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ABC News Democratic Debate at St. Anselm College--Post-Debate  Saturday, December 19, 2015


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O'Malley for President

STATEMENT: Hamrick: O'Malley's Passion Delivers Win Tonight


MANCHESTER, NH - Tonight, O'Malley for President Campaign Manager Dave Hamrick released the following statement about Governor O'Malley's fiery performance winning the third Democratic debate:


"Tonight, we saw why we need Governor Martin O'Malley's new leadership to build on President Obama's legacy. O'Malley's fresh approach and record of results is a sharp contrast to the outdated thinking the rest of the field represents. 


"Throughout tonight's debate, Governor O'Malley made an impassioned case on the issues that are most pressing to American families like gun safety, national security, and drug abuse. He proved through emotional stories and an unparalleled progressive record why executive leadership matters if we truly want to get results to these challenges. 


"Governor O'Malley continues to shine in these debates so it's no secret why both his opponents have discouraged opportunities for more of them."


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What People Are Saying About O’Malley’s Impressive Debate Performance

“O’Malley Had His Best Night” … “Brilliantly Articulate”... “Touting an
Impressive Record” … “Passion In His Voice” “Does Good”...  “Saved His
Best Answer for the End”...“High-Energy Opening and Closing Statements”
… “Good Run Talking About Drug Addiction”

Greta Van Susteren ‏@greta

Who is winning Dem debate?



Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur: High-energy opening and closing statements from O’Malley.

Matthew Dowd (Video): “I think Martin O’Malley had his best night”

Salon.com @Salon: Wow, Martin O'Malley really went there and just called Donald Trump a fascist during Democratic debate slnm.us/bNMnhlK

Athena Jones @AthenaCNN: O'Malley's
had a good run these last few mins talking abt what he did as mayor
(& gov) on issues like policing & drug addiction #DemDebate

John Fritze @jfritze: O'Malley, in his closing, I believe is the only candidate to mention immigration during this debate.

T.J. Holmes @tjholmes:
OMalley saved his best answer for the end. Asked if his wife would give
up her job if he was elected: "that would be totally up to her"

Anita Kumar @anitakumar01: .@MartinOMalley's best answer of the night: His wife's role in the White House is up to her. #DemDebate

Darth moghul @hsmoghul:
There's some passion in his voice: Good on you, @MartinOMalley
#DemDebate. "We must never surrender our American values to racists."

Vox @voxdotcom: “What would we do if this were Ebola? How would we act?” – O’Malley on responding to the heroin epidemic

Newsday @Newsday: "What would we do if this was Ebola? How would we act?" - @MartinOMalley on the heroin epidemic nwsdy.li/1PdNRk2 #DemDebate

Vocativ @vocativ: .@MartinOMalley says he’s flattered that @HillaryClinton has borrowed so many of his proposals. #DemDebate #Shade

Julio Ricardo Varela @julito77: .@MartinOMalley said that he was "flattered" that @HillaryClinton borrowed some of his higher education proposals 2 months later #demdebate

John Myers @johnmyers: "We're going to be proud of them every month of our lives." Pretty good quip by O'Malley on borrowing college $ for his kids.

Vocativ @vocativ: "We're the only nation that's saddling out kids with a lifetime of bills." @MartinOMalley on education costs at the #DemDebate

Planned Parenthood @PPact: As Gov of MD, @MartinOMalley expanding #familyplanning services to 33K Marylanders. #DemDebate #InOurCorner

Joy Reid @JoyAnnReid: O'Malley says he's the only one on stage who has balanced a budget. The governor / executive gambit. #DemDebate

Joy Reid @JoyAnnReid: O'Malley says Repubs "can have their anger and fear." Tries to end on an optimistic note. #DemDebate

Thom Hartmann @Thom_Hartmann:
O'Malley does good. raise taxes on income over $1M and equalize Capital
Gains to Earned Income - Reagan did the latter for 1 year #DemDebate

