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10:00 AM ET, January 31, 2012

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Dave Levinthaland Robin Bravender / The Politico:
Rick Perry's campaign burned through millions  —  Texas Gov. Rick Perry burned through the bulk of a once-sizable campaign war chest late last year in what became an increasingly desperate attempt to right his listing — and ultimately doomed — presidential campaign, federal financial disclosures released late Monday show.
Discussion: The Other McCain
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Romney headed for Florida victory  —  PPP's tracking of the Florida Republican primary wraps up with Mitt Romney at 39%, Newt Gingrich at 31%, Rick Santorum at 15%, and Ron Paul at 11%.  Our three days of tracking found very little movement in the race: Romney was at 39-40% every day …
Discussion: The Politico, Pirate's Cove and GOP 12
Christopher Rowland / Boston Globe:
Newt Gingrich says Mitt Romney denied Jewish seniors kosher meals while governor
Washington Post:
Florida primary: Mitt Romney pulls ahead of Newt Gingrich
Discussion: THEROOT.COM and The Raw Story
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Mitt Romney On Fox & Friends: ‘I Wish I Could Claim I Was Hispanic’
Wallacegw / CNN:
Over 600,000 have already voted in Florida primary
Ben Johnson / LifeSiteNews.com Latest Headlines:
Demonstrators from the Occupy Wall Street movement threw condoms on Catholic schoolgirls, refused to allow a Catholic priest to give a closing prayer, and shouted down a pro-life speaker at a Rhode Island right to life rally on Thursday, according to its organizer.
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ZIP / Weasel Zippers:
Über-Classy: Occupy Wall Street Protesters Throw Condoms At Catholic Schoolgirls …
New York Times:
College Says It Exaggerated SAT Figures for Ratings  —  Claremont McKenna College, a small, prestigious California school, said Monday that for the past six years, it has submitted false SAT scores to publications like U.S. News & World Report that use the data in widely followed college rankings.
Discussion: News Desk and Associated Press
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
GOP Voters Continue to Give Field Subpar Ratings  —  Obama Seen as More Understanding than Romney, Gingrich  —  Amid a bruising primary campaign, Republicans remain unimpressed with their party's presidential field.  In fact, more Republican and Republican-leaning registered voters …
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Kevinliptak / CNN:
Poll finds increasing dissatisfaction in GOP field
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and Hot Air
Gary Langer / ABCNEWS:
GOP Field's Private Sector Work Unpopular  —  Neither Mitt Romney's nor Newt Gingrich's private sector experience is playing particularly well with the American public, although Gingrich's consulting work draws far more criticism than Romney's background buying and restructuring companies.
Discussion: The Page
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Sarah Huisenga / CBS News:
Gingrich: I won't debate Obama if media moderates
CBO's Latest 10 Documents:
COMPARING THE COMPENSATION OF FEDERAL AND PRIVATE-SECTOR EMPLOYEES  —  HOW DOES THE COMPENSATION OF FEDERAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES COMPARE WITH THAT OF EMPLOYEES IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR?  —  Employees of the federal government and the private sector differ in ways that can affect compensation.
