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11:50 AM ET, January 31, 2012

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David Brooks / New York Times:
The Great Divorce  —  I'll be shocked if there's another book this year as important as Charles Murray's “Coming Apart.”  I'll be shocked if there's another book that so compellingly describes the most important trends in American society.  —  Murray's basic argument is not new, that America is dividing into a two-caste society.
John Dickerson / Slate:
Mute Gingrich  —  How Romney stole Gingrich's voice in Florida.  —  Newt Gingrich is angry and that makes Mitt Romney sad.  The former speaker is slipping badly in the polls in Florida and unloading on his way down.  He's called Romney “deceitful,” “maniacal,” and “misleading.”
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Sarah Huisenga / CBS News:
Gingrich: I won't debate Obama if media moderates
Gary Langer / ABCNEWS:
GOP Field's Private Sector Work Unpopular
Discussion: The Page
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.
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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.
Mj Lee / The Politico:
Allen West backpedals ‘get the hell out’
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Sun-Sentinel
Alicia M. Cohn / Ballot Box:
Santorum says Gingrich should stop pressuring GOP rivals to drop out  —  Rick Santorum on Tuesday morning pushed back against calls to drop out of the GOP presidential race in order to unite the conservative vote.  —  Santorum told Fox News that people like fellow GOP candidate Newt Gingrich …
Discussion: The Politico
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Romney headed for Florida victory
Ben Geman / The Hill:
GOP weighs contempt charges against White House on Solyndra  —  Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.), who is heading the GOP probe of the failed solar company Solyndra, said Republicans are meeting this week to discuss contempt charges against the White House over its response to last year's subpoena for documents.
Discussion: The Politico and ThinkProgress
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Lisa Mascaro / Los Angeles Times:
Democrats in Congress step up tax-the-rich efforts
Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:
House GOP closer to vote on making English the official language
Discussion: The Maddow Blog and msnbc.com
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 …
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Investor's Business Daily:
Eric Holder's False Testimony Warrants Impeachment
Discussion: UrbanGrounds
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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.
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.
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 …
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 …
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: CNN and Taylor Marsh
Matthew Cavanaugh / ABCNEWS:
Gingrich: The GOP Primary Battle Will Last Another ‘Six or Eight Months’  —  ORLANDO, Fla. - Don't expect Gingrich to go away any time soon.  Whatever happens in Florida, he's digging in for the long, long haul.  —  At a visit to a polling station in Orlando, I asked Newt Gingrich …
Discussion: Hit & Run, CNN and Wake up America
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.
CBO's Latest 10 Documents:
THE BUDGET AND ECONOMIC OUTLOOK: FISCAL YEARS 2012 TO 2022  —  Each January, CBO prepares “baseline” budget projections spanning the next 10 years.  Those projections are not a forecast of future events; rather, they are intended to provide a benchmark against which potential policy changes can be measured.
Pantonetticbs / CBS Seattle:
Washington House Committee Approves Gay Marriage Bill  —  OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A House committee on Monday advanced a proposal to legalize same-sex marriage in Washington state, and the Senate is expected to vote on its companion bill within days.  —  The House Judiciary Committee approved …
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
Wall Street Journal:
Jindal's Education Moon Shot  —  Louisiana's Governor pushes vouchers and tenure reform.  —  Newt Gingrich wants the U.S. to return to the moon, but as challenges go he has nothing on Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal's school reform plans.  —  Mr. Jindal wants to create America's largest …
Discussion: Hot Air and Betsy's Page
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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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Florida Primary Overview and Forecast
Gregory Korte / USA Today:
Obama green jobs program faces further investigation
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Opponents Rally Against Marriage Equality In Maryland: ‘I Believe In Adam And Eve!’
Discussion: Associated Press
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Occupy support drops more than 20 points in ... San Francisco?
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Campaign 2012
Michael Cooper / New York Times:
G.O.P. Governors Soften Tone After Confrontations of 2011
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Brian Montopoli / CBS News:
Catholics hear anti-Obama letter in church
Rick Santorum / RealClearWorld:
No More Leading from Behind for America
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Campaign 2012
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Leon Panetta's explicitly authoritarian decree
Alex Seitz-Wald / ThinkProgress:
Gingrich Wants A Government That Respects ‘Our Religion,’ Not ‘Every Other Religion’
Discussion: The Mahablog
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