memeorandum: Poll: Romney holds big lead over Gingrich in Florida (Marc Caputo/MiamiHerald.com)

1:00 PM ET, January 29, 2012

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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.

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, The Caucus, Scared Monkeys, Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog, Examiner, Balloon Juice, Don Surber, Saint Petersblog and The Mahablog

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.

Discussion: The Politico, The Moderate Voice, The Other McCain, Balloon Juice, Campaign 2012 and Gawker

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 …

Discussion: CNN, The Politico and Prairie Weather

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.

Discussion: Marist Poll, Florida Times Union, Reuters, FiveThirtyEight, The Politico, Outside the Beltway and Naked Politics

Adam C. Smith / The Buzz Florida Politics Feed:

Tampa Bay Times/Herald poll: Romney leads Fla by 11, crushing Gingrich among Hispanics and beating Obama — Mitt Romney needed Florida to resuscitate his campaign after a South — Carolina routing, and on Tuesday, Florida is poised to deliver big. — A new Tampa Bay Times/Miami Herald/Bay News 9 poll found Romney easily

Discussion: CNN and Lynn Sweet

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 …

Discussion: CBS News, Wake up America, The Caucus, Ballot Box and Saint Petersblog

New York Times:
The Calculations That Led Romney to the Warpath

Discussion: St. Petersburg Times, Washington Post, No More Mister Nice Blog, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The Politico, The Caucus, Hot Air and Wall Street Journal

CBS News:
Cain endorses Gingrich

Discussion: Reuters, Mediaite, Taylor Marsh, American Spectator and ABCNEWS

Washington Post: Herman Cain endorses Newt Gingrich

Kevinliptak / CNN:
TRENDING: Herman Cain endorses Gingrich

Discussion: The Other McCain, Reuters, The Moderate Voice, The Politico and The Political Carnival

The Shark Tank:
Breaking News- Herman Cain To Endorse Newt Gingrich for President

Discussion: msnbc.com, The Right Scoop, Naked Politics and The Gateway Pundit

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.

Discussion: CNN and The Politico

Reuters:
Super PAC takeover? Not so fast, campaigns say

Discussion: Booman Tribune

Kevinliptak / CNN: L.L. Bean heiress backs Paul

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 …

Discussion: Crooks and Liars

Josh Lederman / Ballot Box:
Santorum's daughter hospitalized

Discussion: Hot Air

William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:

Allen West being redistricted out of existence in effort led by Romney Florida spokesman — The establishment is fighting back, alright. — This has not received a lot of national attention, but the Republican legislature in Florida is about to push through a plan which puts Allen West at serious risk …

Discussion: RedState and The PJ Tatler

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.

Discussion: Washington Monthly and The Moderate Voice

Kevin Bogardus / The Hill:

RNC Chairman Priebus likens Obama to Italian cruise ship captain — Reince Priebus, the Republican National Committee chairman, called President Obama a “Captain Schettino” for going on the campaign trail. — “We're going to talk about our own little Captain Schettino …

Discussion: CNN and The Politico

David Rose / Daily Mail:

Forget global warming - it's Cycle 25 we need to worry about (and if NASA scientists are right the Thames will be freezing over again) — The supposed ‘consensus’ on man-made global warming is facing an inconvenient challenge after the release of new temperature data showing the planet has not warmed for the past 15 years.

Discussion: Don Surber and blogs.telegraph.co.uk