memeorandum: Only a Barbaric Nation Drafts Its Mothers and Daughters into Combat (National Review)

2:15 PM ET, February 9, 2016

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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 …

Discussion: The Daily Caller, Politico, AOL and Althouse

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?

Discussion: Washington Free Beacon, The Week, Washington Post, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Scared Monkeys, The Resurgent, Marco Rubio and Politico

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 …

Discussion: Politico, RedState, BuzzFeed, The Week, Hot Air, Washington Examiner, neo-neocon, ABC News, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Yahoo Politics

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 …

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Raw Story, Mother Jones, Washington Post, Hit & Run, The Frisky, TMZ.com and Patterico's Pontifications

CBS News:

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:

Discussion: Politico and Mediaite

Washington Post:

Donald Trump defends repeating that vulgar word: ‘It was like a retweet.’ — CONCORD, N.H. — With the New Hampshire polls open, Republican front-runner Donald Trump hit the morning talk shows and kept getting asked some variation of this question: Why in the world did he repeat …

Discussion: Political Wire

Rich Noyes / NewsBusters:
Network News Disses Ted Cruz After Surprise Iowa Victory

Discussion: RedState and The Daily Caller

Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Carson to skip his own New Hampshire primary party

Discussion: RedState and Towleroad

Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Whoops! Fox News Accidentally Declares Trump The Winner In NH

Discussion: TVNewser, The Week and Mediaite

Politico: Fox News accidentally reports Donald Trump as the winner in New Hampshire

Katie Glueck / Politico:
Cruz seeks to raise expectations for Rubio

Discussion: Yahoo Politics, AMERICAblog NewsAMERICAblog … and Lawyers, Guns & Money

Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Trump repeats vulgar word audience member uses to describe Cruz

Discussion: Yahoo Politics, Washington Post and Boing Boing

Dante Chinni / NBC News:
Why a Donald Trump Win in New Hampshire Would Be Big

Discussion: NBC News, whorunsGov and AOL

Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
National poll: Cruz and Rubio surged after Iowa

Discussion: Associated Press and The Hill

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.

Discussion: CNN, Balloon Juice, ABC News, Mediaite, The Last Refuge, Washington Times, New York's PIX11, The Week, Gothamist and Politico

Jess Bidgood / New York Times:
Bernie Sanders Prevails and G.O.P. Has 3-Way Tie as 3 New Hampshire Towns Vote

Discussion: Vox, RedState and NPR

Nate Cohn / New York Times:
New Hampshire Should Answer a Lot of Key Questions

Discussion: Taylor Marsh

New York Times:
Winnowing Out in New Hampshire

Discussion: TIME, Salon, The Slot and The Daily Beast

Tim Stanley / Telegraph:
While Trump and Sanders smell victory, Hillary Clinton contemplates humilation

Discussion: Townhall.com, Politico, Allen B. West, FiveThirtyEight, Washington Post, State & Capitol, Mock Paper Scissors and JustOneMinute

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.

Discussion: Vox, naked capitalism, Washington Post, Power Line, The Daily Caller, Mediaite, Washington Free Beacon, The Week, New York Times and Mother Jones

Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Clinton: I'm tougher on Wall Street than Sanders

Discussion: Yahoo Politics

Kasie Hunt / NBC News: Bernie Sanders Suddenly Looking and Sounding Like a Front-Runner

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.

Discussion: Vox, Washington Monthly, Talking Points Memo, Washington Post and National Review

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 …

Discussion: Washington Post, fox13now.com, New York's PIX11, CBS Miami, WNCN and WSPA-TV

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 …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Mother Jones, Hot Air, New York Times and Daily Kos

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.

Discussion: ThinkProgress, No More Mister Nice Blog and Washington Post

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.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, addictinginfo.org and The Daily Caller

Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Donald Trump Jr.: 'I Can't Even Have An Opinion' As ‘Son Of A Billionaire’

Discussion: Daily Kos and BuzzFeed

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.

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Wonk Wire and Lawyers, Guns & Money

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 …

Discussion: Althouse

National Review:

Only a Barbaric Nation Drafts Its Mothers and Daughters into Combat — The most disappointing moment of Saturday night's debate came when Jeb Bush, Chris Christie, and Marco Rubio each embraced the idea that women should register with the selective service, making it possible for America to draft women into ground combat.

Discussion: Mother Jones, Althouse and RedState

Erin Cox / Baltimore Sun:

Released felons gain right to vote in Maryland following veto override … The Maryland Senate narrowly overrode Gov. Larry Hogan's final veto from last year's General Assembly session, paving the way to reinstate voting rights to felons before they complete probation or parole.

Discussion: Mother Jones