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6:25 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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Mhigginscbs / CBS Tampa:   Rubio: Florida Primary Winner ‘To Be Nominee Of Our Party’
CNN:
Final poll: Early voting gives Romney a leg up in Florida
Discussion: Swampland, TalkLeft and The Hill
John Avlon / The Daily Beast:
Romney Ramps Up Attack Ads Against Gingrich to Unprecedented Levels
Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Florida Polls Open as Gingrich Tries to Galvanize Conservatives
Discussion: Daily Kos, The Caucus and Reuters
Zeke Miller / Politics:
Romney Plays Victim On Negative Ads: I'm Just Responding To Gingrich's Attacks
Josh Lederman / Ballot Box:
Romney says Google+ interview shows Obama ‘out of touch’ on economy
Discussion: CNN
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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Alana Goodman / Commentary Magazine:
Did Romney Eliminate Kosher Nursing Home Food as Governor?  —  During the weekend, the New York Post reported that Mitt Romney vetoed a bill to help fund kosher food at Massachusetts nursing homes in 2003.  Newt Gingrich, who happens to be courting Jewish and elderly voters in Florida …
Kevinliptak / CNN:
Gingrich denies knowledge of ‘kosher’ robocall
Discussion: Ballot Box
Seema Mehta / Los Angeles Times:
Gingrich: ‘No idea’ about robocall on Romney, Holocaust survivors
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.
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Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
Our Mr. Brooks Finds Another Very Important Thinker  —  Occasionally, Moral Hazard, the Irish setter belonging to David Brooks, goes wandering out of the clubroom of the Young Fogies Club and down the hall into the library.  It is more peaceful there.  Nobody is quoting Edmund Burke.
Discussion: driftglass
Chris Moody / Yahoo! News:
‘Everyone step on his toes!’  Gingrich security harasses Ron Paul supporter  —  WINDERMERE, Fla.—Next time, Eddie Dillard won't wear flip-flops.  —  Dillard, a 29-year-old Ron Paul supporter from this suburb near Orlando, arrived to vote at his precinct at Winderemere Baptist Church early Tuesday morning.
Associated Press:
AP Exclusive: Amid abortion debate, Komen cancer charity halting grants to Planned Parenthood  —  NEW YORK — The nation's leading breast-cancer charity, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, is halting its partnerships with Planned Parenthood affiliates — creating a bitter rift, linked to the abortion debate …
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Planned Parenthood:
“Alarmed and Saddened” by Komen Foundation Succumbing to Political Pressure, Planned Parenthood …
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 …
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.
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Michael Linden / Center for American Progress:
What Caused This Year's Deficit?
Discussion: Campaign 2012
Neil MacFarquhar / New York Times:
Russia Stands in the Way of U.N. Call for Assad to Step Down  —  UNITED NATIONS — The tensions over the forces for change erupting across the Middle East were coming to a head here on Tuesday as Arab and Western states confronted Russia over its refusal to condemn the Syrian government for its violent suppression of popular protests.
Discussion: Truthdig
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ABCNEWS:
‘Question of Time’ Before Syria's Assad Falls, Top US Intel Official Says
Discussion: The Spectacle Blog
Colum Lynch / Foreign Policy:
Exclusive: Leaked Syria observers' report details failings of mission
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Taylor Marsh
Rick Perlstein / Rolling Stone:
Why Mitt Romney's Mormonism Doesn't Matter  —  I've never been impressed with the argument that Mitt Romney makes for a weak Republican nominee because conservatives don't like him.  That's not how that party works.  Like they say, “Democrats fall in love, Republicans fall in line.”  Don't believe me?
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.
Investor's Business Daily:
Eric Holder's False Testimony Warrants Impeachment  —  Scandal: For incompetence alone, Attorney General Eric Holder should resign in the wake of the illegal “Fast and Furious” gunrunning scandal.  But fresh news that he knew of it and is covering it up warrants impeachment.
Discussion: UrbanGrounds
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Washington Examiner:
Holder's fantastical claim about ‘Fast and Furious’
Brooke Brower / msnbc.com:
CRIST: Might back Obama, run as Dem  —  In a rare television interview, former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, who left the Republican Party during his unsuccessful 2010 U.S. Senate bid, told Chuck Todd on “The Daily Rundown” that he'd consider voting for President Obama in November.  —  “Consider?
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 …
Agoldberg / The Smoking Gun:
Wife Abuse Rap Casts Shadow On “Zeitoun” Hero  —  The New Orleans man whose post-Hurricane Katrina heroics and tribulations were chronicled by best-selling author Dave Eggers in the book “Zeitoun” was convicted last year of battering his wife, who told police that she had received several prior beatings …
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Top Obama fundraisers come from Hollywood, media  —  The Obama campaign provided additional details about its' $222 million fundraising haul Tuesday, revealing that many of the president's top fundraisers were leading figures in Hollywood and the media.  —  Among those who have raised …
Discussion: CNN, Reuters and Business Insider
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.
Tina Daunt / Hollywood Reporter:
Pelosi Presents Haim Saban, Hollywood with Democratic Plan to Recapture House (Exclusive)  —  Democratic bigwigs brief fundraisers at Saban's mansion Monday evening.  —  More than 50 of Los Angeles' most influential political fundraisers and consultants quietly met Monday night …
Discussion: The Hill and Weasel Zippers
 
 
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Ron Paul / Las Vegas Sun:
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Discussion: Politics and The Hill
Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
Romney's Fight to Win Comes at a Cost, Polls Show
Discussion: US Politics and Prairie Weather
Des Moines Register:
Grassley personal attack went too far
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Rachel Leven / Ballot Box:
Bachmann exits presidential race a million in debt
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Romney and the Uncanny Valley: What Robot Theory Tells Us About the Front-Runner
Discussion: Democracy in America
Jake Sherman / The Politico:
Polls show toll on House GOP image
Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
Republicans have only themselves to blame
New York Times:
College Says It Exaggerated SAT Figures for Ratings
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