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3:15 PM ET, January 31, 2012

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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Florida Primary Overview and Forecast  —  The shift away from Newt Gingrich in the Florida polls has been as significant as the one toward him in South Carolina.  The first two polls released after South Carolina showed Mr. Gingrich with a lead of 8 and 9 points, respectively.
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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.
CNN:
Final poll: Early voting gives Romney a leg up in Florida  —  Tampa, Florida (CNN) - It's primary day in the Sunshine State, but more than 600,000 people have already voted in Florida's Republican presidential contest.  And a new public opinion poll indicates that the ballots already cast …
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.
Wallacegw / CNN:
Iowa GOP chair steps down
Discussion: The Politico and Ballot Box
Josh Lederman / Ballot Box:
Romney says Google+ interview shows Obama ‘out of touch’ on economy
Discussion: CNN
John Dickerson / Slate:
Mute Gingrich  —  How Romney stole Gingrich's voice in Florida.
Sarah Huisenga / CBS News:
Gingrich: I won't debate Obama if media moderates
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.
Amanda Terkel / The Huffington Post:
Newt Gingrich Robocall: Mitt Romney Forced Holocaust Survivors To Eat Non-Kosher Food … REACT:  —  FOLLOW:  —  2012 Election, Newt Gingrich 2012, Elections 2012, Video, FL Election, FL Election 2012, FL Primary, FL Primary 2012, FL Primary Election 2012, Florida Primary, Florida Election …
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Jill Tucker / San Francisco Chronicle:
Ranger zaps off-leash dog walker with shock weapon  —  A Montara man walking two lapdogs off leash was hit with an electric-shock gun by a National Park Service ranger after allegedly giving a false name and trying to walk away, authorities said Monday.  —  The park ranger encountered Gary Hesterberg …
Discussion: The Jawa Report, L.A. NOW and Hit & Run
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 …
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Rachel Leven / Ballot Box:
Huntsman's father accounts for 70 percent of pro-Huntsman super-PAC donations
Discussion: GOP 12 and The Politico
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
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.
Greg Miller / Washington Post:
Iran, perceiving threat from West, willing to attack on U.S. soil, U.S. intelligence report finds  —  U.S. intelligence agencies believe that Iran is prepared to launch terrorist attacks inside the United States in response to perceived threats from America and its allies, the U.S. spy chief said Tuesday.
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 and Campaign 2012
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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 …
Bill Roggio / The Long War Journal:
US drone strike kills 11 AQAP leaders, fighters: report  —  Eleven terrorists, including four local commanders, are reported to have been killed in a US drone airstrike in a southern Yemeni province where al Qaeda's affiliate controls significant ground.  —  Remotely piloted Predators …
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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: Washington Monthly
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” …
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: Betsy's Page and Hot Air
Brian Fung / The Atlantic Online:
Romney and the Uncanny Valley: What Robot Theory Tells Us About the Front-Runner  —  Mitt Romney looks just enough like the perfect picture of an American president to make us uncomfortable.  —  Mitt Romney is the storybook presidential candidate.  He's successful, good-looking and a family man, to boot.
Discussion: Democracy in America
 
 
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Agoldberg / The Smoking Gun:
Wife Abuse Rap Casts Shadow On “Zeitoun” Hero
Discussion: Atlas Shrugs
Todd Wallack / Boston Globe:
Boston lawyer keeps steady hand on Romney's holdings
Discussion: Daily Kos and The New Republic
Brooke Brower / msnbc.com:
CRIST: Might back Obama, run as Dem
Jake Sherman / The Politico:
Polls show toll on House GOP image
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Rep. Dan Burton to retire at end of year
Discussion: The Politico
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
New Hampshire Governor Pledges To Veto Repeal Of Same-Sex Marriage In State Address
Arthur B. Laffer / Wall Street Journal:
Why Gingrich's Tax Plan Beats Romney's
Discussion: GOP 12 and The Enterprise Blog
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Matthew Cavanaugh / ABCNEWS:
Gingrich: The GOP Primary Battle Will Last Another ‘Six or Eight Months’
Gregory Korte / USA Today:
Obama green jobs program faces further investigation
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Ben Geman / The Hill:
GOP weighs contempt charges against White House on Solyndra
Discussion: The Politico and ThinkProgress
 

 
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