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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Voters Nationally Say Clinton Won Debate 51/40 — PPP's post debate survey, sponsored by VoteVets Action Fund, finds that voters nationally think Hillary Clinton defeated Donald Trump in the debate, 51/40. — Perhaps most important for Clinton is that among young voters …
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Giuliani: I wouldn't debate again after Holt's ‘interference’ — surrogate Rudy Giuliani floated the prospect of Trump not participating in further general election debates, after what he believes was inappropriate meddling Monday by moderator Lester Holt. — “If I were Donald Trump …
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Political Wire, Joe.My.God., The Week, ABC News, New Century Times, Mediaite and Politico
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The first Trump-Clinton presidential debate transcript, annotated — Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump go head-to-head for the first time Monday night in a 90-minute debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y. The debate, which is expected to draw a record number of viewers …
CNN:
Post-debate poll: Hillary Clinton takes round one — (CNN)Hillary Clinton was deemed the winner of Monday night's debate by 62% of voters who tuned in to watch, while just 27% said they thought Donald Trump had the better night, according to a CNN/ORC Poll of voters who watched the debate.
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Adam Kelsey / ABC News:
Most Memorable Lines of the First Presidential Debate — There have already been fireworks between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump as the two candidates face off in the first presidential debate at Hofstra University tonight. — Clinton and Trump have 90 minutes of nonstop debating …
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Washington Post, Politico, Hot Air, Fox News, NBC News and Associated Press
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Howard Dean calls Trump a ‘coke user’ on Twitter — Former Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean on Monday mentioned cocaine in a tweet discussing Donald Trump — 's sniffling during his first presidential debate. — Notice Trump sniffing all the time. Coke user?
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Emily Crockett / Vox:
Trump interrupted Clinton 25 times in the first 26 minutes of the debate — It didn't take long during Monday night's presidential debate before Donald Trump started interrupting Hillary Clinton. A lot, and aggressively. — We kept count — and Trump interrupted Clinton 25 times in the first 26 minutes of the debate.
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Andrew Prokop / Vox:
Early polls and focus groups suggest Hillary Clinton won the debate — It will be a few more days before we get methodologically rigorous polls measuring how the electorate felt about the first presidential debate. The indicators we have so far are necessarily incomplete and limited …
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Clinton goes after Trump's weakness: His famously thin skin — HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. — Hillary Clinton's weapon of choice in her first debate with Donald Trump was a needle. — Almost from the outset of the 95-minute debate, the Democratic nominee, who is known for having a debate-stage persona …
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Michael Edison Hayden / ABC News:
Trump on Former Miss Universe Machado: ‘She Gained a Massive Amount of Weight’ — Donald Trump pushed back against criticism he received from Hillary Clinton during last night's debate regarding his treatment of former Miss Universe Alicia Machado, saying “she gained a massive amount of weight, and it was a real problem.”
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Politico and Associated Press
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
The instance when decorum went south for Clinton and Trump
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Hot Air, ABC News and Washington Post
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Holt fact-checks Trump, not Clinton
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Vox, Infowars, Hot Air, ABC News, The Strata-Sphere, Politico, Occupy Democrats, Politicus USA and Media Matters for America
Howard Fineman / The Huffington Post:
Trump's Debate Performance Was The Worst Ever
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Politico, Des Moines Register and Washington Post
Daniella Diaz / CNN:
Who is Alicia Machado? Former Miss Universe said Trump called her Miss Piggy
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Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, CNBC, KSNT-TV and Washington Free Beacon
Phillip Stucky / The Daily Caller:
Holt Interrupted Trump WAY More Than Clinton In Debate
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Washington Examiner, Washington Post, Infowars, BizPac Review, Guardian and Mashable
ABC News:
Debate Fact-Check: How Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton Stack Up
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Associated Press, Politico and Mediaite
Josh Barro / Business Insider:
5 pieces of evidence that Hillary Clinton won the big presidential debate
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New York Times, FiveThirtyEight, Politicus USA, bradford-delong.com and AOL, more at Mediagazer »
Julia Jacobo / ABC News:
Presidential Debate: Trump Held Back on Bill Clinton's ‘Transgressions’ Because Chelsea Was ‘In the Room’
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New York Times:
Did You Miss It? Here's Who Won the Debate
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ABC News:
WATCH: Memorable Moments From the First Presidential Debate
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Politico, Political Wire and Washington Post
Fox News Insider:
Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton and First Presidential Debate
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BizPac Review
Noah Rothman / Commentary Magazine:
Nine Months Too Late, A Media Panic
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New York Times, Washington Post, Mother Jones, The American Spectator, Politico, Raw Story, Washington Times, Daily Kos, Politicus USA and ThinkProgress
Maria T. Cardona / The Hill:
Hillary Clinton does her homework and shows who's boss — This first presidential debate was Hillary's moment. She owned Donald Trump — like a Girl Boss. And she demonstrated the benefits of good preparation. In fact, one of her greatest moments of the night was when she turned to Trump and said …
David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Trump directed $2.3 million owed to him to his tax-exempt foundation instead — Donald Trump's charitable foundation has received approximately $2.3 million from companies that owed money to Trump or one of his businesses but were instructed to pay Trump's tax-exempt foundation instead …
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Julio Cortez / Talking Points Memo:
Hillary Ruled the Show — Let me start by saying that my central prediction about this debate was wrong. I thought Trump's big obstacle was getting pressed on a specific policy question, not having any idea what he was talking about and riffing his way into nonsense or easily controvertible lies.
Ross Douthat Comment / New York Times:
Trump Fails the Stamina Test — Donald Trump won the first 25 minutes of the first presidential debate. He was too bullying and shout-y, too prone to interrupt, but he seized on an issue, trade, where Hillary Clinton was awkward and defensive, and he hammered away at his strongest campaign theme …
New York Times:
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump Press Pointed Attacks in Debate — Donald J. Trump relentlessly attacked Hillary Clinton over trade and her private email server during their fiery first debate on Monday night, often brusquely interrupting her, while Mrs. Clinton portrayed Mr. Trump …
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John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Trump's debate incompetence a slap in the face to his supporters — MORE FROM: — Hillary Clinton was boring and exceptionally well-prepared. Donald Trump was exciting but embarrassingly undisciplined. He began with his strongest argument — that the political class represented …
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Scott Adams' Blog:
Why I Switched My Endorsement from Clinton to Trump — As most of you know, I had been endorsing Hillary Clinton for president, for my personal safety, because I live in California. It isn't safe to be a Trump supporter where I live. And it's bad for business too.
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Eliza Collins / USA Today:
Green Party candidate Jill Stein escorted off debate premises, resorts to Twitter — 2.5k Shares — HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. — Four years ago Stein was arrested for disorderly conduct and handcuffed to a chair at the Hofstra University debate. She tried her luck again this year and has already been escorted off campus.
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