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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Consensus of Polls Shows Romney Up in Florida — You can find pretty much every species of poll in Florida right now. — There are traditional polls and automated polls, Internet polls and partisan polls, academic polls and commercial polls. — There are polls where voters checked a box.
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NBC's Domenico Montanaro / msnbc.com:
Romney up 15 over Gingrich in Florida — Mitt Romney may be on his way to a decisive victory in the Florida GOP primary Tuesday, according to a new NBC/Marist poll. — Romney leads Newt Gingrich by 15 points, 42 percent to 27 percent in the crucial state.
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Romney up in Florida — PPP finds the same thing in its newest Florida poll that all surveys of the state have found in the last few days: strong movement away from Newt Gingrich and toward Mitt Romney. Romney now leads with 40% to 32% for Gingrich, 15% for Rick Santorum, and 9% for Ron Paul.
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Marc Caputo / MiamiHerald.com:
Poll: Romney holds big lead over Gingrich in Florida — In Florida's Republican primary, Mitt Romney's lead looks insurmountable — and he beats President Barack Obama in a head-to-head race, poll shows. — MCAPUTO@MIAMIHERALD.COM — Newt Gingrich swaggered into Florida as a Republican front-runner …
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Reuters:
Campaigns bristle at Super PACs — The big money outside groups best known for airing ruthless ads in the early state GOP primaries are elbowing their way onto the turf of presidential campaigns and parties — and some campaigns aren't happy. — In the last few weeks …
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Kevinliptak / CNN:
TRENDING: Herman Cain endorses Gingrich
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CNN:
Santorum cancels events after admitting daughter to hospital — (CNN) - Rick Santorum's three-year-old daughter Isabella, who suffers from a chromosomal condition called Trisomy 18, was admitted to a Philadelphia hospital Saturday. — In a statement, Santorum spokesman Hogan Gidley …
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Josh Lederman / Ballot Box:
Santorum's daughter hospitalized — DESOTO, Fla. — Rick Santorum's 3-year old daughter has been hospitalized in Philadelphia, his campaign said Saturday. — “Rick and his wife Karen are admitting their daughter Bella to Children's Hospital of Philadelphia this evening,” Santorum spokesman Hogan Gidley said in a statement.
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Hot Air
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Tension on the Tarmac — WHAT is it with Barack Obama's penchant for getting in tangles with blond politicians on airport tarmacs? — Usually, tarmacs are for joyous welcomes or teary goodbyes. But No Drama Obama saves his rare tempests for the runway.
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Washington Monthly and The Moderate Voice
Kevin Bogardus / The Hill:
Ron Paul: Airport security 'shouldn't be' government responsibility — Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) said Sunday that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) was not in line with the Constitution and that the government should not assume the responsibility for providing security for airlines.
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Associated Press:
Romney would rank among richest presidents ever — WASHINGTON (AP) - Just how rich is Mitt Romney? Add up the wealth of the last eight presidents, from Richard Nixon to Barack Obama. Then double that number. Now you're in Romney territory. — He would be among the richest presidents …
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Josh Lederman / Ballot Box:
As Florida race turns personal, GOP insiders fear for party unity — TAMPA, Fla. —Gingrich and Romney may be headed toward mutually assured destruction, and both are refusing to unilaterally disarm. — TAMPA, Fla. — Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney may be on a path toward mutually assured destruction …
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Prairie Weather
New York Times:
The Calculations That Led Romney to the Warpath — MIAMI — Facing the unthinkable here just seven days ago — a second loss in a row to Newt Gingrich — Mitt Romney's campaign team hatched a two-part plan to win in Florida: make Newt mad and Mitt meaner. — In a call last Sunday morning …
Jeremy W. Peters / The Caucus:
NBC News Asks Romney Campaign to Remove Ad — 4:29 p.m. | Updated TAMPA, Fla. - NBC News is asking that the Romney campaign remove from its ads any references to material from the network in response to a new commercial that consists almost entirely of old footage of its former news anchor …
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Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
NBC asks Mitt to remove Brokaw ad
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