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7:30 PM ET, February 12, 2016

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Southern Political Report:
Opinion Savvy Poll Conducted for Augusta Chronicle, Morris News and FOX 5 Atlanta: Trumps Holds Substantial Lead in South Carolina; Battle for Second is Tight  —  An Opinion Savvy poll of likely South Carolina voters in next Saturday's Republican Primary there continues to show Donald Trump leading by a relatively wide margin.
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Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:   Talking to Marco Rubio: A scripted candidate suddenly gets chatty
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Team Jeb: Rubio is a phony on family values given some of the hip-hop he listens to
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Bruised Marco Rubio Gets Personal and Aggressive
Conor Dinan / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Leads GOP Field In South Carolina By 16 Points After NH Win
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Trump supporters file ‘birther’ lawsuit against Cruz in federal court  —  Donald Trump supporters have filed a lawsuit challenging the eligibility of one of his primary rivals, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), to run for president.  —  The lawsuit, filed Feb. 3 at a district court in Alabama …
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Justin Wm / Washington Post:
Cruz kills campaign ad featuring former softcore porn star
Discussion: The Slot and BuzzFeed
Tom Hamburger / Washington Post:
DNC rolls back Obama ban on contributions from federal lobbyists  —  The Democratic National Committee has rolled back restrictions introduced by presidential candidate Barack Obama in 2008 that banned donations from federal lobbyists and political action committees.
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John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Apparently we should get on a boat and leave America ASAP
Emily Stephenson / Reuters:
Young blacks more open to Bernie Sanders' White House bid
Christopher Brito / New York's PIX11:
Brooklyn teen tries to steal Air Jordans, loses arm in Craigslist robbery gone wrong: police  —  CANARSIE, Brooklyn — A Brooklyn teenager lost his arm in a Craigslist robbery gone horrifically wrong in Brooklyn Friday afternoon, authorities said.  —  Police say the 17-year-old boy connected …
Discussion: fox8.com, Fox 59 and KFOR-TV
Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Joe Scarborough-Donald Trump friendship increasing source of discomfort at NBC  —  Last November, MSNBC's Joe Scarborough sat on stage at the 92nd Street Y in New York and recounted the various times he had given Donald Trump political advice.  —  “I've actually called him up and said …
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Caitlin Cruz / Talking Points Memo:
Scarborough Explains What Black Voters Want To Head Of Urban League (VIDEO)
Discussion: Daily Kos, The Week and The Hill
Daniel Chaitin / Washington Examiner:
Jim Gilmore ends campaign for president  —  Former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore announced he is suspending his campaign for president.  —  “My campaign was intended to offer the gubernatorial experience, with the track record of a true conservative, experienced in national security, to unite the party.”
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Cooper Allen / USA Today:
Jim Gilmore drops out of GOP presidential race  —  Former Virginia governor Jim Gilmore is ending his long-shot bid for the Republican presidential nomination.  —  Gilmore suspended his campaign following a poor performance in the New Hampshire primary Tuesday, which followed …
Conor Dinan / Talking Points Memo:
First Nevada Poll In Weeks Shows Sanders Tied With Clinton  —  A Washington Free Beacon/TargetPoint Consulting poll released Friday shows between Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sander (I-VT) in Nevada.  It's the first poll conducted in the state this year.
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Jon Ralston / Ralston Reports:
Poll: Sanders and Clinton in Nevada dead heat
The Columbus Dispatch:
911 calls detail horrific scene of machete attack at restaurant  —  Calls to 911 in a restaurant where a man wielding a machete injured four people described a chaotic scene.  Kids were dragged to safety.  Injuries to some victims were severe.  —  There were also stories of heroism from the incident.
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WBNS-TV:
Suspect Killed After Attacking Multiple People With Machete In Columbus Restaurant
Kevin Tucker / WTKR-TV:
A Newport News woman wins big off of a scratch off that her friend didn't want  —  Newport News Va., — Lucille Harrelson won $100,000 off of a scratch off that her friend rejected.  —  Harrelson and some of her friends went to the store to buy some scratch offs.
