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Wednesday, September 28, 2016

As Clinton builds on a strong debate, Trump lobs attacks and complaints

by Philip Rucker, Robert Costa, Matea Gold

The Washington Post

Hillary Clinton moved to capitalize Tuesday on a sharp-edged debate performance that exposed vulnerabilities for Donald Trump, excoriating his values and character in an effort to expand her coalition of women, minorities and young voters.

Trump failed the commander in chief test. Badly

by Doyle McManus

Los Angeles Times

The main challenge for Donald Trump in his first debate with Hillary Clinton this week was always clear: He needed to pass the commander in chief test. And he failed. Voters saw two candidates on the stage Monday evening: one who had done her homework and thought seriously about questions of war and peace, and another who, to all appearances, had neither cracked a book nor listened carefully at a single foreign-policy briefing.

Clinton Prevails in Downer of a Debate

by Amy Walter

The Cook Political Report

The first debate of the 2016 fall season has concluded with a whimper more than a bang. If you were expecting the sky to fall or the race to be completed upended, you were sorely disappointed. If you went into the debate expecting or hoping see a more thoughtful, nuanced and disciplined Trump, you didn’t get it. If you expected - or hoped - to hear Hillary Clinton’s vision for the future or the ways in which her plans and policies would translate directly to you and your family, you didn’t get that either. What you did get was a lot of rehashing of the weaknesses of both candidates - though much more of Trump’s than Clinton’s. Overall, it was a downer of a debate.

Sanders, Clinton plot new push amid slipping support with millennials

by Manu Raju

CNN

When Bernie Sanders stood before the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, he promised "to do everything I can" to elect Hillary Clinton president.

Is This the Year Arizona Turns Blue?

by Molly Ball

The Atlantic

Between disaffected Republicans and energized Latinos, all of 2016’s cross-currents have conspired to make this formerly red state one of the cycle’s most contested targets.