memeorandum: National poll: Sanders zooms into virtual tie with Clinton (Eliza Collins/Politico)

10:40 AM ET, February 5, 2016

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Hadas Gold / Politico:

Clinton and Sanders just had the election's most explosive exchange to date — The niceties are finished. — After a string of debates where Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders discussed (and occasionally disagreed about) the fine points of progressive policy, the two finally had a full-fledged throwdown Thursday night.

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David A. Graham / The Atlantic:

A Debate Between a Hedgehog and a Fox — Clinton and Sanders debate on January 18, 2016. David Goldman / AP — With the New Hampshire primaries just days away, Democrats Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders met on a debate stage in Durham on Thursday. In their first one-on-one matchup …

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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:

Fight Night! — Senior Night Out turns into Fight Night as Bernie and Hillarity! drop the gloves. Who won? Well, after twenty-five years on the national stage it is hard for Hillary to change many minds. As the national front-runner, so she really needs only to reassure her supporters and sit on her lead.

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CNN:

Is New Hampshire about to flip the script for Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders? — David Axelrod is CNN's senior political commentator and host of the podcast “The Axe Files.” He was senior adviser to President Barack Obama and chief strategist for the 2008 and 2012 Obama campaigns.

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Amy Chozick / New York Times:

Hillary Clinton Is Again Put on the Defensive Over Perceived Ties to Wall Street — MANCHESTER, N.H. — Hillary Clinton appeared frustrated. — Dozens of prominent economists and academic experts have endorsed her plans to regulate the financial sector. Her policies would …

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Ryan Struyk / ABC News:
Democratic Presidential Debate: 7 Moments That Mattered

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Clay Wirestone / @politifact:
Bernie Sanders ad claims or implies endorsements from New Hampshire newspapers

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NBC News:
Transcript: MSNBC Democratic Candidates Debate

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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Insiders: Bernie scored in debate with Wall Street slams

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Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Our Man in New Hampshire: The Exit of Martin O'Malley

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New York Times:
In Democratic Debate, Candidates Clash on Money's Role

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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Hillary Clinton's Problem Isn't That She's Not Progressive, It's That She's Cautious

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Mark Murray / NBC News:
Poll: Sanders Leads Clinton by 20 Points in New Hampshire

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Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Questions on Speeches to Goldman Sachs Vex Hillary Clinton

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MSNBC:
Watch LIVE: MSNBC Democratic Candidates Debate

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Hillary Clinton / Yahoo Politics:
Meet the lobbyists, donors and bundlers behind Hillary's $157 million juggernaut

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CNN:
Sanders tops Clinton by 2-to-1 margin in New Hampshire

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Anna Brand / NBC News:
Revolution or Evolution: Sanders, Clinton Tout Differences

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Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
Democratic candidates exhibit a new ferocity in last debate before N.H. vote

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Steven Shepard / Politico:

Think the Iowa polls were bad? Wait until New Hampshire — Pollsters in Iowa are searching for answers after they failed to predict Ted Cruz's victory over Donald Trump and Marco Rubio. It might even be worse next week in New Hampshire. — Pollsters and other observers surveyed …

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Eliza Collins / Politico:

National poll: Sanders zooms into virtual tie with Clinton — The Democratic race has dramatically tightened, according to a new Quinnipiac University national poll out Friday that shows Hillary Clinton with a razor-thin lead over Bernie Sanders. — Clinton leads Sanders 44 percent to 42 percent …

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MJ Lee / CNN:

Trump on Cruz feud: 'I don't care about that anymore' — Manchester, New Hampshire (CNN)The day after accusing Ted Cruz of winning the Iowa caucuses unfairly and asking for a rematch in the state, Donald Trump says he's now over it. — “I'm so much into this, into New Hampshire …

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CNN:
New Hampshire poll: Trump on top, battle for second emerges

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ABC News:
New Hampshire Polls Show Marco Rubio Climbing After Iowa Caucuses

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Allison Yang / New York's PIX11:

BREAKING: One killed, two seriously injured after crane falls on cars in TriBeCa — LOWER MANHATTAN — A massive crane collapsed onto a row of cars in TriBeCa Friday morning, killing one person and seriously injuring at least two others. — Reports of the fallen crane at 40 Worth St. …

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Thomas Tracy / New York Daily News:

At least one person killed, two seriously injured when construction crane collapses in lower Manhattan — One person was killed and two more were seriously injured when a construction crane tumbled onto a Tribeca street Friday morning, officials said. — The crane fell on a row of parked cars …

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ABC News:

Lineup for Last GOP Debate Before NH Primary Announced

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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Now starring in a Christie ad: Rick Santorum

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A.B. Stoddard / The Hill:

Obama risks being stained by Clinton scandal — As new revelations make clear the intentional and likely criminal nature of Hillary Clinton's email scheme, President Obama is risking his legacy on a potentially devastating corruption scandal. — There is nothing to suggest Obama has intervened …

Rachael Bade / Politico:
Ryan offers new warning for Chaffetz on email probe

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Jack Shafer / Politico:

Time for Chelsea Clinton's Easy Ride to End — When precisely did Chelsea Clinton complete her transition from a White House kid whom journalists agreed to treat as off-limits to a public figure deserving of the full scrutiny of the press corps? — The unsettling answer to the question appears to be, “Not yet.”

Robby Soave / Reason:

Male Teen Takes Nude Photo of Himself, Charged with Making Child Porn — The kid, 15, could be placed on the sex offender registry. — A Three Rivers, Michigan, teenager is both the victim and perpetrator of a sex crime. He might land on the sex offender registry, and face criminal charges …

David Corn / Mother Jones:

Ted Cruz Attacks Sean Penn—and Here's Penn's Response — At an addiction policy forum in Hooksett, New Hampshire, on Thursday, Sen. Ted Cruz, the winner of the Republican Iowa caucuses, turned his talk about the awful consequences of addiction into a rant against...illegal immigration.

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