Race For 2016: Two Debates Shape Week In Campaign News

Top-tier Republican presidential candidates Donald Trump, Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz are pushing back at criticisms leveled against them in their debate on Tuesday. And Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders and Martin O’Malley are preparing for the third Democratic Party debate tomorrow night, 44 days before voting begins in Iowa.

Jon Ralston, political columnist for the Reno Gazette Journal and host of “Ralston Live,” and Juana Summers, politics editor for Mashable, join Here & Now’s Jeremy Hobson and Eric Westervelt for a roundtable discussion.

Guests

• Jon Ralston, political columnist for the Reno Gazette Journal & host of “Ralston Live” on statewide PBS in Nevada. He tweets @RalstonReports.
• Juana Summers, politics editor for Mashable. She tweets @jmsummers.

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