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3:25 PM ET, February 7, 2016

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Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Rubio chokes  —  MANCHESTER, N.H. — Marco Rubio knew exactly what he was doing on Saturday night.  —  Marco Rubio knew exactly what he was doing on Saturday night.  —  Marco Rubio knew exactly what he was doing on Saturday night.  —  The problem was he flubbed it.
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Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Last Night's “Marcobot Moment” May Have Ruined a Political Career  —  I was out to dinner last night—the duck at Il Fornaio was great!—so I missed the Republican debate.  That was too bad, because apparently the highlight of the night was Chris Christie's brutal beatdown of Marco Rubio over precisely the point I made a few days ago.
Washington Post:
Transcript of the New Hampshire GOP debate, annotated  —  The Republicans are taking the stage again for a debate on AB, held in New Hampshire.  The Fix team and other Washington Post reporters are annotating a transcript.  The debate comes just days before New Hampshire's Feb. 9 primaries.
Todd Graham / CNN:
Debate Coach: Only one candidate got an A  —  Bush jabs Rubio over leadership experience  —  Todd Graham is director of debate at Southern Illinois University.  His teams have won national championships for three years, and he's been recognized twice as the national debate coach of the year.
Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Bush piles on Rubio  —  Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush didn't hesitate to join the pile on of Sen. Marco Rubio's debate performance on Saturday night, calling the senator “scripted.”  —  “He's so scripted, he's so gifted.  He's a great speaker, but he came across as totally scripted and kind of robotic …
Discussion: Political Wire
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
GOP debate winners and losers  —  The final Republican debate before Tuesday's New Hampshire primary was seen as a moment of do-or-die drama for several candidates.  In one exchange in particular, the clash at Saint Anselm University in Manchester lived up to its billing.
Discussion: Politico and Hot Air
Jon Ward / Yahoo Politics:
Rubio starts digging out after debate debacle  —  In his first public appearances the morning after a terrible debate performance, Marco Rubio tried to push back Sunday against the idea that he lacks accomplishments as a lawmaker, a key part of the argument being made against him by rivals …
Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Trump: Bush family used eminent domain to build a baseball park
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Theodoric Meyer / Politico:   Christie: ‘The whole race changed last night’
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Bush loyalists concede the end may be in sight
Discussion: New York Times
ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript: Hillary Clinton, Sen. Marco Rubio, and Donald Trump
Russ Choma / Mother Jones:   The Six Best Moments of the GOP Debate
McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
Under Attack, Marco Rubio Malfunctions — And Repeats The Same Line Four Times
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Matthew Continetti / Washington Free Beacon:
A Rattled Rubio Survives New Hampshire Debate
Discussion: Scared Monkeys and New York Times
Business Insider:
Donald Trump dismisses audience after getting booed at the debate
Discussion: Althouse and The Gateway Pundit
Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Video calls ABC ‘Anybody But Carly’ network for debate snub
Katie Glueck / Politico:
Rubio goes into repeat mode
Joe Battenfeld / Boston Herald:
Franklin Pierce-Herald poll: Clinton, Sanders just 7 points apart  —  U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders' once-formidable lead over Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire has shrunk to just 7 points, putting another Clinton comeback within reach two days before the pivotal first primary …
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Caitlin Yilek / The Hill:
Poll: Trump's lead grows in NH days before primary
Discussion: ThinkProgress and CNN
Jennifer Hansler / ABC News:
Hillary Clinton Says She Has ‘Never, Ever’ Let a Donor Influence Her Vote
Discussion: AOL and Associated Press
Mark Preston / CNN:
CNN to hold Democratic presidential debate in Flint, Michigan
Discussion: Politicus USA and The Week
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:   Hillary Battles Bernie Sanders, Chick Magnet
Steven Hayward / Power Line:
The Coming Hillary Meltdown?
Discussion: New York Times and Hot Air
Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Gloria Steinem and Madeleine Albright Scold Young Women Backing Bernie Sanders  —  Hillary Clinton's older feminist supporters have a message for young women who are not backing her candidacy: Shame on you.  —  Women were expected to help power Mrs. Clinton to the Democratic nomination …
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David Frum / Featured stories:
Embed  —  Some thoughts on Rubio's bad debate, in numbered sequence (for 1 last time before Twitter algorithm destroy this format ...  1) Politicians often repeat talking points.  Friend @portraitinflesh forwards this richly comic example of the genre  —  youtube.com/watch?  v=wCem9E
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Republican debate: Best ratings of 2016  —  Bucking a trend of declining debate ratings, ABC's Saturday night GOP face-off was the highest rated debate so far in 2016, according to overnight Nielsen ratings data.  —  The debate averaged a 9.3 household rating between 8:15 p.m. and 10:45 p.m. in Nielsen's so-called metered markets.
Dylan Byers / CNN:
Ted Cruz is wrong about CNN's reporting  —  Manchester, New Hampshire (CNN)Sen. Ted Cruz knowingly misstated CNN's reporting during Saturday night's Republican primary debate in an effort to evade responsibility for misleading statements his campaign made about Ben Carson.
Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
‘SNL’ Mocks ‘Nasty Little Weasel’ Ted Cruz After Iowa Caucus Win  —  NBC comedy show “Saturday Night Live” mocked Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX)'s campaign and the candidate himself following his Iowa caucus win.  “SNL” cast member Taran Killam played the GOP nominee hopeful.
Discussion: addictinginfo.org
Kelefa Sanneh / New Yorker:
Everyone Hates Martin Shkreli.  Everyone Is Missing the Point  —  On Thursday morning, the most reviled person in America arrived on Capitol Hill for a short but memorable engagement with the most reviled institution in America.  The institution was the U.S. Congress, which Americans say they hate …
Anna Fifield / Washington Post:
North Korea launches ‘satellite,’ sparks fears about long-range missile program  —  TOKYO — North Korea on Sunday declared that it had successfully put an “earth observation satellite” into orbit under the direct orders of leader Kim Jong Un, and said it planned to launch “many more.”
Discussion: CNN, Hot Air and The Week
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