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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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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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The Hill, Taylor Marsh, Fox News, Washington Post, Yahoo Politics, Scared Monkeys, NBC News and American Power


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


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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Politico, CNN and Washington Free Beacon


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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Washington Monthly, New York Times, Guardian, The Moderate Voice and Mother Jones


Democratic Presidential Debate: 7 Moments That Mattered
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Washington Post, Matt Paul, Politico, Political Wire, The Daily Beast, Associated Press and WCTX-TV

Fight Night! — Senior Night Out turns into Fight Night …
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Washington Post, Liberty Unyielding and Vox

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

Insiders: Bernie scored in debate with Wall Street slams
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Slate, New York Times, Yahoo Politics and Washington Post

Bernie Sanders ad claims or implies endorsements from New Hampshire newspapers
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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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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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Political Wire


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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Donald Trump Holds Substantial Lead in New Hampshire, According to Poll — Two GOP senators narrow the gap with the billionaire in the wake of Iowa caucus results — Donald Trump maintains a substantial lead in New Hampshire ahead of Tuesday's presidential primary, but his two principal rivals …
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Cruz vs. Rubio
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RedState, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and The Resurgent

Lineup for Last GOP Debate Before NH Primary Announced
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Talking Points Memo, RedState, CNN, Daily Kos, Politico, Washington Post, The Last Refuge, Washington Times, BizPac Review, WATE-TV and Associated Press

Carson: Cruz staff must be punished for ‘deceptive’ voicemail
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Talking Points Memo, Politico, CNN, Breitbart, Business Insider and Washington Post

An Editorial — Joseph W. McQuaid, Publisher: Of polls, pundits, and rubes
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Politico, The Week, TVNewser and New York Times

National poll: Sanders zooms into virtual tie with Clinton
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Questions and Observations, ABC News and The Right Scoop

Poll: Trump Holds Lead in New Hampshire as Rubio Gains Ground
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Florida Politics, Outside the Beltway, The Right Scoop, NBC News and CNN

Clinton spending more on polling than six GOP candidates combined
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RedState, Washington Free Beacon and Daily Kos

Now starring in a Christie ad: Rick Santorum
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Talking Points Memo and The Resurgent


NYC crane collapse: 1 killed, 3 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 injuring three others. — Reports of the fallen crane at 40 Worth St., near Church Street …
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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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Joe.My.God., USA Today and The Atlantic


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

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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Jeb jokes his mom was lucky there was no ‘child-abuse hotline’
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Talking Points Memo and Mediaite

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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John Hawkins' Right Wing News


'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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Donald Trump supporters think about morality differently than other voters. Here's how. — Moral Foundations Theory was invented to compare different human cultures. But it can also explain our political landscape. — How on Earth can anyone vote for that ... [fill in the blank]?
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Mother Jones


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 …

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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Talking Points Memo, Mashable, Shakesville and The Week