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Washington Post Chris Cillizza Summary

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Author Chris Cillizza writes a politics blog for The Washington Post and also David A. Fahrenthold covers congress for The Washington Post since year 2000 and other reputable journalistic source. In Chris Cillizza article, titled (“Winners and Loser from the sixth Republican presidential debate)”, published on the Washington Post addresses the topic of the seven leading candidates running for presidency but Cillizza picked the winners and losers of the debate and argues that the top three candidates who are likely to win have smart strategies that keeps them in the loop. For example Marco Rubio a democrat and Donald Trump a republican. Rubio’s winning streak is due to “political calculation” and also his political future is tied to the success of immigration bill---as a first term senator , his political future success is linked …show more content…

Fahrenthold article titled (“Seven candidates against the man who isn’t there)”-Donald Trump lack of participation in debates on FOX news tonight, David argues it could provide an opportunity for other candidates such as Ted Cruz or Ben Carson. His excessive confidence could lead to his downfall or victory. Both authors support their claim by providing counterintuitive statements in their articles, In Fahrenthold’s article he states that Donald trump not showing up could provide opportunities for other candidates but at the same time his absence might still influence the debate.In Cillizza’s article he primarily makes a list of the winners and losers in the present race but his thought might be a little biased due to its subjective tone, and finally both authors uses humour to connect to the reader, the humour used is to keep the reader engaged and releases tension. Cillizza and Fahrenthold’s purpose is to challenge and confront the reader and the candidates themselves by pointing out their weaknesses and ways for them they could improve, in order to provide the United states with a well equipped candidates/presidents for

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