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4:50 PM ET, January 27, 2012

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Quinnipiac University:
Romney Pulls Ahead In See-Saw Florida Gop Primary, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Men Shift From Gingrich To Romney  —  Just four days before the nation's first big-state presidential primary, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney opens up a 38 - 29 percent lead over former House Speaker …
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ABCNEWS:
Brutal Newt Gingrich Ad in the Works  —  Newt Gingrich is responding to last night's debate with a brutal new ad accusing Romney of trying to mislead, deceive, and distort his way to the White House.  —  Here's the money line: “What kind of man would mislead, distort and deceive just to win an election?
ABCNEWS:
Newt Gingrich Takes A Backseat To Mitt Romney On The Florida Airwaves  —  ABC News' Michael Falcone reports:  —  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Newt Gingrich is not just getting outspent by Mitt Romney and his allies on the Florida airwaves, he's getting creamed.  —  The Romney campaign …
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Newt Loses It  —  Last night's presidential candidate debate in Jacksonville, cosponsored by CNN and the Hispanic Leadership Network, was Newt Gingrich's best and perhaps last chance to get his mojo back against a confluence of negative pressures—from sustained attacks to his left and right …
Robert Costa / National Review:
Jeb to Newt: Stop the ‘Ridiculous’ Crist Talk
Dan Farber / CBS News:   Bob Dole hopes Gingrich has no chance to be president
msnbc.com:
First Thoughts: Romney owned Gingrich, but problems linger
Neil King Jr / Wall Street Journal:
Gingrich Surges to Lead in Poll
Discussion: Daily Kos, ABCNEWS, Guardian and Shakesville
NBC's Alex Moe / msnbc.com:
Gingrich spokesman gets in spat with pro-Romney congressman
Kevin Derby / Sunshine State News:
Romney Rolls in Florida Despite Gingrich Debate Mastery
Discussion: Hot Air
Washington Post:
Ron Paul signed off on racist newsletters in the 1990s, associates say  —  Ron Paul, well known as a physician, congressman and libertarian , has also been a businessman who pursued a marketing strategy that included publishing provocative, racially charged newsletters to make money and spread his ideas …
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Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic Online:
No One Left to Lie To  —  The truth hurts: … More: … More: … More: … More: … All parties agree that Ron Paul is not, personally, racist and that he didn't write the passages.  This is comforting.  I am not an anti-Semite.  But give me a check to tell Harlem the Jews invented AIDS, and I'll do it.
Brent Budowsky / Pundits Blog:
Ron Paul will defeat Mitt Romney in the Virginia primary
Discussion: CNN, Hot Air and Eunomia
Wall Street Journal:
No Need to Panic About Global Warming  —  There's no compelling scientific argument for drastic action to ‘decarbonize’ the world's economy.  —  Editor's Note: The following has been signed by the 16 scientists listed at the end of the article:  —  A candidate for public office …
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
“Cui Bono” Indeed!  —  In a world full of doubt and contention, there are a few things, other than the proverbial items of death and taxes, you can count on to be completely reliable.  And one of those is the ideological mendacity of the editorial page of the Wall Street Journal.
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Obama rallies House Democrats at retreat  —  President Obama looked to super-charge House Democrats at the caucus's annual conference Friday in Cambridge, Md., reframing the critical points from his State of the Union address for the pep-rally-style atmosphere.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Biden: Dems will take the House
Discussion: The Politico
Jeffrey Lord / The Spectacle Blog:
Elliott Abrams Caught Misleading on Newt  —  As Ronald Reagan used to say: Well...  Yesterday we took note of former Reagan State Department official Elliott Abrams' piece over at NRO that went after Newt Gingrich on his relationship with Reagan.  While voting regularly with Reagan …
James Pethokoukis / The Enterprise Blog:
The economic chart that may doom the Obama presidency  —  In his State of the Union response the other night, Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels neatly summed up Mitt Romney's (who has a roughly 90 percent chance of being the GOP nominee according to Intrade) economic case against President Barack Obama …
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Lucia Mutikani / Reuters:
U.S. growth quickens, but speed bumps ahead
Spencer Ackerman / Tablet Magazine:
Sounding Off  —  At the risk of sounding like the shtetl police, there's a right way and a wrong way for American Jews to argue with one another.  The right way focuses on whose ideas are better—for America, for Israel, for the Jewish community, and for the world.
Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
FRC: ‘Rebel Fleet Surrenders to Gay Empire’  —  After first going after Girl Scout cookies, Family Research Council president Tony Perkins is now attacking the game Star Wars: The Old Republic for allowing same-sex relationships.  Stephen Reid of Bioware announced that players in the MMO …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Senate Dems should force GOP to hold vote on Buffett Rule  —  Picture this scenario.  The Senate holds a high-profile vote on a proposal focused directly on implementing the Buffett Rule, one that would bring the current tax rate for millionaires paying lower rates on investments up to 30 percent.
today.yougov.com News:
Mitt Romney's Tax Problem … This has been interpreted as a dig at Mitt Romney, whose personal wealth and comparatively low tax rate have been front-and-center in the campaign these past weeks.  Romney finally released his tax returns on Thursday, revealing a 2010 income of $27 million and a federal tax rate of 13.9%.
Jon Ward / The Huffington Post:
Romney Packed Debate Hall With Supporters, Gingrich Aide Says … 2012 Election , Barack Obama , Newt Gingrich 2012 , Republican Presidential Primary , Rick Santorum , Elections 2012 , Newt Gingrich , Video , FL Election , FL Election 2012 , FL Primary , FL Primary 2012 …
John Cook / Gawker:
Yes, the Romneys Converted Mitt's Dead Atheist Father-in-Law to Mormonism  —  Gawker's substantial Mormon readership has come through for us: Two readers have sent us confirmation that Edward Davies, Mitt Romney's militantly atheist father-in-law, was indeed posthumously converted to Mormonism …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Huntsman steps away from politics in new job  —  Jon Huntsman accepted a new position as chairman at the Huntsman Cancer Foundation on Thursday, the cancer research center announced this week.  —  Huntsman's position was effective immediately on Thursday, meaning he had a new job just 10 days …
Discussion: CNN and The Impolitic
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Minnesota Odds and Ends  —Mark Dayton's numbers have improved since PPP last polled Minnesota in May and he's one of the most popular Governors in the country.  53% of voters approve of the job he's doing to 34% who disapprove.  That +19 spread is up 6 points from May when he was at +13 (51/38).
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Good As You
Yvonne Wingett Sanchez / USA Today:
Gov. Jan Brewer releases letter she handed to Obama  —  PHOENIX - In a sudden about-face, Gov. Jan Brewer on Thursday evening made public a copy of the letter she handed President Obama during their high-profile encounter a day earlier that dominated national news, the blogosphere and water-cooler conversation.
Dylan Byers / The Politico:
Reuters laments Marco Rubio ‘fiasco’  —  Reuters is still kicking itself over an article about Republican golden boy Senator Marco Rubio that yielded five corrections yesterday and may have warranted more.  —  One senior staffer at Reuters described the episode to me as a “fiasco,” another as a “disgrace.”
 
 
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Gingrich talks Puerto Rican statehood, Cuba policy at Hispanic forum
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Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
Obama's Vision for a Spartan America
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Obama Administration And Banks Near Deal On Mortgage Fraud Legal Liability
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New Hampshire Republicans Propose Bills That Prevent Police From Protecting Domestic Abuse Victims
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Obama embraces Romney advisor's theory on “The Myth of American Decline”
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Mark Levin bucks conservative media trend, comes to Gingrich's defense
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Alabama School Under Scrutiny After Official Tells A Student To Remove A Gay Rights Sweatshirt
David Cataneseand Jonathan Allen / The Politico:
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Tim Mak / The Politico:
Voters polarized over Barack Obama, poll finds
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