memeorandum: Clinton still leads where it matters: In delegates (Michael Walsh/Yahoo Politics)

5:50 PM ET, February 10, 2016

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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 …

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Daniel Strauss / Politico:

Christie drops out — Chris Christie has suspended his presidential campaign. — The New Jersey governor posted on Facebook Wednesday afternoon to say he was leaving the race “without an ounce of regret,” an announcement that followed an in-person meeting in Morristown where he thanked supporters …

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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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CNN:
Sources: Indications point to Chris Christie suspending White House bid

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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
GOP establishment stares into the abyss

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Michael Graham / Weekly Standard:
Marco's Moment Is Now — No, not Saturday night's debate: This is Marco's moment.

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Dan Hirschhorn / TIME:
Chris Christie to Drop Out of Presidential Race After New Hampshire Defeat

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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Paul's campaign manager joins Rubio

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New York Times:
Chris Christie Plans to Drop Out After New Hampshire Flop

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Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Trump: Christie called for ‘long talk’

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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Rubio's road back from New Hampshire

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Glenn Thrush / Politico:
5 takeaways from New Hampshire

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Josh Margolin / ABC News:
Chris Christie Expected to Formally End Presidential Bid as Early as Today

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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:

Hillary Clinton has a major honesty problem after New Hampshire — Hillary Clinton has an honesty problem. — That point is driven home hard in the exit poll following Clinton's 22-point drubbing at the hands of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. More than one in three (34 percent) …

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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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Derek Hunter / The Daily Caller:

Though Bernie Sanders won the New Hampshire primary in a landslide over Hillary Clinton, he will likely receive fewer delegates than she will. — Sanders won 60 percent of the vote, but thanks to the Democratic Party's nominating system, he leaves the Granite State with at least 13 delegates while she leaves with at least 15 delegates.

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Evan McMorris-Santoro / BuzzFeed:

Bernie Sanders Has Raised $5.2 Million Since The Polls Closed In New Hampshire — MILWAUKEE — The “money bomb” is a short, online-driven fundraising drive tied to a specific event or date. It's a mainstay of modern, internet-driven politics. — Bernie Sanders has unleashed a new kind …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Common Dreams

Steve Kornacki / MSNBC:

The Sanders coalition: Not what we thought it was — Bernie Sanders' coalition may be quite different - and much bigger - than has been assumed. That is one of the takeaways from his New Hampshire primary rout, in which Sanders scored impressively with voters who had been crucial to Hillary Clinton's 2008 victory in the state.

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Michelle Alexander / The Nation:
Why Hillary Clinton Doesn't Deserve the Black Vote

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Daniel Bates For / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: How the Clintons embraced Wall Street and made $76,000 a DAY by cashing in with speech …

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Michael Walsh / Yahoo Politics:
Clinton still leads where it matters: In delegates

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Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Bernie Sanders Pulls In Quick $5.2 Million After New Hampshire Win

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Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Feminism, Hell and Hillary Clinton

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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Bernie Sanders's huge New Hampshire win exposes a fractured Democratic Party

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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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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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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

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Denis Slattery / New York Daily News:
St. John's University student threatens to smash woman's laptop featuring Donald Trump sticker …

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John Ziegler / Mediaite: Donald Trump's New Hampshire Win Means These Media Members Are Winners & Losers

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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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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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 …

Discussion: Mediaite, Fox News Insider and The Daily Caller

Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:

Mike Huckabee Is Not A Fan Of Ted Cruz's “Low-Life, Sleazy Politics” — Huckabee also called Cruz's tactics “below the belt.” — Jim Watson / AFP / Getty Images — w.soundcloud.com — Mike Huckabee is no longer running for president, but he is still criticizing Ted Cruz …

Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Ted Cruz: It's A Two-Man Race, Me Or Trump

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Eric Bradner / CNN:

Carly Fiorina ends presidential bid — (CNN)Carly Fiorina is ending her bid for the Republican presidential nomination. — The former Hewlett-Packard executive announced the decision on Facebook Wednesday after finishing seventh in New Hampshire's primary.

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Washington Post:
Carly Fiorina to end her 2016 presidential campaign

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Los Angeles Times:

Ex-L.A. County Sheriff Lee Baca to plead guilty in jail scandal, his attorney says — Lee Baca announces his retirement as Los Angeles County sheriff in January 2014. He was to plead guilty Wednesday to making a false statement. — Retired Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca will plead guilty …

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Los Angeles Times:
Girl, 1, fatally shot in her crib as gunfire erupts outside Compton home

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New York Times:

Supreme Court Deals Blow to Obama's Efforts to Regulate Coal Emissions — The justices' willingness to issue a stay while the case proceeds was a hint that the emissions program could face a skeptical reception. — Obama's Last Budget, and Last Budget Battle With Congress — By JACKIE CALMES

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Coral Davenport / New York Times:
Supreme Court's Blow to Emissions Efforts May Imperil Paris Climate Accord

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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.

Discussion: CNN, Mediaite and The Week

Fox News:

Official: Top Clinton aides also handled ‘top secret’ intel on server — EXCLUSIVE: At least a dozen email accounts handled the “top secret” intelligence that was found on Hillary Clinton's server and recently deemed too damaging for national security to release, a U.S. government official close to the review told Fox News.

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