have two noble forces colliding with explosive force. — One is a concern for minority or marginalized students and faculty members, who are often left feeling as outsiders in ways that damage everyone's education.
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Truth on the Market, TIME, Shakesville, Chicago Reader, Mediaite and Instapundit
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Edward Morrissey / The Fiscal Times:
Yale, Mizzou and Others—Training a Generation of Proto-Fascists
Yale, Mizzou and Others—Training a Generation of Proto-Fascists
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Hot Air, Slantpoint, The PJ Tatler and Independent Journal
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Promised Bipartisanship, Obama Adviser Found Disappointment — WASHINGTON — When President Obama first won the White House, he recruited Ray LaHood, a Republican congressman, to join his cabinet. The appointment, Mr. Obama declared, “reflects that bipartisan spirit” that would distinguish his presidency.
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Erick on the Radio, Algemeiner.com and Mediaite
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Ray LaHood: Obama Was Unable To Execute Bipartisan Approach
Ray LaHood: Obama Was Unable To Execute Bipartisan Approach
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The Week
Aamer Madhani / USA Today:
Missouri student files complaint against professor who called for ‘muscle’ — The University of Missouri student who filmed assistant professor Melissa Click call for “muscle” to eject him from a protest site on campus says he has filed a complaint with police alleging simple assault.
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Hot Air, The Daily Caller, Truth Revolt and The Daily Free Press, more at Mediagazer »
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Hillary Clinton's claim that she tried to join the Marines — “He looks at me and goes, 'Um, how old are you. And I said, ‘Well I am 26, I will be 27.’ And he goes, ‘Well, that is kind of old for us.’ And then he says to me, and this is what gets me, ‘Maybe the dogs will take you,’ meaning the Army.”
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Yahoo Politics, New York Times, Mediaite, The Daily Caller, Washington Free Beacon, Hot Air, Independent Journal and WMUR
Curtis Skinner / Reuters:
Students across U.S. to march over debt, free public college — Students were set to walk out of classrooms across the United States on Thursday to protest ballooning student loan debt for higher education and rally for tuition-free public colleges and a minimum wage hike for campus workers.
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ThinkProgress, Fox News Insider, The Gateway Pundit, NOLA River and Common Dreams
Massoud Hayoun / Al Jazeera America:
Missouri state senator aims to block student's dissertation on abortion — Exclusive interview: Missouri grad student defends research on how state's required abortion wait affects women — A University of Missouri doctoral student plans to continue research for her dissertation on the effects …
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Talking Points Memo, Balloon Juice, Hullabaloo, The Huffington Post, AMERICAblog News and Raw Story
Nick Timiraos / Wall Street Journal:
Populism on the Rise in GOP Race for President — Candidates bash big banks, the Fed, corporations and international trade deals in their latest debate — The latest presidential debate vividly captured how the 2008 financial crisis has reshaped the Republican Party by unleashing …
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New York Times, Washington Monthly and Power Line
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Jeff Greenfield / Politico:
How Cruz Wins Debates: An Inside Look
How Cruz Wins Debates: An Inside Look
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ABC News, Betsy's Page, FishbowlDC, New York Times and Roger's Rules
Christopher Massie / BuzzFeed:
Ben Carson: If Russian Planes Enter No-Fly Zone, “You Shoot Them Down, Absolutely” — Ben Carson says if the United States were to establish a no-fly zone in Syria and Russian planes were to enter it, then those planes would have to be shot down. — The Republican presidential candidate …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Republicans divided over how far to go with ObamaCare repeal — Senate Republicans are divided over how far to go with an ObamaCare repeal bill they plan to send to the president's desk by year's end. — Senate GOP leaders have told their members they will repeal as much of the 2010 healthcare reform law …
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Politico, Talking Points Memo, Hit & Run, PoliticusUSA, Washington Post and The Bob and Chez Show
Oliver Darcy / TheBlaze.com:
Mizzou Demonstrators Segregate White Allies to Form ‘Black Only Healing Space’ — Student protesters at the University of Missouri asked white supporters to leave Wednesday night in order to create a “black only healing space.” — Steve Schmidt, an activist who was at the protest …
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neo-neocon, Maggie's Farm, RedState and Daily Wire
Caitlin Cruz / Talking Points Memo:
Ben Carson Adviser: We Have ‘Intelligence’ About Chinese In Syria (VIDEO) — Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson's business manager and adviser Armstrong Williams attempted to support Carson's bizarre debate claims on Syria during a Wednesday interview with MSNBC by assuring the anchor that the Chinese are, in fact, in Syria.
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Mother Jones
Alvin Chang / Vox:
Democrats scheduled debates on days when no one will watch — The Democratic National Committee, which organizes the party's primary debates, has faced accusations of scheduling them on dates that will receive poor viewership in an attempt to protect frontrunner Hillary Clinton.
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Salon and Florida Politics
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
David Vitter's Race for Governor Could Bring the Senate Together — After a rough and highly personal debate in the Louisiana governor's race on Tuesday night, all eyes in the Senate are on David Vitter, the Louisiana Republican who is in a pitched battle to win the governor's mansion back home.
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NOLA River and whorunsGov
Keith BieryGolick / Cincinnati.com:
Boehner resignation leads to election oddity — Scroll to the bottom of this story for a complete breakdown of important upcoming election dates. — It's unlikely to happen, but voters could elect two different congressmen to fill John Boehner's vacated seat in the March primary.