Kavitha A. Davidson @kavithadavidson:
O'Malley: As mayor of Baltimore, reduced violent crime to 30-year lows
while also reducing incarceration rates to 20-year lows #DemDebate

Luke Broadwater @lukebroadwater:
.@MartinOMalley's 1st year as Baltimore mayor ('99) there were 32
police-involved shootings. His last year ('06) there were 15. #DemDebate

The Advocate @TheAdvocateMag: O'Malley: In Baltimore and Md helped lower crime rate, improved policing of police. #DemDebate

USA TODAY Opinion @USATOpinion: #OMalley:
Reduced violent crime to 30-year lows, incarceration rate to 20-year
lows in Md. Must improve how we police the police. #DemDebate

Julio Ricardo Varela @julito77:
.@MartinOMalley calls for more transparency and accountability for
police departments, including reporting of excessive force  #demdebate

Lauren Gambino @LGamGam: Martin O Malley says we have to get better at "policing the police". #DemDebate

NBC Latino @NBCLatino: O'Malley: Need policing to be more transparent, reportable and accountable #BlackLivesMatter #NBCLatino #DemDebate #NBC2016 @NBCPolitics

KALB News Channel 5 @KALBtv5: .@MartinOMalley: I expanded drug treatment funding in our city and state (Baltimore/MD). We need to reign in over prescribing.

WMUR TV @WMUR9: .@MartinOMalley: families aren't able to contribute to economy because of debt: wmur.tv/6018BpxjI #DemDebate pic.twitter.com/4wnksRsn8L

Amber Phillips @byamberphillips: O'Malley joins many GOP candidates in sharing a personal, often tragic story about how drugs have touched his life wpo.st/sFRy0

Andrew Wiese  @WieseKhalifa: Martin OMalley is brilliantly articulate with his precise answers to asked questions #DemDebate

Julio Ricardo Varela @julito77: .@MartinOMalley also brings up comprehensive immigration reform in closing statement  #demdebate

CBS News Politics @CBSPolitics
.@MartinOMalley brings up climate change in his closing statement of tonight's #demdebate: cbsn.ws/1RwS7hM

Edward Colby @EdwardBColby: .@MartinOMalley
on the GOP candidates: “They can have their anger and they can have
their fear, but anger and fear never built America”

The Advocate @TheAdvocateMag”: O'Malley: Greatest biz opportunity in many years is clean energy. #DemDebate

Roger Simon @politicoroger: O'Malley: "There is now a 150-mile stretch of Libya that is potentially the next safe haven for ISIL." #DemDebate

Tyler Allen @Tallen69:
@MartinOMalley is keeping it real and not making promises that he can't keep. Instead is touting an impressive record #DemDebate

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Bernie 2016
 December 20, 2015
Contact: Michael Briggs

Bernie Sanders Scores Big Win; Breaks Major Fundraising Record

MANCHESTER, N.H. – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders won a major victory in Saturday night’s third Democratic presidential debate, according to social media measures and in polls by Time, The Wall Street Journal and other major media websites.

During the debate, Sanders also reached a major milestone in grassroots financial support. His campaign has now received more contributions than any other candidate at this point in any White House bid.

President Barack Obama was the record holder. Through Dec. 31, 2011, his re-election campaign reported 2,209,636 donations. The Sanders campaign crossed that mark during the debate as grassroots supporters flooded the BernieSanders.com website. The average contribution for the night to the Sanders campaign was below $25.

On social media, where Sanders’ grassroots revolution began, there were more Google searches for Sanders than for any other candidate. His campaign had the most retweeted tweet of the night, according to Twitter. He gained more followers on Twitter than any other candidate and Facebook said people talked about Sanders more than any other candidate online.

After the debate, Sanders was named the winner by viewers who voted in large-sample polls from Time, PBS, The Wall Street Journal, Slate, Telegraph.co.uk and The Washington Times.

