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9:40 AM ET, January 30, 2012

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John Heilemann / New York Magazine:
Newt May Be Mad and Mental Enough to Fight On Long After Florida  —  For some churchgoers, the attendance of Sunday morning services is a ritual rooted in reflection, for others in repentance, for others in rejoicing, and for still others in all three.  But for Newt Gingrich …
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Newsmax Wires / NewsMax.com:
InsiderAdvantage Poll: Gingrich Surging, Race ‘Tighter Than Expected’  —  More ways to share...  Mixx  —  Stumbled  —  LinkedIn  —  Vine  —  Buzzflash  —  Newstrust  —  Technocrati  —  Forward Article  —  A new InsiderAdvantage poll conducted Sunday night of likely Republican voters …
Discussion: Riehl World View
Susan Page / USA Today:
Swing States poll: Romney and Obama tied; Gingrich trails  —  WASHINGTON - Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney essentially ties Barack Obama in the nation's key battlegrounds, a USA TODAY/Gallup Swing States survey finds, while rival Newt Gingrich now trails the president by a decisive 14 percentage points.
Quinnipiac University:
Romney Romps To 14-Point Lead In Florida GOP Primary, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds  —  Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has a 43 - 29 percent lead over former House Speaker Newt Gingrich among Republican likely voters in Florida, the nation's first big-state presidential primary …
Jonathan Martinand Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Newt Gingrich's long march  —  LUTZ, Fla. - Mitt Romney and much of the GOP establishment may be exultant over Newt Gingrich's likely defeat here Tuesday, but the former speaker has a message for his detractors: he's not going anywhere.  —  Gingrich is making the case that Romney …
Discussion: CNN and Reuters
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Little Movement in Florida
Discussion: The Politico and Hot Air
Chris Wallace / Fox News:
Gingrich accuses Romney of ‘carpet bombing’ opponents; Rep. Paul Ryan talks debt reduction
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Campaign 2012
Wall Street Journal:
Romney Regains His Edge
Discussion: Algemeiner.com
Catalina Camia / USA Today:
Poll: Romney expands Florida lead over Gingrich
Washington Post:
Obama: The most polarizing president.  Ever.  —  President Obama ran — and won — in 2008 on the idea of uniting the country.  But, each of his first three years in office have marked historic highs in political polarization, with Democrats largely approving of him and Republicans deeply disapproving.
James Hohmann / The Politico:
Rick Santorum's daughter improving  —  PUNTA GORDA, Fla. — Rick Santorum said Sunday night that his daughter Bella has experienced a “miraculous turnaround” since being diagnosed with pneumonia earlier in the weekend.  —  On a telephone town hall for Florida voters, the former Pennsylvania senator …
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Andrew Burton / ABCNEWS:
Rick Santorum Says Daughter Bella Has a ‘Miraculous Turnaround’
Discussion: The Spectacle Blog
Andrew Burton / ABCNEWS:
Bella Santorum Hospitalized Because of Pneumonia
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Austerity Debacle  —  Last week the National Institute of Economic and Social Research, a British think tank, released a startling chart comparing the current slump with past recessions and recoveries.  It turns out that by one important measure — changes in real G.D.P. since the recession began …
Discussion: Prairie Weather
New York Times:
U.S. Drones Patrolling Its Skies Provoke Outrage in Iraq  —  BAGHDAD — A month after the last American troops left Iraq, the State Department is operating a small fleet of surveillance drones here to help protect the United States Embassy and consulates, as well as American personnel.
Rick Pleasures / The Politico:
How conservatives lost their moral compass  —  There's irony here in that liberals have viewed shame as a conservative ally.  They associated it with Puritans and the puritanical who used shame, liberals said, to bludgeon people into moralistic behavior that denied their real passions and interests.
Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Jeb Bush Remains Silent on Endorsement  —  MIAMI — A steady stream of endorsements has been flowing to Mitt Romney, with his campaign promoting Republicans who are giving their blessing to his presidential candidacy.  Yet on the eve of the Florida primary, he has been unable to land the biggest catch of all: Jeb Bush.
Discussion: GOP 12, Campaign 2012 and The Caucus
Richard Black / BBC:
UN panel aims for ‘a future worth choosing’  —  Current patterns of consumption are not sustainable, the panel concludes, without major change  —  Growing inequality, environmental decline and “teetering” economies mean the world must change the way it does business, a UN report concludes.
Discussion: Pirate's Cove, Biased BBC and Truthdig
Stephen Castle / New York Times:
E.U. Leaders Set to Admit Austerity Is Not Enough  —  BRUSSELS — Bowing to mounting evidence that austerity alone cannot solve the debt crisis, European leaders are expected to conclude this week that what the debt-laden, sclerotic countries of the Continent need are a dose of economic growth.
Discussion: Balloon Juice and Calculated Risk
James Q. Wilson / Washington Post:
Angry about inequality?  Don't blame the rich.  —  There is no doubt that incomes are unequal in the United States — far more so than in most European nations.  This fact is part of the impulse behind the Occupy Wall Street movement, whose members claim to represent the 99 percent of us against the wealthiest 1 percent.
Discussion: TBogg and Power Line
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James Hamilton / Econbrowser:
Inflation expectations and the Fed
Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
TRENDING: Priebus: Obama's our Capt. Schettino  —  (CNN) - The chairman of the Republican National Committee unveiled his latest attack on President Barack Obama on Sunday, comparing him to the captain of the wrecked Costa Concordia cruise ship.  —  When asked if the infighting …
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Kevin Bogardus / The Hill:
RNC Chairman Priebus likens Obama to Italian cruise ship captain
Discussion: The Politico
 
 
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Michael Brendan Dougherty / Business Insider:
Here Is The Anti-Obama Administration Letter That Was Read To Almost Every Catholic Sitting In Church On Sunday
Herb Keinon / Jerusalem Post:
‘PA incitement is confidence destroying measure’
Discussion: Israel Matzav and Algemeiner.com
msnbc.com:
US, Taliban talks on prisoner swap falter
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Holly Bailey / Yahoo! News:
Mitt Romney picks up Jon Voight's endorsement-and jokes about Angelina Jolie
Discussion: Firedoglake
Andy Harley / Gay Star News:
Aeroflot forces gay flight attendant to marry woman
 Earlier Items: 
Adam C. Smith / St. Petersburg Times:
Mitt Romney holds solid lead in Florida, Times/Herald/Bay News 9 poll shows
Discussion: CNN and Ballot Box
Russell Berman / The Hill:
Boehner says GOP will add Keystone provision to infrastructure bill
Discussion: ThinkProgress, Grist and The Politico
Tanya Somanader / ThinkProgress:
Norquist: Republicans Will Impeach Obama If He Doesn't Extend Bush Tax Cuts
Discussion: Newshoggers.com