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11:45 AM ET, October 29, 2015

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Jonathan V. Last / Weekly Standard:
We Have Our Final Six  —  Tonight's debate showed that the GOP field is smaller than it looks.  Technically, there are still fourteen people running, but the winnowing is far along.  We probably have a final six and possibly a final four.  —  The three winners of the night were pretty obvious …
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
CNBC moderators defend debate amid criticism  —  A pair of CNBC moderators defended the network's handling of Wednesday night's Republican presidential debate amid a flurry of criticism from the candidates and party leaders.  —  “There were a lot of conservatives before the debate who were urging …
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Bush campaign manager confronts CNBC producer  —  Jeb Bush campaign manager Danny Diaz got into a heated confrontation with a CNBC producer outside the debate as it was happening, according to two sources familiar with the incident.  —  One of the sources said Diaz was complaining about speaking time allotments.
Jamelle Bouie / Slate:
Jeb Died on That Stage  —  And the Republican Party's refusal to update its ideas may doom the rest of the field.  —  Wednesday's Republican presidential debate was critical for Jeb Bush.  He had to show donors and voters that he was a fighter, with life in his campaign …
RealClearPolitics:
Cruz Rips Press At CNBC Debate: “This Debate Illustrates Why We Can Not Trust The Media”  —  At the Republican debate hosted by CNBC in Boulder, Colorado Wednesday night, presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz lambasted the moderators, particularly John Harwood of The New York Times …
Douglas E. Schoen / Fox News:
Hillary Clinton won the third GOP debate.  Here's why  —  In conventional terms Senators Cruz and Rubio won Thursday night's debate.  They were laser focused, quick, smart and passionate.  They defended themselves, their records and went on the offensive at all the right times …
Emily Atkin / ThinkProgress:
The CNBC Republican Debate Was A Total Trainwreck  —  Reporters from both conservative and liberal-minded news organizations seem to agree: the CNBC Republican presidential debate was kind of a trainwreck.  —  That wasn't really because of the candidates, though — it was because of the moderators.
Shushannah Walshe / ABC News:
Third Republican Presidential Debate: The 6 Moments That Mattered  —  At times it seemed the night was defined not by the candidates' attacks on each other, but on the moderators who lobbed challenging and, at times, contentious questions at them.  —  Some fought back and some candidates …
Washington Post:
The third Republican debate transcript, annotated  —  Wednesday night, 10 candidates participated in the third Republican debate: Donald Trump, Ben Carson, Sen. Marco Rubio (Fla.), former Florida governor Jeb Bush, former tech executive Carly Fiorina, Sen. Ted Cruz (Tex.) …
Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
The Best Lines and Zingers From the Third Republican Debate  —  The third Republican debate hosted in Boulder, Colorado was not short on drama and memorable moments.  —  Here are some of the best lines and zingers said by some of the 10 candidates on stage:
Sean Davis / The Federalist:
Surprise!  John Harwood Lied About Marco Rubio's Tax Plan  —  As The Federalist's Mollie Hemingway predicted, CNBC's management of Wednesday's Republican presidential primary debate was a complete disaster.  The night's biggest loser, aside from everyone who suffered through watching the debate debacle …
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:   Some Initial Thoughts on the Debate
Gerald F. Seib / Wall Street Journal:
Noisy GOP Debate Leaves Republican Race Unsettled
Discussion: Raw Story, The Week and Poynter.
Jeff Jacoby / BostonGlobe.com:
The biggest loser? The media
Discussion: Slate, Politico, Weekly Standard and NPR
Candace Smith / ABC News:
Feud Between Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio Boils Over
Discussion: Bloomberg.com news
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook, presented by Comcast …
Discussion: New York Times
Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Rubio tries to cool expectations of a surge
Discussion: ABC News and Belmont Club
Mark Hemingway / Weekly Standard:
CNBC Moderator Harwood Admits Premise of His Question on Rubio's Tax Plan is Erroneous
Scott Wong / The Hill:
Paul Ryan elected Speaker  —  Lawmakers on Thursday elected Rep. Paul Ryan as the 54th Speaker of the House, putting an end to weeks of uncertainty over who would lead the raucous 247-member GOP conference after John Boehner's (R-Ohio) surprise resignation.  —  On a day filled with pomp …
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Jake Sherman / Politico:
Webster encouraging House Republicans to not vote for him for speaker
Discussion: Bloomberg Business
Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:
John Boehner Leaves Congress With ‘No Regrets’
Discussion: Politico
Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:   Paul Ryan Is Elected House Speaker, Hoping to Manage Chaos
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Yeah, Jeb Bush Is Probably Toast  —  The post-debate spin could become a self-fulfilling prophecy  —  “You know, I think Jeb Bush is toast,” I told one of my editors after Wednesday night's debate.  —  “I kinda do too,” he replied.  “I'm just worried because that's what everyone else seems to think too.”
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Towleroad
Tax Foundation:
Details and Analysis of Senator Ted Cruz's Tax Plan  —  Key Findings:  — Senator Cruz's (R-TX) tax plan would enact a 10 percent flat tax on individual income and replace the corporate income tax and all payroll taxes with a 16 percent “Business Transfer Tax,” or subtraction method value-added tax.
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
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Roger Stone / Plain Dealer:
Stoned?  Former Donald Trump adviser Roger Stone goes after John Kasich on Twitter  —  Republican presidential candidates, from left, John Kasich, Mike Huckabee, Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, Donald Trump, Ben Carson, Carly Fiorina, Ted Cruz, Chris Christie, and Rand Paul take the stage during …
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Tim Murphy / Mother Jones:
Here's Donald Trump's Epic Throwdown With John Kasich
Discussion: Slantpoint
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
After CNBC debacle, Carson camp vows revolt over debates  —  Share Tweet Reddit Digg Mail Print SMS More  —  Boulder, Colo. — After a performance by CNBC moderators that Republicans characterized as both biased and inept, a manager for a top GOP campaign says he will try to organize …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Simon Denyer / Washington Post:
China lifts one-child policy amid worries over graying population  —  BEIJING — China said it would abandon its controversial “one-child policy” on Thursday and allow all couples to have two children, pulling back from the biggest experiment in modern population control in a sign …
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Chris Buckley / New York Times:   China to End One-Child Policy, Allowing Families Two Children
 
 
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Christie: Media wants GOP field ‘to kill each other’
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