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10:40 AM ET, January 31, 2012

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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.
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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.
Alicia M. Cohn / Ballot Box:
Santorum says Gingrich should stop pressuring GOP rivals to drop out
Discussion: The Politico
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Romney headed for Florida victory
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
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.”
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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
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: CNN and The Other McCain
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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
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.
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 …
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
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
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
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 …
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.
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Opponents Rally Against Marriage Equality In Maryland: ‘I Believe In Adam And Eve!’  —  Some 300 opponents of same-sex marriage rallied in front of the Maryland State House in Annapolis Monday night, calling on lawmakers to abandon legislative efforts to allow gays and lesbians to enter into civil marriages.
Discussion: Associated Press
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 …
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
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Occupy support drops more than 20 points in ... San Francisco?  —  One would think that the Occupy movement and San Francisco were made for each other.  Perhaps at one time they were, but a new Survey USA poll shows that even the City by the Bay has its limits.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
 
 
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Edward Cody / Washington Post:
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