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1:30 PM ET, October 20, 2015

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Eli Stokols / Politico:
George W. Bush unleashes on Ted Cruz  —  <p>Inside a sleek Denver condominium, George W. Bush let a hundred donors to his brother's campaign in on a secret.  Of all the rival Republican candidates, there is one who gets under the former president's skin, whom he views as perhaps Jeb Bush's …
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Fiorina's support collapses, Trump leads in CNN poll  —  <p>Carly Fiorina's time near the top of the Republican polls may have come to an end, as another national<a href="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/ 2015/images/10/19/rel11b.-.republicans. pdf"> CNN/ORC poll</a> out Tuesday suggests.
CNN:
Poll: Trump, Carson dominate GOP field as Fiorina falters  —  Washington (CNN)Donald Trump and Ben Carson now stand alone at the top of the Republican field, as Carly Fiorina's brief foray into the top tier of candidates seeking the GOP nomination for president appears to have ended, a new CNN/ORC poll finds.
Sasha Issenberg / Bloomberg.com news:
Mike Murphy of Right to Rise Explains His Theory That Jeb Bush Is Still the Candidate to Beat  —  When Mike Murphy in June took the helm of his longtime friend and client Jeb Bush's super-PAC, Right to Rise USA, he disappeared from the media, part of a concerted effort not to draw attention away from the candidate.
Eliza Collins / Politico:
Trump: I think I'll pass on Playboy
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Bush plummets to single digits in new Florida poll
Nick Gass / Politico:
Jim Webb to drop out of Democratic race  —  <p>Former Virginia Sen. Jim Webb will announce Tuesday that he will drop his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination.</p><p> In an<a href="http://www.politico.com/story/ 2015/10/jim-webb-democrats-independent- 214929"> email to reporters </a>on Monday evening …
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Fox News:
Webb to drop out of Democratic 2016 race  —  Former Virginia Sen. Jim Webb will announce Tuesday that he is dropping out of the Democratic presidential race, Fox News has learned.  —  Webb is said to be disillusioned with the Democratic Party — as well as the Republican Party …
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Webb to withdraw from Democratic presidential race
Brian Beutler / New Republic:
The Benghazi Witch-Hunt Against Hillary Is Backfiring Just Like Bill Clinton's Impeachment  —  And its chairman, Trey Gowdy, just got caught red handed  —  The House Select Committee on Benghazi has had glaring credibility problems from its inception.  Even if you ignore the thicket …
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Chelsea Clinton: Hillary's testimony will be ‘remarkable’  —  <p>Hillary Clinton "will be remarkable" during her testimony before the House Select Committee on Benghazi later this week, Chelsea Clinton predicted Tuesday. </p><p>"I think every opportunity my mom has …
David Frum / The Atlantic:
Canada Lurches to the Left  —  Canada's election on Monday was something much bigger than a local Canadian story.  It's another indicator of how Bill Clinton/Tony Blair-style liberalism is veering sharply to the left across the English-speaking world.  Along with the surge of Bernie Sanders …
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Mark Gollom / CBC News:
Justin Trudeau to be prime minister as Liberals surge to majority
Discussion: Wall Street Journal, iPolitics and NPR
Ian Austen / New York Times:
Justin Trudeau and Liberal Party Prevail With Stunning Rout in Canada
Eric Andrew-Gee / Globe and Mail:
Trudeau rides national desire for change to majority government
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Panicked establishment gets ready for war against Trump  —  Share Tweet Reddit Digg Mail Print SMS More  —  This weekend was an inflection point in the Republican presidential race — a moment in which some significant part of the GOP establishment came out of denial and realized Donald Trump might well become their party's nominee.
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Michael D. Young / FOX6Now.com:
“Wouldn't wish this on anyone:” Bucks forward claims he was racially profiled at jewelry store  —  MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee Bucks forward John Henson is claiming he was racially profiled at a jewelry store in Whitefish Bay on Monday, October 19th.  The claim resulted in Whitefish Bay police …
Discussion: WHNT-TV
George Dvorsky / Gizmodo:
Unexpected Asteroid to Zip Past Earth On Halloween  —  We can expect a totally different kind of trick-or-treater this coming Halloween.  A rather large asteroid—discovered less than three weeks ago—is set to to fly past the Earth at a distance not seen in nearly a decade.
Discussion: WNEP-TV and abc7news.com
Shushannah Walshe / ABC News:
The Note: Joe Biden Prompts (In)Decision Frenzy  —  NOTABLES  —TESTING OUT THE MESSAGE?  Biden's supporters have acknowledged the odds would be stacked against him — starting so late with no money, no campaign organization and way behind in the polls.
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Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
Republicans votes scarce in House on debt-ceiling hike  —  Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) has his work cut out for him in passing a bill to raise the $18.1 trillion debt ceiling.  —  The lame-duck Speaker needs to win 30 Republican votes to lift the government's borrowing limit …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Juan Williams / The Hill:   GOP right wing acts like its own party
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Ryan nears decision on speaker's race as Congress returns
Ktviintern / FOX2now.com:
Man shuts down cheating ex with one word text message  —  ORANGE COUNTY, CA - A man found out his ex-fiancée was cheating on him and ended his 5-year long relationship.  He got the last word when she started text messaging him, trying to rekindle their love.
Discussion: WTVR-TV and WGN-TV
Brad Plumer / Vox:
The math on staying below 2°C of global warming looks increasingly brutal  —  Here's a capsule summary of the big UN climate talks this year:  —  1) The good news: Every country is submitting a detailed pledge to curb greenhouse gas emissions.  —  2) The bad: Those pledges, added together …
Discussion: National Review
Richard Johnson / Page Six:
Author: Hillary flooded Amazon with negative reviews of my book  —  Dirty trickster Roger Stone seems to be the victim of dirty tricks.  —  The political consultant's new book, “The Clintons' War on Women,” is the top-rated political history seller on Amazon, but the online retailer was flooded last week with one-star reviews.
Discussion: Daily Mail and BizPac Review
 
 
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David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
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