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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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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
MSNBC's Democratic debate is lowest rated of the season — MSNBC's feisty debate between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton received high marks from political observers, but not high ratings from ordinary viewers. — It was the lowest-rated debate of the 2016 election cycle by far, according to preliminary Nielsen data.
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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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Prairie Weather, Washington Post and American Power
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
A Debate Between a Hedgehog and a Fox
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Washington Monthly, Washington Post, New York Times, Guardian, The Moderate Voice and Mother Jones
Ryan Struyk / ABC News:
Democratic Presidential Debate: 7 Moments That Mattered
Democratic Presidential Debate: 7 Moments That Mattered
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Washington Post, Matt Paul, Political Wire, Politico, The Daily Beast, WCTX-TV and Associated Press
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Fight Night! — Senior Night Out turns into Fight Night …
Fight Night! — Senior Night Out turns into Fight Night …
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Washington Post, Liberty Unyielding and Vox
Amanda Taub / Vox:
The debate over “Bernie Bros” isn't about Bernie Sanders at all
The debate over “Bernie Bros” isn't about Bernie Sanders at all
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MattBruenig, Carl Beijer, The Daily Caller, Slate and Death and Taxes
Clay Wirestone / @politifact:
Bernie Sanders ad claims or implies endorsements from New Hampshire newspapers
Bernie Sanders ad claims or implies endorsements from New Hampshire newspapers
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Insiders: Bernie scored in debate with Wall Street slams
Insiders: Bernie scored in debate with Wall Street slams
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Slate, New York Times, Yahoo Politics and Washington Post
James Pindell / BostonGlobe.com:
New poll shows Rubio closing in on Trump — PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — With four days until New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation presidential primary, the Republican contest is tightening at the top and churning in the middle as nearly a third of likely Republican voters say they could still change their mind …
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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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Janet Hook / Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump Holds Substantial Lead in New Hampshire, According to Poll
Donald Trump Holds Substantial Lead in New Hampshire, According to Poll
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Joseph W. McQuaid / UnionLeader.com:
An Editorial — Joseph W. McQuaid, Publisher: Of polls, pundits, and rubes
An Editorial — Joseph W. McQuaid, Publisher: Of polls, pundits, and rubes
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Politico, The Week, TVNewser and New York Times
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Poll: Trump Holds Lead in New Hampshire as Rubio Gains Ground
Poll: Trump Holds Lead in New Hampshire as Rubio Gains Ground
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Eliza Collins / Politico:
National poll: Sanders zooms into virtual tie with Clinton
National poll: Sanders zooms into virtual tie with Clinton
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Now starring in a Christie ad: Rick Santorum
Now starring in a Christie ad: Rick Santorum
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Talking Points Memo and The Resurgent
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Carson: Cruz staff must be punished for ‘deceptive’ voicemail — Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson is warning rival Ted Cruz that he must hold his campaign staff accountable for suggesting the retired neurosurgeon was dropping out of the 2016 race.
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Erick Erickson / Townhall.com:
Cruz vs. Rubio
Cruz vs. Rubio
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MJ Lee / CNN:
Trump on Cruz feud: 'I don't care about that anymore'
Trump on Cruz feud: 'I don't care about that anymore'
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RedState, RealClearPolitics, Washington Post, Hot Air, The Right Scoop, Patterico's Pontifications and Da Tech Guy Blog
CNN:
Cruz campaign voicemail said Carson was ‘suspending campaigning’
Cruz campaign voicemail said Carson was ‘suspending campaigning’
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BuzzFeed, Breitbart, The Stream, Daily Kos, The Gateway Pundit, The Last Tradition, Raw Story and The Last Refuge
Ari Melber / MSNBC:
Clinton spending more on polling than six GOP candidates combined
Clinton spending more on polling than six GOP candidates combined
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RedState, Washington Free Beacon and Daily Kos
Allison Yang / New York's PIX11:
NYC crane collapse: 1 killed, 3 injured after massive crane crashes onto cars; it was ‘like an earthquake’ — LOWER MANHATTAN — A massive crane collapsed onto a row of cars in TriBeCa Friday morning, killing one person and injuring three 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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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Why Liberals Should Support a Trump Republican Nomination — He'd probably be a better president than his rivals. — The initial stupefaction and dismay with which liberals greeted Donald Trump's candidacy have slowly given way to feelings of Schadenfreude— reveling in the suffering of others …
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The Daily Caller
Kate Hairopoulos / Dallas Morning News:
Johnny Manziel's father: If son doesn't get help, QB 'won't live to see his 24th birthday' — Johnny Manziel's family is concerned for his well-being, but the NFL quarterback has twice declined to be admitted to area rehabilitation facilities in the last week, according to his father, Paul Manziel.
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Barbara Bush: Jeb is ‘almost too polite’ — Former first lady Barbara Bush has some advice for Jeb Bush ahead of Saturday's Republican debate: Man up. — “He's almost too polite. I don't advise him, but if I gave him advice I would say, 'Why don't you interrupt like other people do?'”
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Jeb jokes his mom was lucky there was no ‘child-abuse hotline’
Jeb jokes his mom was lucky there was no ‘child-abuse hotline’
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Trump Is Going To The Next Fox Debate Hosted By Megyn Kelly — “I have no objection to being there.” — View Video › — Donald Trump won't run from the March Republican debate hosted by Megyn Kelly. — “No, I'll be there,” Trump told the Steve Malzberg Show on Friday.
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Sarah Kaplan / Washington Post:
Wife crashes her own funeral, horrifying her husband, who had paid to have her killed — Noela Rukundo sat in a car outside her home, watching as the last few mourners filed out. They were leaving a funeral — her funeral. — Finally, she spotted the man she'd been waiting for.
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Oliver Darcy / TheBlaze.com:
'I'm Just Asking a Question': Rush Limbaugh Reveals What He's ‘Always Wondered’ About Obama — Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh asked aloud on his radio program Thursday why President Barack Obama made the choice to become a Christian. — Limbaugh, referencing the president's recent trip …
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Jihad Watch, Pamela Geller and Rush Limbaugh
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.”
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Katy Barnato / CNBC:
Citi: World economy trapped in ‘death spiral’ — The global economy seems trapped in a “death spiral” that could lead to further weakness in oil prices, recession and a serious equity bear market, Citi strategists have warned. — Some analysts — including those at Citi …
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News