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5:30 PM ET, February 8, 2016

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Annie Karni / Politico:
Clinton weighs staff shake-up after New Hampshire  —  Hillary and Bill Clinton are so dissatisfied with their campaign's messaging and digital operations they are considering staffing and strategy changes after what's expected to be a loss in Tuesday's primary here, according to a half-dozen people …
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Jonathan Allen / Reuters:
Woman who accused Bill Clinton of assault to campaign against Hillary presidential run  —  One of the women who has accused former U.S. President Bill Clinton of sexual assault says she has agreed to work for an anti-Clinton political group being formed by a former advisor to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Bill Clinton Unleashes Stinging Attack on Bernie Sanders  —  MILFORD, N.H. — Bill Clinton uncorked an extended attack on Senator Bernie Sanders on Sunday, harshly criticizing Mr. Sanders and his supporters for what he described as inaccurate and “sexist” attacks on Hillary Clinton.
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Clinton responds to rumors about a staff shake-up
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Politico
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Pressure on Lynch to step aside in Clinton email probe
Discussion: Instapundit and Hot Air
Andy Hiller / WHDH-TV:
7NEWS/UMass Lowell Poll NH Tracking Poll day 8  —  This time tomorrow, some of the voting places in New Hampshire will already be open.  —  And our final tracking poll gives us a last look at where the candidates stand right now.  —  Watch 7News on mobile / desktop
Discussion: Political Wire
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Harry Enten / FiveThirtyEight:
Marco Rubio Is In A Precarious Spot In New Hampshire  —  MANCHESTER, N.H. — Marco Rubio benefited from low expectations in Iowa.  How else do you explain finishing third and getting a big bump in the polls?  And before Saturday night's debate debacle, I thought expectations might be getting too high for Rubio in New Hampshire.
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Quick poll shows decline for Rubio
uml.edu:
CLOSE RACE FOR SECOND PLACE IN GOP PRIMARY BETWEEN 4 CANDIDATES
Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Trump: I didn't lose Iowa
CNBC:
Mexico won't pay a cent for Trump's ‘stupid wall’  —  What does Mexico think of Donald Trump?  —  CNBC's Hadley Gamble speaks to Mexico's former president Felipe Calderón about Donald Trump's plan to build a wall across the Mexican border.  —  Donald Trump may want to build …
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Brian Latimer / NBC News:
Former Mexican President: We're Not Paying for a ‘Stupid’ Wall
Discussion: Mock Paper Scissors and AOL
Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Trump: Yes, I'd Tell Syrian Kids To Their Faces That They Can't Come To The U.S.
CNN:
Jeb Bush would ‘eliminate’ Citizens United  —  Washington (CNN)Despite being backed by the monumental Right to Rise super PAC, Jeb Bush said Monday he would “eliminate” the Supreme Court decision that paved the way for super PACs.  —  “If I could do it all again I'd eliminate the Supreme Court ruling” …
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Bush says he'd ‘eliminate’ Citizens United
Discussion: Political Wire
Franklin Foer / Slate:
The Return of Jeb Bush
Amanda Terkel / The Huffington Post:
Ted Cruz's Latest Dirty Trick Is Almost Too Much To Be Believed  —  Check out this mailer.  —  Senior Political Reporter, The Huffington Post  —  MANCHESTER, N.H. — Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is out with a deceptive new mailer that masquerades as official government business and promises people there's a …
Michael Barbaro / New York Times:
Gay Voter to Marco Rubio: ‘Why Do You Want to Put Me Back in the Closet?’  —  MANCHESTER, N.H. - A middle-age gay man confronted Senator Marco Rubio here on Monday over his opposition to same-sex marriage, pointedly asking, “Why do you want to put me back in the closet?”  —  “I don't,” Mr. Rubio replied.
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Time-Loop Party  —  By now everyone who follows politics knows …
New York Times:
The Republicans in New Hampshire, Angry and Afraid
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Kevin Williamson / National Review:
The Uses of Marco Rubio
Discussion: Power Line
Financial Times:
Bloomberg says he is eyeing 2016 run for the White House  —  Oliver Ralph in London, Demetri Sevastopulo in New Hampshire and Matthew Garrahan in New York  —  Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire media owner and former New York mayor, has stated for the first time that he is considering a run …
Anita Kumar / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
It was Clinton who required transcripts of her speeches  —  Former secretary routinely demanded a stenographer at paid speeches  —  Contracts indicate Clinton owns transcripts, controls their release  —  Democrat dogged by questions about transcripts days before voting  —  MANCHESTER, N.H.
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Les Leopold / The Huffington Post:
Hillary Not Truthful About Wall Street Speaking Fees
Discussion: NewsBusters and The Mahablog
New York Post:
Hillary can't dodge Goldman Sachs questions forever
Discussion: JustOneMinute
New York Times:
Ego, Envy or Airtime?  Joe Scarborough's Unusual Spat With Marco Rubio  —  MANCHESTER, N.H. — The message from a top producer at MSNBC was blunt: Joe Scarborough, the host of “Morning Joe” on MSNBC, was displeased that Senator Marco Rubio of Florida repeatedly appeared on rival cable news shows …
Caitlin Cruz / Talking Points Memo:
Rubio Slams Media For Pointing Out He Repeated Himself 4 Times In Debate  —  Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) sent a fundraising email Monday that passed off New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's (R) attacks on the freshman senator's canned talking points as a controversy ginned up by the media.
Discussion: The Slot and addictinginfo.org
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Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Christie Keeps Hitting Rubio: Clinton Would ‘Eat Him Alive’ On Debate Stage
Discussion: Political Wire
Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic:
The Enduring Solidarity of Whiteness  —  There have been a number of useful entries in the weeks since Senator Bernie Sanders declared himself against reparations.  Perhaps the most clarifying comes from Cedric Johnson in a piece entitled, “An Open Letter To Ta-Nehisi Coates And The Liberals Who Love Him.”
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Miles Weiss / Bloomberg Business:
Geithner Gets JPMorgan Credit Line to Invest With Warburg Pincus  —  Warburg, management pledged $800 million for $12 billion fund  —  Credit lines can help executives meet such commitments  —  Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is preparing to borrow from JPMorgan Chase & Co …
Discussion: Vox, New York Times and Eschaton
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
As vote nears, a more radical Trump emerges  —  PLYMOUTH, N.H. — The loudspeakers blasted the Beatles' “Revolution” when Donald Trump took the stage at Plymouth State University on the Sunday before the New Hampshire primary.  It's a new choice for Trump, and it doesn't matter …
 
 
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
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