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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Bush plans scorched-earth attack on Kasich, Rubio — MANCHESTER, N.H. — Jeb Bush is already laying the groundwork for a brutal South Carolina campaign against establishment rivals John Kasich and Marco Rubio. — In an internal memo circulated late Tuesday evening, the campaign distributed talking points …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Donald Trump, Marco Rubio, and the Republican Establishment's Tragedy of the Commons — The richly deserved collapse of a rotten party elite. — “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win,” goes the old saying. In the case of Donald Trump's candidacy, step one, ignoring, never happened.
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
GOP establishment stares into the abyss — MANCHESTER N.H. - For the establishment wing of the Republican Party, the picture just keeps getting bleaker. — Far from winnowing the crowded field of mainstream GOP contenders and allowing it to unify around a standard-bearer, New Hampshire thrust it further into chaos.
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Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Chris Christie expected to suspend presidential campaign — Chris Christie is expected to formally suspend his campaign later on Wednesday, according to a source close to the campaign, after finishing a disappointing sixth in the New Hampshire primary. — The New Jersey governor was expected …
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New York Times:
How a Debate Misstep Sent Marco Rubio Tumbling in New Hampshire — MANCHESTER, N.H. — Everything, it seemed, was breaking Marco Rubio's way. — Inside the Holiday Inn Express hotel, where Mr. Rubio and his top aides had camped out in a small conference room to prepare …
Dan Hirschhorn / TIME:
Chris Christie to Drop Out of Presidential Race After New Hampshire Defeat — Chris Christie finished with just a little more than 7% of the vote, behind his establishment rivals — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who once looked like a front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination …
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Adam Gabbatt / Guardian:
Ben Carson primary party is so quiet bartender knits blanket — Retired surgeon's team refuses to accept candidate's presidential campaign is in terminal decline after disappointing result — As it became apparent that only 2% of New Hampshire primary goers had voted for Ben Carson, the mood at his election night party was sombre.
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Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Bush super PAC is pouring $1.7 million more into South Carolina — The super PAC backing Jeb Bush's Republican presidential campaign is planning to increase its ad buy in South Carolina ahead of the Feb. 20 primary. — Right to Rise USA is pouring another $1.7 million into the Palmetto State …
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David Sherfinski / Washington Times:
Chris Christie to suspend presidential campaign: report
Chris Christie to suspend presidential campaign: report
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Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Trump: Christie called for ‘long talk’
Trump: Christie called for ‘long talk’
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Paul's campaign manager joins Rubio
Paul's campaign manager joins Rubio
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Anna Palmer / Politico:
Bush and Rubio race to the bottom
Bush and Rubio race to the bottom
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Democracy Now:
Ta-Nehisi Coates Is Voting for Bernie Sanders Despite the Senator's Opposition to Reparations … The acclaimed writer Ta-Nehisi Coates, author of “Between the World and Me,” has written some of the most discussed articles on the presidential race looking at Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders and his position on reparations.
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Clinton likely to leave NH with same number of delegates as Sanders — Hillary Clinton is expected to leave New Hampshire with just as many delegates as Bernie Sanders, even after he crushed her in Tuesday's presidential primary. — Sanders had won 13 delegates with his 20-point victory …
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Annie Karni / Politico:
Clinton allies grapple with crushing loss
Clinton allies grapple with crushing loss
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Derek Hunter / The Daily Caller:
Though Bernie Sanders won the New Hampshire primary in a landslide …
Though Bernie Sanders won the New Hampshire primary in a landslide …
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Holman W. Jenkins, Jr / Wall Street Journal:
Explaining Bernie's ‘Socialism’
Explaining Bernie's ‘Socialism’
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Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Feminism, Hell and Hillary Clinton
Feminism, Hell and Hillary Clinton
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Michelle Alexander / The Nation:
Why Hillary Clinton Doesn't Deserve the Black Vote
Why Hillary Clinton Doesn't Deserve the Black Vote
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Bryce Covert / New York Daily News:
Of course Hillary Clinton is a victim of sexism: Bernie Sanders' supporters and others …
Of course Hillary Clinton is a victim of sexism: Bernie Sanders' supporters and others …
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Why Harry Reid hasn't endorsed Hillary Clinton
Why Harry Reid hasn't endorsed Hillary Clinton
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Ezra Klein / Vox:
The rise of Donald Trump is a terrifying moment in American politics — On Monday, Donald Trump held a rally in Manchester, New Hampshire, where he merrily repeated a woman in the crowd who called Ted Cruz a pussy. Twenty-four hours later, Donald Trump won the New Hampshire primary in a landslide.
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Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
Donald Trump to MSNBC hosts: ‘You guys have been supporters’ — A day after his resounding victory in New Hampshire, Donald Trump made a point to thank two of his “supporters” — the hosts of MSNBC's “Morning Joe.” — “You guys have been supporters,” Trump told co-hosts Joe Scarborough …
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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Fox News Settles in for a Long Campaign With Donald Trump, a Candidate Who Proves the Network Has Lost Its Power — His success has stirred confusion throughout Fox and ignited a war between Bill O'Reilly and Megyn Kelly. — With his decisive win in New Hampshire, Donald Trump dashed …
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Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Funny or Die Made a Trump Biopic, Starring Johnny Depp — LOS ANGELES — Johnny Depp has played a loopy pirate, a mad hatter and a demon barber. But will he be a convincing Donald J. Trump? — The humor website Funny or Die on Wednesday began streaming a 50-minute comedy that finds …
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David Frum / The Atlantic:
Democracy Won in New Hampshire — The tight grip of oligarchy upon the American political system slipped a little last night in New Hampshire. — On the Democratic side, voters cast their ballots for one of the most implausible candidates in modern presidential history …
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Decisive Trump victory sends GOP establishment reeling
Decisive Trump victory sends GOP establishment reeling
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Bill Maher / Hollywood Reporter:
Bill Maher Pens Blistering Essay on Hillary as “Charlie Brown,” Trump and Why Bernie Sanders, Socialist, Can Win — Writing for THR, HBO's ‘Real Time With Bill Maher’ host throws his support behind New Hampshire's triumphant Democrat, calls The Donald a “starf—er” and Ted Cruz “the worst …
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