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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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Ben Collins / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump's Online Trolls Turn on Their ‘God Emperor’ — One of Donald Trump's most ardent fringe message boards appeared to turn on its candidate of choice during Monday night's debate, saying he “got played” and that “this was not supposed to happen.” — 4chan, the alt-right forum …
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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 …
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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 …
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Clinton Won The Debate, Which Means She's Likely To Gain In The Polls — Democrats woke up on Monday to a spate of bad polls for Hillary Clinton, which brought Donald Trump to perhaps his closest position yet in the Electoral College. They had reason to go to bed feeling a lot better.
Fox News:
Online polls declare Trump debate winner, despite media consensus for Clinton — If polls only included media pundits, Hillary Clinton would have won Monday's debate by a landslide, but online surveys had Donald Trump as the yuge winner. — The Drudge Report poll had 80 percent …
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Josh Barro / Business Insider:
5 pieces of evidence that Hillary Clinton won the big presidential debate — The political events of the last 15 months have ruined my confidence in my own ability to predict how the electorate will react to events. — So here are a few pieces of evidence, aside from my own impressions from watching …
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Howard Dean calls Trump a ‘coke user’ on Twitter
Howard Dean calls Trump a ‘coke user’ on Twitter
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Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Hillary Clinton's Pitch to End Private Prisons Is the Surprise Hit of the Presidential Debate
Hillary Clinton's Pitch to End Private Prisons Is the Surprise Hit of the Presidential Debate
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Katie Jerkovich / The Daily Caller:
Michael Moore appeared frustrated on Twitter following …
Michael Moore appeared frustrated on Twitter following …
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Caitlin Dewey / Washington Post:
Google searches for ‘registrarse para votar’ hit all-time high during debate
Google searches for ‘registrarse para votar’ hit all-time high during debate
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Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Giuliani: I'd skip next debates if I were Trump — Donald Trump should skip the next two debates unless he gets special guarantees from the moderators, former New York mayor and top Trump adviser Rudy Giuliani told reporters after the debate. — Lester Holt, the NBC News anchor who moderated the debate …
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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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Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Donald Trump: ‘Lester Holt did a great job’ — Donald Trump praised Lester Holt's performance as moderator of Monday night's presidential debate, contradicting claims by his supporters that Holt had been unfair. — “I thought Lester did a great job. Honestly, I thought Lester did a great job …
Kyle Smith / New York Post:
Lester Holt shows he doesn't know the meaning of impartial — MORE FROM: — The ref not only made himself part of the game on Monday night, he ran up to the scrimmage line, then sacked the quarterback three times. — In the early going, it looked like it was going to be an ideal …
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Giuliani: Clinton ‘too stupid to be president’
Giuliani: Clinton ‘too stupid to be president’
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Ezra Klein / Vox:
The first debate featured an unprepared man repeatedly shouting over a highly prepared woman
The first debate featured an unprepared man repeatedly shouting over a highly prepared woman
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Callum Borchers / Washington Post:
Donald Trump has already flip-flopped on Lester Holt's debate performance
Donald Trump has already flip-flopped on Lester Holt's debate performance
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Ross Douthat Comment / New York Times:
Trump Fails the Stamina Test
Howard Fineman / The Huffington Post:
Trump's Debate Performance Was The Worst Ever
Trump's Debate Performance Was The Worst Ever
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Daniella Diaz / CNN:
Who is Alicia Machado? Former Miss Universe said Trump called her Miss Piggy — Clinton: Trump called women pigs, slobs and dogs — Washington (CNN)Hillary Clinton was making a point about Donald Trump and women at the first presidential debate when she brought up Alicia Machado …
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Michael Edison Hayden / ABC News:
Trump on Former Miss Universe Machado: ‘She Gained a Massive Amount of Weight’
Trump on Former Miss Universe Machado: ‘She Gained a Massive Amount of Weight’
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Scott Detrow / NPR:
In Post-Debate Interview, Trump Again Criticizes Pageant-Winner's Weight
In Post-Debate Interview, Trump Again Criticizes Pageant-Winner's Weight
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Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
Trump attacks former Miss Universe who ‘gained a massive amount of weight’ and had ‘attitude’
Trump attacks former Miss Universe who ‘gained a massive amount of weight’ and had ‘attitude’
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Emily Crockett / Vox:
Trump responds to claims that he fat-shamed a Miss Universe winner by ... fat-shaming her again
Trump responds to claims that he fat-shamed a Miss Universe winner by ... fat-shaming her again
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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 …
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Tom Kludt / CNN:
Campaign manager: Trump does not believe climate change is man made
Campaign manager: Trump does not believe climate change is man made
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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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Steve Harrison / The Charlotte Observer:
Charlotte mayor faces furious crowd at City Council meeting — A furious crowd of citizens criticized and often shouted down Charlotte City Council on Monday night, calling for resignations across the city and chanting, “Hands Down! Shoot Back!” and “No Justice, No Peace!”
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Julian Hattem / The Hill:
State Dept misses court's deadline on Clinton docs — The State Department narrowly missed a court-ordered deadline on Monday to release documents about whether former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton — and her senior aides participated in security training and briefings.
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