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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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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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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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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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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.

Bush piles on Rubio — Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush didn't hesitate to join the pile on of Sen. Marco Rubio's debate performance on Saturday night, calling the senator “scripted.” — “He's so scripted, he's so gifted. He's a great speaker, but he came across as totally scripted and kind of robotic …
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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.
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Why Chris Christie's beatdown of Marco Rubio was the only moment from the GOP debate that mattered
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Bush loyalists concede the end may be in sight
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A Rattled Rubio Survives New Hampshire Debate
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Under Attack, Marco Rubio Malfunctions — And Repeats The Same Line Four Times
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Donald Trump dismisses audience after getting booed at the debate
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Video calls ABC ‘Anybody But Carly’ network for debate snub
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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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CNN to hold Democratic presidential debate in Flint, Michigan
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Gloria Steinem Says Young Women Only Support Bernie Because Boys Do
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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
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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.


Hillary Battles Bernie Sanders, Chick Magnet — MANCHESTER, N.H. — HILLARY CLINTON first grabbed the national spotlight 47 years ago as an idealistic young feminist, chiding the paternalistic establishment in her Wellesley commencement speech. — So it's passing strange to watch her here …
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Clinton Campaign Has No Answer Yet on Releasing Speeches to Goldman
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‘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.
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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 …


Poll: Trump's lead grows in NH days before primary — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's lead widened in New Hampshire just days before the primary, according to the latest CNN/WMUR tracking poll. — Thirty-three percent of likely Republican primary voters said they support Trump …
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7News/UMass Lowell New Hampshire tracking poll day 6
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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.
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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.”
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N. Korea praises launch, others see as covert missile test
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