memeorandum: Bush campaign manager warns aides to watch for ‘dirty tricks’ from Rubio camp (Alex Isenstadt/Politico)

7:25 AM ET, February 8, 2016

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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:

Quick poll shows decline for Rubio — MANCHESTER, N.H. - An internal poll conducted on Sunday suggests that Marco Rubio's fumbled debate performance has damaged his prospects heading into the New Hampshire primary. — The poll, conducted by the pro-John Kasich New Day for America Super PAC …

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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:

Bush campaign manager warns aides to watch for ‘dirty tricks’ from Rubio camp — MANCHESTER, N.H. — With the hours counting down until the New Hampshire primary, tensions between the Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush campaigns are intensifying. — On Sunday afternoon, Bush campaign manager Danny …

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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:

We Thought Marco Rubio Lost The Debate, But New Hampshire Might Think Differently — We here at FiveThirtyEight endorse the conventional wisdom, for a change. Like most other people covering the event, we thought that Marco Rubio had a really bad night in Saturday's Republican debate …

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Katie Glueck / Politico:

Cruz: Drafting women is ‘nuts’ — PETERBOROUGH, N.H.—Ted Cruz on Sunday said he opposes requiring women to register for a potential draft, breaking with Marco Rubio, Jeb Bush and Chris Christie, all of whom indicated support for opening up the Selective Service to women during Saturday night's debate.

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Reid J. Epstein / Wall Street Journal:
Cruz Opposes Women in Selective Service, Warns of Danger in Foxholes

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Annie Karni / Politico:

Bill Clinton batters and blasts Bernie Sanders — MILFORD, N.H. — Bill Clinton's milquetoast stump speech touting his wife's biography and her power as a “changemaker” has transformed into a brutal litany of attacks on Bernie Sanders and the devious campaign the Clintons apparently believe he is running.

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Associated Press:

Clinton Making a Personal Pitch to New Hampshire Voters — From a Michigan pulpit to New Hampshire's town halls, Hillary Clinton is working to establish a personal connection with voters as she faces an increasingly difficult struggle against Bernie Sanders for the Democratic nomination.

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Joe Battenfeld / Boston Herald:
Franklin Pierce-Herald poll: Clinton, Sanders just 7 points apart

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Kyle Balluck / The Hill:
CNN schedules Democratic debate in Flint

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Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Hillary Clinton diverts to Flint to show support

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Jennifer Hansler / ABC News:
Hillary Clinton Says She Has ‘Never, Ever’ Let a Donor Influence Her Vote

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Abby Phillip / Washington Post:

Clinton looks to sisterhood, but votes may go to Sanders — CONCORD, N.H. — On the eve of the New Hampshire primary, Hillary Clinton's quest to become the country's first female president has encountered an unexpected problem: she is having trouble persuading women, young and old, to rally behind her cause.

Gloria Steinem / Facebook:

In a case of talk-show Interruptus, I misspoke on the Bill Maher show recently, and apologize for what's been misinterpreted as implying young women aren't serious in their politics. What I had just said on the same show was the opposite: young women are active, mad as hell about what's happening to them …

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Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Gloria Steinem and Madeleine Albright Rebuke Young Women Backing Bernie Sanders

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New York Post:

Hillary can't dodge Goldman Sachs questions forever — 'I will look into it": So answered Hillary Clinton at last week's debate when asked yet again to release the transcripts of her lucrative speeches for Goldman Sachs. She couldn't come up with a better dodge than that?

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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Theodoric Meyer / Politico: Christie: ‘The whole race changed last night’

Ines de la Cuetara / ABC News:
Marco Rubio Defends Repeated Attack of President Obama During Republican Debate

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Russ Choma / Mother Jones: The Six Best Moments of the GOP Debate

Bill Curry / Salon:

It's almost over for Hillary: This election is a mass insurrection against a rigged system — Sanders has ended the coronation and fired up the grass roots. Now Clinton's electability argument is crumbling too — It would be hard to overstate what Bernie Sanders has already achieved …

Paul Sperry / New York Post:

Obama bullied bank to pay racial settlement without proof: report — Newly uncovered internal memos reveal the Obama administration knowingly exaggerated charges of racial discrimination in probes of Ally Bank and other defendants in the $900 billion car-lending business as part of a …

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Rachael Levy / Chicago Tribune:

Cop who shot Quintonio LeGrier and neighbor sues teen's estate, claiming trauma — Officer Robert Rialmo states what becoming an officer means to him during a interview with a Tribune reporter March 26, 2013, at the Chicago Police Academy graduation ceremony.

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Bradford Richardson / The Hill:

Trump: Bush family used eminent domain to build a baseball park — Following attacks from primary rival Jeb Bush about his past use of eminent domain, Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump on Sunday accused the Bush family of using the practice to build a baseball stadium in Texas.

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit