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From The Reporter’s Notebook
TPM’s Lauren Fox points out that Lindsey Graham said what few Republicans have been willing to on Thursday when he called out Donald Trump by name for hurting the GOP’s chances of taking the White House in 2016. While candidates like Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio have been careful to attack Trump in fear it could hurt them with the party’s base, Graham warned that if Trump is the nominee or the GOP candidate follows too closely in his footsteps, the party won’t be able to compete against Hillary Clinton.
Say What?!
“If somebody named Syed leaves your party and people say, ‘Why is Syed leaving?’, you know what? Call the cops. That’s the point at which we’re at in this country.”
– Resident Fox News psychiatrist Dr. Keith Ablow encouraged the public to profile Americans with Muslim-sounding names.
BUZZING: Today in the Hive
From a TPM Prime member: “Equally seriously, I’ve read two accounts lately of the crowd beginning to drift out as his rambling speeches stretch on past an hour. So honestly I think the thing he can do to ultimately hurt his campaign is to keep talking, because he’ll just keep revealing himself as a fake, a loser, and a huge bore. He’s like the “You can call me Ray” guy, it just can’t go on forever, the routine has to wear thin.”
Related: Trump said he would do the CNN debate after all because he is doing too well in the polls to skip it.
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What We’re Reading
How a 4′ 5″ running back is beating all the odds. (ESPN)
What it’s like to be on Vivitrol, a drug designed to prevent heroin addicts from getting high. (New York Magazine)
One man’s struggle to get health insurance was more irritating than his full body rash. (The L.A. Times)
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