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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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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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Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times and Vox
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump's campaign manager denies he's irked at being upstaged by Pence — Donald Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway said her boss was “excited” and “proud” after Mike Pence's debate performance Tuesday night, pushing back against reports that the Manhattan billionaire felt upstaged by his running mate's superior showing.
Margaret Hartmann / New York Magazine:
Libertarian VP Candidate Bill Weld Gives Up, Will Focus on Preventing Trump Presidency — As some presumably small portion of Americans sat through a dull debate between the Republican and Democratic vice presidential nominees on Tuesday night, a far more interesting drama was unfolding within the Libertarian ticket.
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The Mike Pence vs. Tim Kaine vice-presidential debate transcript, annotated — Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine and Indiana Gov. Mike Pence met face-to-face for the first time Tuesday night, as the running mates took part in the only vice-presidential debate of the 2016 election.
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
The internet loses it after Pence accuses Kaine of ‘whipping out that Mexican thing again’ — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — In a vice presidential debate that was long on interruptions and short on point scoring, it took until the last minute before a candidate said something …
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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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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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Henry C. Jackson / Politico:
6 things Trump definitely said that Pence claimed he didn't — Tim Kaine came into the vice presidential debate with a clear goal: make Mike Pence own all of Trump's most controversial moments. — But Kaine was unable, with Pence successfully parrying his attacks as the debate dissolved …
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Ali Breland / The Hill:
CNN poll: Pence won debate
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Jill Serjeant / Reuters:
TV audience for vice presidential debate about half that of Trump-Clinton
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Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
RNC: Kaine interrupted over 70 times
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Pence gives GOP a boost, but Dems pleased with Kaine attacks on Trump
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Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Trump wins momentum boost from Pence — with Kaine assist
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Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Who is vice presidential debate moderator Elaine Quijano?
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Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Debate Takeaways: Tim Kaine Presses Mike Pence on Russia, but Not Gay Rights
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Ezra Klein / Vox:
Donald Trump's humiliation of Mike Pence has made tonight's VP debate very strange
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Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) lost badly to Indiana Gov. Mike Pence in Tuesday night's vice presidential …
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Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Al Gore to campaign for Clinton, hoping to galvanize young voters on climate change — Former vice president Al Gore will start campaigning for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, according to individuals briefed on the plan, in an effort to mobilize young voters who see climate change as a key issue.
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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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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Clinton camp responds to Bill's Obamacare comments
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
WATCH: Megyn Kelly Reminds Conway Why Trump Polls Poorly With Women — In a post-debate interview on Tuesday night, Fox News' host Megyn Kelly pushed Donald Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway to defend the Republican nominee's low poll numbers with women, telling Conway that women …
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Callum Borchers / Washington Post:
Donald Trump sniped at Megyn Kelly as the vice presidential debate began
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Richard Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
Trump's October Surprise? It Could Be His 2015 Tax Return — Donald Trump has been reeling this week after The New York Times published portions of his 1995 state tax returns showing a $916 million loss that could offset his income from 1996 forward. Releasing the 2015 tax return could give him an opportunity to counter that story.
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Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
On local radio show, Eric Trump accidentally admits why his father won't release his taxes
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Chris Kahn / Reuters:
Trump calls tax avoidance ‘smart,’ most Americans call it ‘unpatriotic’: poll
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Political Wire
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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Devin Henry / The Hill:
UN makes power play against Donald Trump — International governments have made a power play against Donald Trump — by ratifying an international climate deal earlier than expected, effectively preventing him from “canceling” the deal as he has promised to do.
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