Discussion: WGN-TV
Kate Taylor / New York Times:
At Success Academy School, a Stumble in Math and a Teacher's Anger on Video  —  In the video, a first-grade class sits cross-legged in a circle on a brightly colored rug.  One of the girls has been asked to explain to the class how she solved a math problem, but she has gotten confused.
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Eliza Shapiro / Politico:
Moskowitz defends another widely criticized ‘anomaly’ in her schools
Discussion: Washington Post
Madeleine Albright / New York Times:
My Undiplomatic Moment  —  I HAVE spent much of my career as a diplomat.  It is an occupation in which words and context matter a great deal.  So one might assume I know better than to tell a large number of women to go to hell.  —  But last Saturday, in the excitement of a campaign event …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Lisa Hagen / The Hill:
Harry Reid calls on Alan Grayson to drop out  —  Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Friday pressed Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) to drop his Senate bid amid scrutiny surrounding his hedge fund, according to a statement provided to The Hill.  —  Reid challenged Grayson's progressive credentials …
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Philippe Reines rips Beltway media, Erik Wemple Blog for ‘hypocrisy’  —  Earlier this week, Gawker reporter J.K. Trotter highlighted a new set of documents exposing the inner workings of Beltway journalism.  Using documents procured through FOIA, Trotter showed how then-Atlantic contributing …
Discussion: Hot Air
Ruben Navarrette Jr / The Daily Beast:
No Joke: Trump Can Win Plenty of Latinos  —  A new poll of Latino GOPers puts Trump ahead.  Way ahead.  And yes, there's an explanation, in the fault lines within the Latino community.  —  Latinos for Trump?  Oh yeah, that's a thing.  —  Keep in mind three points.
Discussion: Hit & Run
John Fund / National Review:
Undercover Video Shows Why New Hampshire Needs Stronger Voter-ID Laws  —  Anyone can fill out a form, say he's a resident, and cast a vote.  —  Guerrilla videographer James O'Keefe and his Project Veritas team have for years documented just how easy it is to commit voter fraud in states ranging from Minnesota to North Carolina.
Discussion: The PolitiStick and Hot Air
Hollywood Reporter:
Dr. Dre Filming Apple's First Scripted Television Series (Exclusive)  —  ‘Vital Signs,’ the technology giant's inaugural original, is described as a dark semi-autobiographical drama (featuring at least one orgy scene).  —  Apple is making its first original television show.
Jazz Shaw / Hot Air:
Jake Tapper's interview with the DNC Chair on superdelegates and the train wreck that followed  —  Just the other day we talked about the Democratic primary superdelegate situation and how it compares to the Republican Party's rules.  (The GOP scheme isn't a “pure” representation …
Reid Wilson / Morning Consult:
Poll: Wins Push Trump, Sanders to New Heights  —  After winning New Hampshire's presidential primaries by wide margins, New York real estate magnate Donald Trump and Sen. Bernie Sanders are soaring to new heights among their respective party's voters, a new Morning Consult poll finds …
Jon Favreau / The Daily Beast:
Obama's Writer Pens Trump Victory Speech  —  Jon Favreau gives you a glimpse of what the Republican frontrunner will likely sound like should he win the nomination.  —  It's come to this: I've written a Donald Trump speech.  —  It's not something I necessarily enjoyed doing …
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Politico
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Clinton turned Sanders's attacks on her Wall Street ties into a game of chicken.  And she won.  —  The morning after a debate, it's natural to focus on the most dramatic moments.  But in the case of Thursday night's Clinton-Sanders showdown, the most significant exchange was arguably one that featured almost no drama.
Discussion: Scripting News
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Thwarted By The Courts, Kris Kobach Finds Yet Another Way To Restrict Voting  —  Kris Kobach, the Kansas secretary of state with a long history of pushing a stridently conservative agenda on voting rights and immigration, is back in the news again — this time, for the actions of one of his former underlings.
 
 
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