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To: JohnM who wrote (278980)	9/18/2015 9:34:52 PM
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Bits and pieces on the Republican debates from Mike Allen. ----------------------------------- Happy Friday. THE CONVERSATION - A well-wired Republican gives Playbookers his take on the post-debate GOP landscape: "The biggest change is Trump's unstoppable momentum has been stopped. The second ... is the acceleration of the demise of the Walker campaign. The third is that Carly is now a top-tier candidate and has the potential to become a real contender until the HP story goes deep. The fourth is that Rubio [showed] presidential bearing ... and, as such, has an answer for the age-and-experience question that is visceral, not just verbal. "The fifth is that Jeb had a solid performance which calmed his donors, but he has no connection point with Republican voters. Sixth: Christie has his head above water. He needs a big shake up in the race to go further, but he has some breathing room. Carson may well consolidate the evangelical vote, which will push Huck out sooner." PLAYBOOK FACTS OF LIFE: Carly may turn out to be the pin that pricked the Trump balloon. Now, who will step up and fill the void? Jeb, Marco, Kasich, Christie - in roughly that order -- have the best chance of being that guy. A Carly challenge: People who were laid off by HP when she was CEO are lining up to be in ads. The layoffs were a devastating storyline in her losing 2010 race against Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.). . . . . . TOP TALKER - "New data shows Trump fever breaking," by Ben Schreckinger: "Radio and television conversation about Trump peaked on Aug. 7, the day after the first Republican debate, with close to 11,000 mentions of his name on each medium that day, according to data ... by media monitoring firm Critical Mention. The last time Trump reached even half as many mentions ... was on Aug. 26, the day after he clashed ... with Univision anchor Jorge Ramos at a news conference in Iowa. "That was Trump's most dominant day of the campaign on Twitter, when 80 percent of conversations about Republican presidential candidates were about him, according to data through mid-Thursday provided by the analytics firm Echelon Insights. Since that day, his share of Twitter conversation has trended downward. "The next few days will provide a clearer picture of the state of the race after the dust from the second debate settles. Trump has proven a master of public relations, they said, provoking flurries of coverage and conversation seemingly at will. And his candidacy has repeatedly defied prediction." politi.co THE NARRATIVE - "Fiorina's victory lap," by Katie Glueck: "Phones were ringing off the hook at CARLY for America, the super PAC that's essentially running FIorina's ground game. Keith Appell, a senior adviser to the super PAC, [said:] 'The consensus among us ... is that last night really reset the race.' ... She was already slated for an Iowa swing next week ... and in the wake of the second debate, the campaign is fielding a slew of additional invitations." politi.co --L.A. Times A1, above fold, has graph of HP falling stock price under Fiorina -- "Fiorina's post-debate moment is just a start: Her presidential campaign will face greater scrutiny," by Seema Mehta and Mark Barabak: "Her record will be scoured, notably her chief credential - her rocky tenure as the chief of Hewlett-Packard, where Fiorina oversaw the layoff of 30,000 workers, the offshoring of jobs, and a sharp drop in stock value." lat.ms --N.Y. Times 1-col. lead, "FIORINA OFFERS G.O.P. A PATHWAY TO REACH WOMEN: FIGHTING A GENDER GAP -- Solid Showing at Debate Could Blunt Attacks by Democrats," by Jeremy Peters: "The largest gender gap ever was ... in the 2012 presidential election: 20 ... points, according to Gallup. Mitt Romney won among men by 8 ... points while President Obama won women by 12 ... points ... But among white women, Mr. Obama lost with just 42 percent to Mr. Romney's 56 percent. "To win the White House in 2016, Republicans would almost certainly need to win more than 56 percent of the white female vote." nyti.ms "DEBATE HAS BIGGEST RATINGS IN CNN HISTORY": average 23 million viewers from 8:15-11:15 p.m., just short of Fox's monster 24 million - CNN release: "Prior to [this] debate, CNN's highest rated presidential primary debate was the California Democratic debate on January 31, 2008 which averaged 8.3 million viewers. CNN's most-watched program ever was a special 'Larry King Live' with Ross Perot and Al Gore with 16.8 million total viewers (11/9/93). "In the early debate, CNN averaged 6.3 million viewers. Fox News' early debate averaged 6.1 million. ... CNN ... streamed the debate on CNN.com and through its mobile apps. At 9:45 pm, usage peaked at 921,000 concurrent live streams." cnn.it PRAISE FOR JAKE TAPPER as marathon moderator: @IraGlass tweets: "What a great job getting candidates to talk to each other. A model. Respect. @jaketapper #gopdebate." ... AP's Steve Peoples said in his overnight analysis that the debate "delved deep into complicated issues at home and abroad." ... Newsday's Verne Gay: "Was Tapper fair? Yes. Did Tapper keep this impossible tennis match moving along briskly, even with balls flying all over the place? Yup." nwsdy.li