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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Clash of Republican Con Artists — So Republicans are going to nominate a candidate who talks complete nonsense on domestic policy; who believes that foreign policy can be conducted via bullying and belligerence; who cynically exploits racial and ethnic hatred for political gain.
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Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Five Big Questions After a Vulgar Republican Debate — Does the size of Donald Trump's penis matter? — I'm not being cheeky. I'm not being shocking. I'm noting something that we cannot lose track of, should not shrug our shoulders about and must not gloss over: Trump has succeeded …
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CNN:
First on CNN: Team Romney explores blocking Trump at RNC — Washington (CNN)Mitt Romney has instructed his closest advisers to explore the possibility of stopping Donald Trump at the Republican National Convention, a source close to Romney's inner circle says.
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Gregory Krieg / CNN:
Donald Trump defends size of his penis — (CNN)Donald Trump assured American voters Thursday night that despite what Marco Rubio had suggested, there was “no problem” with the size of his hands — or anything else. — “Look at those hands, are they small hands?” the front-runner …
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Alex Pareene / Gawker:
Donald Trump Was Set Up — The word came in from our best-sourced Fox News Kremlinologists: Fox News had settled for Donald Trump. Roger Ailes had given up on the hapless Marco Rubio. Megyn Kelly was sounding conciliatory, granting that Trump appeared more and more presidential.
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Glenn Thrush / Politico:
5 takeaways from the GOP debate — It might be too late to beat Donald Trump, but it wasn't too late to give Trump a beating. — Two days after Super Tuesday put the billionaire frontrunner on a nearly unstoppable path to his party's nomination, Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz …
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New York Times:
In Republican Debate, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio Wage Urgent Attacks on Donald Trump
In Republican Debate, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio Wage Urgent Attacks on Donald Trump
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Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
Blistering attacks upend Trump's pivot to statesman mode
Blistering attacks upend Trump's pivot to statesman mode
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Politico
Randy Barnett / National Review:
How Ted and Marco Can Save the GOP and the Country
How Ted and Marco Can Save the GOP and the Country
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Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Rubio's path to an outright win has vanished
Rubio's path to an outright win has vanished
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Hot Air, New York Times and Bloomberg Business
Robert F. Bukaty / Los Angeles Times:
GOP elites have a new strategy to stop Donald Trump, but it carries a big risk — Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump waves to supporters after a campaign stop Thursday in Portland, Maine. — Now it's the establishment that wants to blow up the Republican Party.
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Eli Stokols / Politico:
GOP freakout goes from bad to worse
GOP freakout goes from bad to worse
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Rivals pile on Trump in Republican candidates' debate
Rivals pile on Trump in Republican candidates' debate
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mccain.senate.gov:
STATEMENT BY SASC CHAIRMAN JOHN McCAIN ON STATE OF THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY CAMPAIGN
STATEMENT BY SASC CHAIRMAN JOHN McCAIN ON STATE OF THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY CAMPAIGN
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Danny Vinik / Politico:
The Trump platform that Mitt Romney just attacked looks a lot like Mitt Romney's
The Trump platform that Mitt Romney just attacked looks a lot like Mitt Romney's
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Mitt Romney offers scathing indictment of Republican tax policies
Mitt Romney offers scathing indictment of Republican tax policies
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Eliza Collins / Politico:
Graham: A brokered convention wouldn't be fair to Trump
Eliza Collins / Politico:
Priebus: There will be no ‘shell games’ with GOP nomination
Priebus: There will be no ‘shell games’ with GOP nomination
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Jamie Feldman / The Huffington Post:
Whole Foods Sells Peeled Oranges In Plastic Containers, World Revolts — This is pretty bad, any way you peel it. — Whole Foods encourages shoppers to bring their own shopping bags and prides itself on an ability to provide healthy options to shoppers in the best possible way.
Josh Rogin / BloombergView.com:
Clinton Takes Aim at Another Government Watchdog — The Hillary Clinton campaign has gone on the attack against the government official who conducts oversight of the State Department she used to run, accusing him of partisanship and misconduct without any direct evidence.
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Fox News Insider:
Luntz Focus Group's Winner of GOP Debate, Low Point of Night — What did Michigan voters think about tonight's GOP debate in Detroit? — Frank Luntz shared the reactions of his focus group on a special post-debate edition of The Kelly File. — The voters had some very negative things …
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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Brags About His Penis Size: ‘I Guarantee You There Is No Problem’ — Donald Trump responded to a jab Marcio Rubio has made about the size of Trump's hands — a line widely interpreted to be a reference to Trump's manhood — by promising that when it comes to the size of “something else,” he guarantees “there is no problem.”
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Alyssa Bereznak / Yahoo Politics:
In sign of apocalypse, Donald Trump defends the size of his... hands
In sign of apocalypse, Donald Trump defends the size of his... hands
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Ryan Grim / The Huffington Post:
Donald Trump Gets AIDS In A New Movie, And That Has Studio Execs In A Panic — Afraid of Trump's reaction, they're “subtly trying to make it disappear,” says an industry source. — Washington bureau chief for The Huffington Post — Audiences at screenings around the world …
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Dawn Ennis / Advocate:
She Is Cait, and I Am Not: Face to Face with Jenner — Winding my way 'round deadman's curves at unsafe speeds all the way up a Malibu mountaintop to meet Caitlyn Jenner, I asked myself: who would live here except a recluse? Cut off from the rest of the world, high above it all …
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Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Miley Cyrus pledges to leave US if Trump wins — becomes president. — “Honestly f— this s— I am moving if this is my president!” the 23-year-old “We Can't Stop” singer wrote to her more than 38 million Instagram followers on Wednesday. — In a lengthy post that included photos …
Jonathan V. Last / Weekly Standard:
Lion Ted: Cruz Crushes the Detroit Debate — In theory, Ted Cruz's best states are behind him. But at the Detroit debate, Cruz was clearly the class of the field and it's clear that no one should count him out as the delegate race moves into its next phase.
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump kills GOP autopsy — Reeling from a second straight loss to Barack Obama, a flailing Republican Party in 2013 found its culprit: Mitt Romney's callous tone toward minorities. Instead of being doomed to irrelevance in a changing America, the party would rebrand as a kinder, more inclusive GOP.
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