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Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Rubio chokes — MANCHESTER, N.H. — Marco Rubio knew exactly what he was doing on Saturday night. — Marco Rubio knew exactly what he was doing on Saturday night. — Marco Rubio knew exactly what he was doing on Saturday night. — The problem was he flubbed it.
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Niall Stanage / The Hill:
GOP debate winners and losers — The final Republican debate before Tuesday's New Hampshire primary was seen as a moment of do-or-die drama for several candidates. In one exchange in particular, the clash at Saint Anselm University in Manchester lived up to its billing.
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Todd Graham / CNN:
Debate Coach: Only one candidate got an A — Bush jabs Rubio over leadership experience — Todd Graham is director of debate at Southern Illinois University. His teams have won national championships for three years, and he's been recognized twice as the national debate coach of the year.
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BostonGlobe.com, FiveThirtyEight and New York Times
Dylan Byers / CNN:
Ted Cruz is wrong about CNN's reporting — Manchester, New Hampshire (CNN)Sen. Ted Cruz knowingly misstated CNN's reporting during Saturday night's Republican primary debate in an effort to evade responsibility for misleading statements his campaign made about Ben Carson.
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Bush loyalists concede the end may be in sight — MANCHESTER, N.H. - Frustration inside Bush world has begun to spill into open view, with even the most outspoken family loyalists admitting it may soon be time to move on. — With the New Hampshire primary just days away and polls showing …
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McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
Under Attack, Marco Rubio Malfunctions — And Repeats The Same Line Four Times — MANCHESTER, N.H. — In a high-profile stumble three days out from the New Hampshire primary, a rattled-looking Marco Rubio retreated from an aggressive grilling during Saturday's debate in a strange way: by reciting the same line at least four times.
Elias Isquith / Salon:
Why Chris Christie's beatdown of Marco Rubio was the only moment from the GOP debate that mattered — Sen. Marco Rubio had to fend off an assault from the Garden State bully. Instead, he nearly self-destructed — The moment when Saturday night's Republican presidential primary debate …
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Business Insider:
Donald Trump dismisses audience after getting booed at the debate
Donald Trump dismisses audience after getting booed at the debate
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Althouse and The Gateway Pundit
Matthew Continetti / Washington Free Beacon:
A Rattled Rubio Survives New Hampshire Debate
A Rattled Rubio Survives New Hampshire Debate
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New York Times
Hadas Gold / Politico:
GOP debate begins with introduction train wreck
Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Video calls ABC ‘Anybody But Carly’ network for debate snub
Video calls ABC ‘Anybody But Carly’ network for debate snub
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Politico, Yahoo Politics, Hot Air and Daily Mail
Matt Viser / BostonGlobe.com:
Jeb Bush enters the final days of his last stand
Jeb Bush enters the final days of his last stand
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The PolitiStick
David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Republican debate: Repeated attacks by Christie leave Rubio rattled
Republican debate: Repeated attacks by Christie leave Rubio rattled
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International Business Times
Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
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 …
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Outside the Beltway, Washington Free Beacon and NBC News
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Mark Preston / CNN:
CNN to hold Democratic presidential debate in Flint, Michigan — Manchester, New Hampshire (CNN)Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders will debate next month in Flint, Michigan, a city thrust into the national spotlight after it was discovered residents were drinking toxic tap water.
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Politicus USA and The Week
Steven Hayward / Power Line:
The Coming Hillary Meltdown?
The Coming Hillary Meltdown?
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New York Times, Hot Air, National Review and Washington Post
Hilary Hanson / The Huffington Post:
Gloria Steinem Says Young Women Only Support Bernie Because Boys Do
Gloria Steinem Says Young Women Only Support Bernie Because Boys Do
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New Republic, CNN, Althouse and Mashable
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Hillary Battles Bernie Sanders, Chick Magnet
Los Angeles Times:
Why young feminists are choosing Bernie Sanders over Hillary Clinton
Why young feminists are choosing Bernie Sanders over Hillary Clinton
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Washington Post, Patterico's Pontifications and New York Post
Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg Business:
Clinton Campaign Has No Answer Yet on Releasing Speeches to Goldman
Clinton Campaign Has No Answer Yet on Releasing Speeches to Goldman
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Politico
Washington Post:
Transcript of the New Hampshire GOP debate, annotated — The Republicans are taking the stage again for a debate on AB, held in New Hampshire. The Fix team and other Washington Post reporters are annotating a transcript. The debate comes just days before New Hampshire's Feb. 9 primaries.
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RedState, New Republic, Slantpoint, Informed Comment, Vox and Political Wire
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Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
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.
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National Review, RedState and Scripting News
Anna Fifield / Washington Post:
North Korea launches ‘satellite,’ sparks fears about long-range missile program
North Korea launches ‘satellite,’ sparks fears about long-range missile program
Foster Klug / Associated Press:
N. Korea praises launch, others see as covert missile test
N. Korea praises launch, others see as covert missile test
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America Rising, Associated Press, ABC News, Washington Free Beacon and The Week
Kelefa Sanneh / New Yorker:
Everyone Hates Martin Shkreli. Everyone Is Missing the Point — On Thursday morning, the most reviled person in America arrived on Capitol Hill for a short but memorable engagement with the most reviled institution in America. The institution was the U.S. Congress, which Americans say they hate …