Brian Montopoli / CBS News:
Catholics hear anti-Obama letter in church  —  During church services on Sunday, Catholics around the country were read a blistering letter assailing the Obama administration for an “assault on religious liberty” in the form of a coming requirement that most church-linked organizations …
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E .J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Obama's Breach of Faith Over Contraceptive Ruling
RealClearPolitics Video Log:
Obama Tells Woman: “Interesting” Unemployed Husband Can't Find Job  —  During his Google+ hangout Pres. Obama tells a woman that her husband shouldn't be unemployed from the growth he has seen in the economy.  Obama said he finds it “interesting” because he is getting “the word” …
Discussion: Hot Air, Mediaite and National Review
Dave Levinthal / The Politico:
Stephen Colbert's FEC report: Big money!  —  No kidding: Comedian Stephen Colbert's satirical super PAC raised some serious cash.  —  Between July 1 and Dec. 31, Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow collected more than $825,400, ending the year with nearly $674,000 cash on hand …
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
Washington Examiner:
Holder's fantastical claim about ‘Fast and Furious’  —  Philosophers and poets have argued for at least three millennia about who is more valuable.  Poets claim they tell tales that inspire men to do things they would otherwise never accomplish.  But philosophers argue that this requires …
Andrew Parker / The Sun:
US bars friends over Twitter joke  —  Ordeal ... Leigh Van Bryan and Emily Bunting were locked up  —  TWO pals were barred from entering the US after innocent tweets joking about “destroying America” were picked up by the country's anti-terror cops.  —  US special agents monitoring Twitter …
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Richard Hartley-Parkinson / Daily Mail:
'I'm going to destroy America and dig up Marilyn Monroe': British pair arrested in U.S …
ThinkProgress:
Morning Briefing: January 31, 2012  —  Voting is underway in Florida's GOP presidential primary, and last-minute polls suggest Mitt Romney is heading toward a big win.  A new Quinnipiac poll released Monday shows Romney with a double-digit lead over Newt Gingrich.  Polls close statewide at 7 p.m.
John Avlon / The Daily Beast:
Romney Ramps Up Attack Ads Against Gingrich to Unprecedented Levels  —  In the most negative primary season ever, Mitt Romney is outspending Newt Gingrich 5 to 1 on attack ads ahead of today's primary in Florida, stopping the ex-speaker's momentum coming off a South Carolina win.
Jeffrey Lord / American Spectator:
Newt Battles Mush From the Wimps  —  “Ford Declares Reagan Can't Win” — Headline in The New York Times, March 1, 1980  —  Yet still more mush from the wimps.  —  To borrow a famous Reagan phrase: “Well, there they go again.”  —  Somewhere an exasperated Gipper is doubtless shaking his head.
Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
Republicans have only themselves to blame  —  On Saturday night, at precisely 9:19 and 30 seconds, my iPhone, my iPad, my computer and, for all I know, my toaster were informed that Herman Cain had endorsed Newt Gingrich.  The ping-ping of the devices suggested that something momentous had happened …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Mediaite
New York Times:
Buoyant Romney Speaks of Victory in Florida  —  TAMPA, Fla. — Mitt Romney swept through a final day of campaigning here on Monday, energized by more polls showing him with a commanding lead in the Florida primary.  He even allowed himself to break superstition and proclaim, “I'm beginning to feel we might win.”
Discussion: msnbc.com and Taegan Goddard's …
Lucas Grindley / Advocate:
Cynthia Nixon: Being Bisexual “Is Not a Choice”  —  Actress Cynthia Nixon is bisexual and that “is not a choice,” she said in an exclusive statement to The Advocate.  —  The former star of Sex and the City who is now on Broadway in Wit has been the focus of heated discussion among …
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Leon Panetta's explicitly authoritarian decree  —  The DoD chief says clearly: once the president accuses a citizen of terrorism, execution without trial is permitted  —  CBS News' Scott Pelley appears to be one of the very few American journalists bothered by, or even interested in …
 
 
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Edward Cody / Washington Post:
European leaders adopt treaty pledging debt reduction
Discussion: Campaign 2012 and FP Passport
Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:
House GOP closer to vote on making English the official language
Michael Cooper / New York Times:
G.O.P. Governors Soften Tone After Confrontations of 2011
Discussion: Hotline On Call
BBC:
Testicular zap ‘may stop sperm’
Discussion: Gawker and Boing Boing
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Great Divorce  —  I'll be shocked if there's another book …
Rick Santorum / RealClearWorld:
No More Leading from Behind for America
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Campaign 2012
Brendan Sasso / The Hill:
Rep. Markey releases draft of cellphone privacy bill
Discussion: Threat Level and VentureBeat
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Ynetnews:
Iraqi bill to ban travels to Israel
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Israel Matzav
Alex Seitz-Wald / ThinkProgress:
Gingrich Wants A Government That Respects ‘Our Religion,’ Not ‘Every Other Religion’
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Donald Trump Staff in Talks With Financiers, Campaign Managers to Explore Third Party Bid
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