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Michael Levenson / BostonGlobe.com:
Bill Weld says he will focus his fire on Donald Trump — The Libertarian vice presidential candidate, William F. Weld, said Tuesday that he plans to focus exclusively on blasting Donald Trump over the next five weeks, a strategic pivot aimed at denying Trump the White House and giving himself a key role in helping to rebuild the GOP.
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Talking Points Memo and Salon
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Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Mike Pence's Galling Amnesia — Back when Mike Pence hosted a talk radio show in the 1990s, he described himself as “Rush Limbaugh on decaf.” — For much of Tuesday night, he was like Forrest Gump on chamomile, squarely and steadily plodding forward, seldom tugged from his talking points and never particularly rattled.
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CNN, Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times, Talking Points Memo and Vox
Ali Breland / The Hill:
CNN poll: Pence won debate — (R) was the winner of Tuesday's vice presidential debate with Sen. Tim Kaine — (D-Va.), according to a CNN/ORC instant poll taken immediately after. — The poll found 48 percent saying Pence performed better and 42 percent saying they thought Kaine won.
Jeff Stein / Vox:
Mike Pence says Clinton-Kaine is an “insult-driven” campaign as Trump tweets insults — The irony wasn't lost on Hillary Clinton. — Mike Pence laughed off his opponent's accusation that he and Donald Trump are running an “insult-driven campaign” during Tuesday night's vice presidential debate.
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Talking Points Memo, The Gateway Pundit, Washington Post, Mother Jones, USA TODAY College and Balloon Juice
Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
RNC: Kaine interrupted over 70 times — The Republican National Committee claimed Tim Kaine — and the moderator over 70 times during Tuesday's vice presidential debate. — Shortly after the debate ended, the RNC made a quick note of Kaine's aggressive style in an email to reporters.
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Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
The 12 most interesting moments of the VP debate — FARMVILLE, Va. — Those assuming the vice presidential debate would be a sleepy affair got a surprise Tuesday night as Mike Pence and Tim Kaine quickly locked horns in one confrontation after another on everything from criminal justice reform to Social Security privatization.
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Insiders: Pence outclassed Trump — Mike Pence didn't just defeat Tim Kaine in their only debate — he also outshined Donald Trump. — A majority of the battleground-state insiders who comprise The POLITICO Caucus gave Pence the edge over Kaine in their vice presidential debate …
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Washington Post, Mediaite, Pirate's Cove, The Week, Hot Air, ThinkProgress, Vox, ABC News and MichelleMalkin.com
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Trump wins momentum boost from Pence — with Kaine assist — got help from an unexpected quarter on Tuesday night as Hillary Clinton — , delivered an uneven performance in the year's sole vice presidential debate. — Stylistically at least, Trump's vice presidential nominee, Mike Pence
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Politico, Washington Post, BizPac Review and ABC News
Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) lost badly to Indiana Gov. Mike Pence in Tuesday night's vice presidential debate — despite having home field advantage in Farmville, Virginia — raising new doubts about Hillary Clinton. — Those doubts are twofold: first, about her decision to choose so weak a candidate …
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Infowars
Ezra Klein / Vox:
Donald Trump's humiliation of Mike Pence has made tonight's VP debate very strange
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Margaret Hartmann / New York Magazine:
Libertarian VP Candidate Bill Weld Gives Up, Will Focus on Preventing Trump Presidency
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The Week
Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Who is vice presidential debate moderator Elaine Quijano?
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Washington Post and Mashable
Tamerra Griffin / BuzzFeed:
The GOP Just Published A Bunch Of Post-Debate ~Blog Posts~ Before The Debate Started
Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Debate Takeaways: Tim Kaine Presses Mike Pence on Russia, but Not Gay Rights
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Advocate, WAVY-TV, Towleroad, The Week, New York Magazine, Guardian, Politics K-12 and NPR
Rick Klein / ABC News:
ANALYSIS: Pence Sidesteps Kaine's Attacks, Seeking Calmer Turn at VP Debate
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Associated Press
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The Mike Pence vs. Tim Kaine vice-presidential debate transcript, annotated
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Daily Kos, Fox News, No More Mister Nice Blog, NPR, Political Wire, Advocate, Informed Comment, Mother Jones and Hit & Run
ThinkProgress:
Mike Pence blames Hillary Clinton for Iraq policy created by Bush and supported by Trump
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Julia Jacobo / ABC News:
GOP Website Declares Mike Pence Debate Winner...Before Debate Begins
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New York Times:
Vice-Presidential Debate: What You Missed
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Mother Jones, Mediaite, ImmigrationProf Blog, Washington Free Beacon, NBC News, Towleroad and Daily Kos
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Insiders: Trump will sink Pence in VP debate
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Washington Post, ABC News and The Week
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
On local radio show, Eric Trump accidentally admits why his father won't release his taxes — He's off message. — Donald Trump is the first candidate in 40 years not to release his taxes. — Trump and his campaign have steadfastly insisted that Trump will release his tax returns as soon as a “routine audit” has been completed.
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Politico
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Former accountant refutes Trump's tax brilliance: I did all the work
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ABC News
Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
Bill Clinton goes way off message on ObamaCare — and the White House struggled on Tuesday to explain Bill Clinton — 's blistering critique of ObamaCare, which exposed divisions in the Democratic Party over the healthcare law. — The former president's surprisingly strong criticism …
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Instapundit and ABC News
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Clinton camp responds to Bill's Obamacare comments
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ABC News, Washington Post, Townhall.com, New York Magazine and The Hill
GUCCIFER 2.0:
Guccifer 2.0 Hacked Clinton Foundation — Many of you have been waiting for this, some even asked me to do it. — So, this is the moment. I hacked the Clinton Foundation server and downloaded hundreds of thousands of docs and donors' databases. — Hillary Clinton and her staff don't even bother about the information security.
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Eric Geller / Politico:
Clinton Foundation refutes new claim that hacker stole files
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The Charlotte Observer:
CMPD releases full video of fatal Keith Lamont Scott shooting — Police body camera footage released on Tuesday shows in graphic detail the final minutes of Keith Lamont Scott's life after he was shot on Sept. 20 by a Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer. — The video shows police officers …
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Raw Story, Pirate's Cove and The Root
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Brandon Katz / Forbes:
NFL's ‘Monday Night Football’ Keeps Dropping In Ratings — There's no denying that the numerous #BoycottNFL online campaigns and fan outrage aimed at the National Anthem protests in the NFL have taken a toll in terms of viewership. Additionally, cord-cutting continues to eat into traditional TV's ratings at an alarming rate.
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Daily Wire
Reuters:
Baghdad bridles at Turkey's military presence, warns of ‘regional war’ — Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has warned Turkey that it risks triggering a regional war by keeping troops in Iraq, as each summoned the other's ambassador in a growing row. — Relations between the two regional powers …
Imgur:
I had to pay $39.35 to hold my baby after he was born. — Imgur: The most awesome images on the Internet.
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