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2:15 PM ET, November 9, 2015

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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Here's Hillary Clinton's big 2016 challenge, in one chart  —  As many have already observed, one of the big questions that will help decide whether Hillary Clinton wins the White House next year is this: Can Clinton turn out the coalition that helped power Barack Obama's 2008 and 2012 wins at the same levels that the president did?
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Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg Business:
Ted Cruz Sets Sights on ‘Moderate’ Marco Rubio
Discussion: Politico
Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Heritage Action presidential scorecard rates Cruz near-perfect
Discussion: The Week and whorunsGov
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:   The Math on Rubionomics Is Way, Way Crazier Than You Think
Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Chris Christie: 'I Don't Have A Lot Of Sympathy' For Ben Carson (VIDEO)  —  New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) delivered a challenge to Republican presidential rival Ben Carson on CNN's “New Day” on Monday morning: “Come out and tell us exactly what is going on.”
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Christie on Carson scrutiny: 'I don't have a whole lot of sympathy'
Discussion: Hit & Run, The Week and RedState
Reid J. Epstein / Wall Street Journal:
Carson Criticizes Media for Questioning His Biography
Jonathan Ferziger / Bloomberg Business:
Obama Tells Netanyahu Their Differences Must Be Narrowed  —  He says split is mostly on ‘narrow issue’ of the Iran deal  —  Netanyahu says shared goals will keep the alliance strong  —  President Barack Obama told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that while their differences …
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Erick Erickson / RedState:   Why Republican Candidates Must Always Be Better Than Their Democratic Opponent
Nick Gass / Politico:
White House launches Obama Facebook page
Discussion: ABC News
NBC News:
Tim Wolfe, University of Missouri President, Says He's Resigning Amid Racial Unrest  —  The president of the University of Missouri said Monday he is resigning amid mounting criticism of his handling of racism on the school's campus network.  —  Tim Wolfe's exit came two days after black members …
Discussion: Hit & Run, Deadspin, Instapundit and EconLog
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Statement from University of Missouri System President Tim Wolfe
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Despair, American Style  —  A couple of weeks ago President Obama mocked Republicans who are “down on America,” and reinforced his message by doing a pretty good Grumpy Cat impression.  He had a point: With job growth at rates not seen since the 1990s, with the percentage of Americans covered …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Mahablog
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Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Charts of the Day: Americans Seem to Be About As Happy As Ever  —  The new Case/Deaton paper about the rise in white deaths from suicide, alcohol, and drug overdoses has inspired a lot of discussion about why Americans are apparently so despondent these days.  Paul Krugman goes so far as to call it “existential despair.”
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Leon H. Wolf / RedState:
Four Reasons the Missouri Football Strikers are Cowardly Liberal Lazy Douchebags  —  UPDATE: Mizzou's President has apparently resigned, proving that some people think negotiating with terrorists is a good idea, even when those terrorists are 1-5 in the SEC.
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
For debate, Fox Business aims to be the anti-CNBC  —  Fox Business Network, the host of Tuesday's GOP debate, has its claws out — not for the candidates, as its moderators vow to stick closely to the issues, but for its more famous competitor CNBC.  —  Tuesday's encounter …
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Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Fox Business Channel Star Maria Bartiromo to GOP Candidates: Grow Up  —  Despite all the Republican griping over CNBC's presidential debate, Maria Bartiromo says any question will be ‘fair game’ in Milwaukee on Tuesday.  —  When it comes to running a presidential debate …
Discussion: Vox, Political Wire and Politico
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
Bernie Sanders, Lover of Genocidal Tyrants, Is Anything But Cute  —  In a reality show election starring Hillary Clinton, it takes real effort to be the most appalling, disgusting, and morally bankrupt character in the cast.  Enter stage left Bernie Sanders, the “democratic” socialist.
Discussion: Instapundit
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Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Dems search for fountain of youth
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Bachmann: Jesus is ‘coming soon’  —  Former Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) calls in an interview for converting as many people as possible to Christianity because Jesus is “coming soon.”  —  The 2012 Republican presidential candidate made the comments in a radio interview last week with Tony Perkins …
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Forget Trump, Let's Talk About the Media  —  Ashley Parker explains the new landscape of political advertising: … Can we stop right here?  Donald Trump's “discovery,” if it can be called that, is that the American media is a sucker for anything outrageous.  That's it.
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Ashley Parker / New York Times:   Donald Trump Advertises Rising Value of Free Political Publicity
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
How A Conservative Radio Host Inspired Ben Carson To Apply To Yale  —  Ben Carson told reporters a story on Friday that he has written about several times: as a high school senior, he could only afford to apply to one college, and he decided he would apply to the school that won a face off …
Milo Yiannopoulos / Breitbart:
Only Conservatives Can Save The American Campus-But Should We?  —  What does it take to generate a rabid, Maoist-style mob demanding political purges, on an Ivy League campus, in 2015?  An email defending “offensive” Halloween costumes, apparently.  —  That's what kicked off the latest nadir …
 
 
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Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Ex-GAO head: US debt is three times more than you think
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Bloomberg Business:
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Richard J. Lazarus / Harvard Law Review:
Back to “Business” at the Supreme Court: The “Administrative Side” of Chief Justice Roberts
Discussion: New York Times and Washington Post
Pete Williams / NBC News:
Supreme Court Tosses Lawsuit Against Texas Trooper
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Doug Lederman / Inside Higher Ed:
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Some University of Missouri Faculty Members Walk Out in Solidarity With Students
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A decade into a project to digitize U.S. immigration forms, just 1 is online
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Inside the abandoned plans of Ted Cruz's super PACs
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Democratic Group Called iVote Pushes Automatic Voter Registration
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