memeorandum: Debate slip-up seems to halt Rubio's momentum (Philip Rucker/Washington Post)

10:40 PM ET, February 8, 2016

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Annie Karni / Politico:

Clinton weighs staff shake-up after New Hampshire — Hillary and Bill Clinton are so dissatisfied with their campaign's messaging and digital operations they are considering staffing and strategy changes after what's expected to be a loss in Tuesday's primary in New Hampshire …

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Jonathan Allen / Reuters:

Woman who accused Bill Clinton of assault to campaign against Hillary presidential run — One of the women who has accused former U.S. President Bill Clinton of sexual assault says she has agreed to work for an anti-Clinton political group being formed by a former advisor to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.

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Steve Benen / MSNBC:

Clinton responds to rumors about a staff shake-up — A report from Politico has caused quite a stir in the political world this afternoon, quoting unnamed figures close to the Clinton campaign who said Hillary and Bill Clinton are “so dissatisfied with their campaign's messaging …

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Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Pressure on Lynch to step aside in Clinton email probe

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CNN:

Poll: Trump leads ahead of New Hampshire's vote — Washington (CNN)The final CNN/WMUR tracking poll finds Donald Trump continues to lead the Republican race in New Hampshire on the eve of the vote. — The field of candidates vying for a second place finish behind him is finally beginning to separate, according to the survey.

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Harry Enten / FiveThirtyEight:

Marco Rubio Is In A Precarious Spot In New Hampshire — MANCHESTER, N.H. — Marco Rubio benefited from low expectations in Iowa. How else do you explain finishing third and getting a big bump in the polls? And before Saturday night's debate debacle, I thought expectations might be getting too high for Rubio in New Hampshire.

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Associated Press:
The Latest: Clinton Urging Voters in NH to Brave Snow

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Franklin Foer / Slate:
The Return of Jeb Bush

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Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Trump: I didn't lose Iowa

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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Debate slip-up seems to halt Rubio's momentum

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Financial Times:

Bloomberg says he is eyeing 2016 run for the White House — Oliver Ralph in London, Demetri Sevastopulo in New Hampshire and Matthew Garrahan in New York — Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire media owner and former New York mayor, has stated for the first time that he is considering a run …

Michael Barbaro / New York Times:

Gay Voter to Marco Rubio: ‘Why Do You Want to Put Me Back in the Closet?’ — MANCHESTER, N.H. - A middle-age gay man confronted Senator Marco Rubio here on Monday over his opposition to same-sex marriage, pointedly asking, “Why do you want to put me back in the closet?” — “I don't,” Mr. Rubio replied.

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New York Times:

Ego, Envy or Airtime? Joe Scarborough's Unusual Spat With Marco Rubio — MANCHESTER, N.H. — The message from a top producer at MSNBC was blunt: Joe Scarborough, the host of “Morning Joe” on MSNBC, was displeased that Senator Marco Rubio of Florida repeatedly appeared on rival cable news shows …

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Kevin Williamson / National Review:
The Uses of Marco Rubio

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CNBC:

Mexico won't pay a cent for Trump's ‘stupid wall’ — What does Mexico think of Donald Trump? — CNBC's Hadley Gamble speaks to Mexico's former president Felipe Calderón about Donald Trump's plan to build a wall across the Mexican border. — Donald Trump may want to build …

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Brian Latimer / NBC News:
Former Mexican President: We're Not Paying for a ‘Stupid’ Wall

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Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Trump: Yes, I'd Tell Syrian Kids To Their Faces That They Can't Come To The U.S.

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Anita Kumar / McClatchy Washington Bureau:

It was Clinton who required transcripts of her speeches — Former secretary routinely demanded a stenographer at paid speeches — Contracts indicate Clinton owns transcripts, controls their release — Democrat dogged by questions about transcripts days before voting — MANCHESTER, N.H.

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Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Just How Cozy Is Hillary Clinton With Wall Street?

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Rich Schapiro / New York Daily News:
Gloria Steinem, feminist icon, says young women support Bernie Sanders to meet ‘boys’ — then apologizes

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Les Leopold / The Huffington Post:
Hillary Not Truthful About Wall Street Speaking Fees

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Amanda Terkel / The Huffington Post:

Ted Cruz's Latest Dirty Trick Is Almost Too Much To Be Believed — Check out this mailer. — Senior Political Reporter, The Huffington Post — MANCHESTER, N.H. — Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is out with a deceptive new mailer that masquerades as official government business and promises people there's a …

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CNN:

Jeb Bush would ‘eliminate’ Citizens United — Washington (CNN)Despite being backed by the monumental Right to Rise super PAC, Jeb Bush said Monday he would “eliminate” the Supreme Court decision that paved the way for super PACs. — “If I could do it all again I'd eliminate the Supreme Court ruling” …

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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Bush says he'd ‘eliminate’ Citizens United

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Rachel Stockman / LawNewz:

EXCLUSIVE: NH Voters Receive Shady, Potentially Illegal ‘Voter Shaming’ Letters — New Hampshire voters are now also being targeted by shady ‘voter shaming’ mailers ahead of tomorrow's critical primary election. What is particularly troubling to some about these letters is that they purport …

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Joseph Cox / Motherboard:

Hacker Plans to Dump Alleged Details of 20,000 FBI, 9,000 DHS Employees — A hacker, who wishes to remain anonymous, plans to dump the apparent names, job titles, email addresses and phone numbers of over 20,000 supposed Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) employees, as well as over 9,000 alleged Department …

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Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic:

The Enduring Solidarity of Whiteness — There have been a number of useful entries in the weeks since Senator Bernie Sanders declared himself against reparations. Perhaps the most clarifying comes from Cedric Johnson in a piece entitled, “An Open Letter To Ta-Nehisi Coates And The Liberals Who Love Him.”

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Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:

Christie Keeps Hitting Rubio: Clinton Would ‘Eat Him Alive’ On Debate Stage — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Monday that Democratic presidential candidate Hilary Clinton would eat his rival Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) alive if the two were to go head-to-head in the general election.

Caitlin Cruz / Talking Points Memo:
Rubio Slams Media For Pointing Out He Repeated Himself 4 Times In Debate

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Heather Mac Donald / The Marshall Project:

Black and Unarmed: Behind the Numbers — For the last year or so, the Washington Post has been gathering data on fatal police shootings of civilians. Its database for 2015 is now complete. Commentators have taken the Post's data as evidence that the police are gunning down unarmed blacks out of implicit bias.

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uml.edu:

CLOSE RACE FOR SECOND PLACE IN GOP PRIMARY BETWEEN 4 CANDIDATES — UMass Lowell representatives are available for interviews about today's poll results. — Contact: Christine Gillette, 978-758-4664 (c), 978-934-2209 (w), Christine_Gillette@uml.edu — The eighth and final day of results …

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