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CBS News announces Republican debate criteria — CBS News is announcing the criteria for the ninth Republican presidential debate, which will take place at the Peace Center in Greenville, South Carolina on Saturday, Feb. 13. — In order to qualify for this debate, candidates will have to meet one of the following criteria:
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Trump calls Cruz a ‘pussy’ — Donald Trump echoed a supporter during a rally on the eve of the New Hampshire primary Monday night who called his Republican presidential rival Sen. Ted Cruz (Texas) a “pussy.” — Trump was touting his hardline stance against terrorists from the Middle East …
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Michelle Hackman / Vox:
Donald Trump called Ted Cruz a “pussy” — and the media won't repeat it — There's no way to skirt the word used to describe Ted Cruz at a Donald Trump rally last night: pussy. — Trump was criticizing the Texas senator's unwillingness to support widespread uses of torture when a woman …
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Washington Post:
Donald Trump defends repeating that vulgar word: ‘It was like a retweet.’
Donald Trump defends repeating that vulgar word: ‘It was like a retweet.’
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Political Wire
Rich Noyes / NewsBusters:
Network News Disses Ted Cruz After Surprise Iowa Victory
Network News Disses Ted Cruz After Surprise Iowa Victory
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RedState and The Daily Caller
Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Whoops! Fox News Accidentally Declares Trump The Winner In NH
Whoops! Fox News Accidentally Declares Trump The Winner In NH
Katie Glueck / Politico:
Cruz seeks to raise expectations for Rubio
Cruz seeks to raise expectations for Rubio
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
New Hampshire Should Bring Clarity to Republican Race
New Hampshire Should Bring Clarity to Republican Race
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NBC News and Taylor Marsh
Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Trump repeats vulgar word audience member uses to describe Cruz
Trump repeats vulgar word audience member uses to describe Cruz
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Yahoo Politics, Washington Post and Boing Boing
Monica Alba / NBC News:
Bill Stumping for Hillary Clinton: 'Sometimes ... I Wish We Weren't Married' — Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton embrace during a campaign stop Monday, Feb. 8, 2016, in Hudson, N.H. Matt Rourke / AP — HUDSON, N.H. — In his last appearance …
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Pete Williams / MSNBC:
FBI formally confirms its investigation of Hillary Clinton's email server — In a letter disclosed Monday in a federal court filing, the FBI confirms one of the world's worst-kept secrets: It is looking into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server. — Why say this at all, since it was widely known to be true?
New York Times:
Winnowing Out in New Hampshire — With the Darwinian efficiency that characterizes our modern electoral system, voters representing less than 1 percent of the American electorate may by Wednesday have effectively spoiled the chances of a half-dozen people who hoped they'd be the next American president.
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Salon, The Daily Beast, The Slot and Telegraph
Annie Lowrey / New York Magazine:
Hillary Clinton Is Still a Revolutionary Candidate, Even If Her Surrogates Keep Screwing Up Her Message
Hillary Clinton Is Still a Revolutionary Candidate, Even If Her Surrogates Keep Screwing Up Her Message
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Yahoo Politics, TIME, Hit & Run and Guardian
McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
The Anxiety Of Being Marco Rubio — MANCHESTER, N.H. — Millions of people watched Marco Rubio's televised tailspin in the opening minutes of last weekend's Republican presidential debate — but what, exactly, they saw depended on the viewer. — To rivals, Rubio's reflexive retreat …
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Erick Erickson / The Resurgent:
The Marco Rubio Robot Bull — Much of the political press leans left and has zero experience in politics. Perhaps they graduated Ivy League, did a tour or two at Salon or some lefty blog, then got in on the ground floor at a national media outlet covering politics.
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Financial Times:
Michael 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 — You have viewed your allowance of free articles. If you wish to view more, click the button below.
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Jess Bidgood / New York Times:
Bernie Sanders Prevails and G.O.P. Has 3-Way Tie as 3 New Hampshire Towns Vote
Bernie Sanders Prevails and G.O.P. Has 3-Way Tie as 3 New Hampshire Towns Vote
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Vox, Politico and Outside the Beltway
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Kasich, Sanders win vote in New Hampshire's Dixville Notch
Kasich, Sanders win vote in New Hampshire's Dixville Notch
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David Brooks / New York Times:
I Miss Barack Obama — As this primary season has gone along, a strange sensation has come over me: I miss Barack Obama. Now, obviously I disagree with a lot of Obama's policy decisions. I've been disappointed by aspects of his presidency. I hope the next presidency is a philosophic departure.
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Nancy LeTourneau / Washington Monthly:
David Brooks: Early Adopter
Ben White / Politico:
What Clinton said in her paid speeches — NEW YORK — When Hillary Clinton spoke to Goldman Sachs executives and technology titans at a summit in Arizona in October of 2013, she spoke glowingly of the work the bank was doing raising capital and helping create jobs, according to people who saw her remarks.
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Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Clinton: I'm tougher on Wall Street than Sanders
Clinton: I'm tougher on Wall Street than Sanders
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Yahoo Politics
WPTV:
Man accused of tossing gator into Wendy's drive-thru window — Tory Dunnan, WPTV Webteam — Gator wasn't on the menu but one did make an appearance inside a Wendy's just east of Loxahatchee in Royal Palm Beach. And it wasn't by choice. — A Jupiter man threw it through …
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J.K. Trotter / Gawker:
This Is How Hillary Clinton Gets the Coverage She Wants — Hillary Clinton's supporters often argue that mainstream political reporters are incapable of covering her positively—or even fairly. While it may be true that the political press doesn't always write exactly what Clinton would like …
Sam Reisman / Mediaite:
Trump's Son Says Waterboarding ‘No Different’ Than ‘What Happens in Frat Houses Every Day’ — Donald Trump's son, Eric Trump, appeared on Fox's On the Record Monday night to explain that waterboarding not only wasn't torture — it was basically tantamount to frat house shenanigans.
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Bernie Sanders is the future of the Democratic Party — Whether or not Bernie Sanders wins in New Hampshire, or wins the Democratic nomination outright, he's already won in another, perhaps more important way: His brand of politics is the future of the Democratic Party.
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Nirmala George / Associated Press:
INDIAN SCIENTISTS STUDY CHUNK THAT FELL FROM SKY, KILLED MAN — NEW DELHI (AP) — Scientists are analyzing a small blue object that plummeted from the sky and killed a man in southern India, after authorities said it was a meteorite. — The object slammed into the ground at an engineering college …
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