Last Night's “Marcobot Moment” May Have Ruined a Political Career  —  I was out to dinner last night—the duck at Il Fornaio was great!—so I missed the Republican debate.  That was too bad, because apparently the highlight of the night was Chris Christie's brutal beatdown of Marco Rubio over precisely the point I made a few days ago.

CNN schedules Democratic debate in Flint  —  CNN announced early Sunday that it will host a debate between Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders next month in Flint, Mich., which has been hit hard by contaminated drinking water.

Gloria Steinem and Madeleine Albright Scold Young Women Backing Bernie Sanders  —  Hillary Clinton's older feminist supporters have a message for young women who are not backing her candidacy: Shame on you.  —  Women were expected to help power Mrs. Clinton to the Democratic nomination …

Franklin Pierce-Herald poll: Clinton, Sanders just 7 points apart  —  U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders' once-formidable lead over Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire has shrunk to just 7 points, putting another Clinton comeback within reach two days before the pivotal first primary …

Embed  —  Some thoughts on Rubio's bad debate, in numbered sequence (for 1 last time before Twitter algorithm destroy this format ...  1) Politicians often repeat talking points.  Friend @portraitinflesh forwards this richly comic example of the genre  —  youtube.com/watch?  v=wCem9E

Republican debate: Best ratings of 2016  —  Bucking a trend of declining debate ratings, ABC's Saturday night GOP face-off was the highest rated debate so far in 2016, according to overnight Nielsen ratings data.  —  The debate averaged a 9.3 household rating between 8:15 p.m. and 10:45 p.m. in Nielsen's so-called metered markets.

‘SNL’ Mocks ‘Nasty Little Weasel’ Ted Cruz After Iowa Caucus Win  —  NBC comedy show “Saturday Night Live” mocked Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX)'s campaign and the candidate himself following his Iowa caucus win.  “SNL” cast member Taran Killam played the GOP nominee hopeful.

Exclusive: Trump Tried to Pay Vets To Be Props  —  Trump's campaign asked a small veterans charity to stand on stage with the mogul at a rally to receive a six-figure check.  The charity took a pass.  —  MANCHESTER, N.H. — Donald Trump wanted a small veterans charity to be his political prop.

North Korea launches ‘satellite,’ sparks fears about long-range missile program  —  TOKYO — North Korea on Sunday declared that it had successfully put an “earth observation satellite” into orbit under the direct orders of leader Kim Jong Un, and said it planned to launch “many more.”