memeorandum: Carly Fiorina Really Was That Bad (Steven Rattner/New York Times)

10:10 AM ET, September 27, 2015

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Josh Gerstein / Politico:

Clinton camp: Clinton did not sign form on Abedin job change — <p>Hillary Clinton's chief of staff —and not Clinton herself — signed a State Department form that helped another Clinton aide change to a job status that allowed broader private-sector employment, a Clinton campaign official …

Discussion: Gretawire

Amy Chozick / New York Times:

Bill Clinton Blames G.O.P. and Press for Wife's Email Woes — Former President Bill Clinton blamed Republicans who hope to undercut his wife's presidential chances and a voracious political news media uninterested in substance for the furor surrounding Hillary Rodham Clinton's use …

Discussion: Power Line, Washington Free Beacon, Liberaland and Slantpoint

Theodore Schleifer / CNN:

Bill Clinton on email scrutiny: 'I've never seen so much expended on so little' — Washington (CNN)Bill Clinton said Friday he believes Republicans are exaggerating scandals against his wife, using the scrutiny over her email use while at the State Department to tear her down.

Discussion: The Week, Detroit News, Guardian and Independent Journal Review

Reuters:
Government finds new emails Clinton did not hand over

Discussion: Vox Popoli

Ali Breland / Politico:
Bill Clinton blames Republicans — but no ‘plot’ — for Hillary's campaign woes

Discussion: Front Page Magazine

Frank Bruni / New York Times:

John Boehner Exits, Donald Trump Storms On — ON Thursday, when John Boehner grew weepy in the presence of the pope, I assumed that we were seeing the tears of a proud Catholic. — On Friday, when he announced that he'd be resigning as the speaker of the House of Representatives …

Discussion: Washington Post and Hullabaloo

ABC News:

5 Stories You'll Care About in Politics This Week — All it took was a papal visit to get Washington moving again — and moving, and moving. Fast enough to get another 2016er out of the race, force the Democratic frontrunner to come up with a position on the Keystone Pipeline, and even hasten the end of a speakership.

Discussion: Politico and abc7.com

The Hill:
Cruz wins Values Voter Summit straw poll for third straight year

Discussion: BREITBART.COM and John Hawkins' Right Wing News

Elspeth Reeve / New Republic:
Sympathy for the Boehner — The internet is thick with cruel GIFs …

Discussion: Booman Tribune

New York Times:
The Post-Boehner Congress and Washington's Sense of Dread

Discussion: Washington Post, Slate and Progress Pond

Eric Cantor / New York Times:
The G.O.P., After John Boehner

Discussion: VICE, Friendly Atheist, Balloon Juice, National Review, The Hill and The Daily Signal

Eric Fehrnstrom / BostonGlobe.com:
Boehner and the Year of the Outsider

Discussion: CNN, Hot Air and Washington Post

Niall Stanage / The Hill:

Media thumps Trump, but polls show he's winning big — Rumors of Donald Trump's demise may have been greatly exaggerated. — Ever since rival Carly Fiorina was widely perceived to have bested Trump at the second GOP debate in California on Sept. 16, media outlets have been lining up to suggest that the front-runner is waning.

Discussion: BizPac Review

Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:

On Islam, Ben Carson Is Right and Charles Krauthammer Is Wrong — Ben Carson campaigning in California, September 9, 2015 (Kevork Djansezian/Getty)

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Progress Pond, Power Line and The Elder Statement

Steven Rattner / New York Times:

Carly Fiorina Really Was That Bad — HER silver tongue honed by decades in corporate marketing, Carly Fiorina has used two debates, and a steely determination on the campaign trail, to climb near the top of the polls for the Republican nomination. — But Americans should pause …

Discussion: Daily Kos and Liberaland

Edward L. Rubin / Salon:

Pope Francis is scaring the hell out of conservatives. Here's the real reason why — It isn't just that conservatives disagree with the pontiff's politics. He threatens something even more fundamental — Republican legislators who attended Pope Francis' address to Congress …

John Hinderaker / Power Line:

The Camp of the Saints Comes to Europe — The Daily Mail has a long report from Germany on the influx of migrants there. Who, exactly, are the migrants? The article begins: … Only a small percentage of the migrants are Syrian, and only a small minority are refugees.

Discussion: Hot Air, Front Page Magazine and John Hawkins' Right Wing News

Taryn Asher / WJBK-TV:

Man starts gas station blaze trying to kill spider with lighter — CENTER LINE - A man tried to kill a spider at a gas station using a lighter causing a dangerous fire. — Using a lighter to kill the bug, he started a blaze that quickly engulfed the gas pump.

Discussion: Fox News, Fox News Insider, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Guardian

Arizona Republic:

Police: 10 to 12 injured at Summer Ends Music Festival in Tempe … A concert at Tempe Beach Park was interrupted Saturday night as dozens of crews responded to a medical emergency, with Tempe police saying some fans rushed the stage and other fans saying they feared being crushed.

Discussion: Daily Mail