On Time’s website, for example, 84 percent of the 27,246 who had taken the poll in the first 90 minutes after the debate said Sanders won.
 
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Democratic National Committee

DNC Chair Statement on Tonight’s Democratic Debate in New Hampshire 

MANCHESTER -- DNC Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz issued the following statement on tonight’s Democratic debate in New Hampshire:
 
“I’m extremely proud of the job all of our candidates did tonight. Tonight we saw that presidential candidates can respect one another and respect the American people with the truth about what it takes to keep the American people safe. Our candidates laid out clear and detailed plans for dealing with our nation’s epidemic of gun violence at home and for combating ISIL and other terrorist threats abroad. Our candidates also had a spirited debate on how to improve the economic security of the American people, and how to build on President Obama’s legacy of creating jobs and moving the economy forward. Finally, I’m proud that both Senator Sanders and Secretary Clinton were able to quickly deal with the campaign data controversy and move on to the issues that matter to the voters.
 
“Our substantive and thoughtful debates stand in sharp contrast to the dangerous and offensive rhetoric that Republican candidates have embraced, which is making America less safe. No one on our debate stage attacked the appearance of another candidate or insulted any group of Americans. No one on our stage called for banning people from entering the country based on their religion. And on the economic front, no one on our stage endorsed failed trickle-down economic plans that would take us back to the policies that were in place preceding the Great Recession, which cost our country 8 million jobs while countless Americans lost their homes and savings. That's what's at stake in this election.
 
“Tonight’s debate makes me proud to be a Democrat, and makes me confident that we will keep the White House in Democratic hands in 2016. Our next president was on stage tonight at St. Anselm.”

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Republican National Committee

RNC Statement On ABC Democrat Presidential Primary Debate

WASHINGTON – Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Reince Priebus released the following statement at the conclusion of Saturday’s Democrat primary debate:
 
“Hillary Clinton once again proved inconsistent on the issues and out-of-touch with the American people.
 
“Clinton’s assertion that we are ‘where we need to be’ on ISIS in the wake of the San Bernardino and Paris attacks shows a complete disconnect with reality and is completely out-of-touch with the American people. 
 
“Clinton’s claim that premium hikes from Obamacare are just ‘glitches,’ was an insult to working families struggling to pay their healthcare bills.
 
“It’s clear the Democrat establishment worked hard to bury their debate on a Saturday night just days before Christmas, when few would be watching, in order to prevent the American people from seeing Hillary Clinton’s record of dishonesty and her role as the architect of the Obama administration’s failed strategy for confronting radical Islamic terrorism.
 
“As Americans’ concerns about terror grow, the country cannot risk continuing down the Obama administration’s failed path. With less than a year until Election Day, Americans are ready to break from the failed Clinton-Obama approach to fighting radical Islamic terrorism and elect a Republican president.” 
 
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Republican Party of Iowa

RELEASE: UNI Panthers Win; Jets/Cowboys Update

Good evening,

If you are reporting on the Democratic debate tonight, here’s important information for the American public:

NCAA: University of Northern Iowa Defeats Iowa State 81-79

NFL: NY Jets, Dallas Cowboys Tied 16-16

Statement from Charlie Szold, communications director: “Much like President Obama, who went golfing, most of Iowa skipped this debate in favor of watching the UNI Panthers and Iowa State Cyclones compete in Des Moines. Clearly Debbie Wasserman Schultz and the DNC recognize that Hillary Clinton’s plan to grow the government by $1.2 trillion without raising taxes on all Americans doesn’t pass the sniff test and must be buried on Saturday evening debates that wrap up after 10 p.m. on the East Coast.

Our Republican candidates for president believe that our economy is stronger when families keep more of their own money, Americans are safer when we lead in the Middle East, and that $20 trillion in debt is too heavy a burden for our children to shoulder. Iowans are ready for new leadership, and the Iowa GOP will help lead the charge to elect a Republican to the White House in November."

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