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12:50 PM ET, February 1, 2012

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Vanscottcnn / CNN:
Mitt Romney: middle income Americans are focus, not very poor  —  After winning the Florida primary, GOP presidential nominee hopeful Mitt Romney explains to CNN anchor Soledad O'Brien that he is focused on a particular portion of the American population in his campaign.
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Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
Romney, citing safety net, says he's ‘not concerned about the very poor’  —  In an interview with CNN Wednesday morning that should have been a Florida victory lap, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney made a fumble that could give rivals an attack ad sound bite.
Alex Seitz-Wald / ThinkProgress:   Romney: 'I'm Not Concerned With The Very Poor'
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The Morning Plum  —  * Romney: “I'm not concerned about the very poor” …
Ross Douthat / Campaign Stops:
Gingrich 2012?  Going, Going, Gone  —  Last week, New York magazine's John Heilemann pointed out a deep truth about Newt Gingrich's peculiar presidential campaign: The very media elite that Gingrich delights in hammering has actually been in his corner all along.
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Steve Benen / msnbc.com:
The GOP's ongoing turnout problem  —  There can be little doubt that Mitt Romney dominated in Florida's Republican presidential primary, but there were a few tidbits in the exit polls that stood out, including this one:  —  This has to be discouraging for the former governor and his campaign.
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Romney Wins, but Turnout Lags  —  In the first three early-voting states, Republican turnout was up from 2008 — just slightly in Iowa and New Hampshire, but significantly in South Carolina, where it jumped by 35 percent.  —  The pattern did not hold in Florida on Tuesday.
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Newt Gingrich loses Florida — and reminds us why  —  Newt Gingrich gave his post-primary speech tonight while gracelessly declining to congratulate the man who beat him by double digits.  According to the Romney campaign, Gingrich hadn't called to congratulate the Florida winner as of 9:30 p.m. ET.
Fox News:
Romney wins Florida GOP primary, Fox News projects
Scott Powers / Orlando Sentinel:
2012 Florida primary: Romney cruises to big win over Gingrich
Discussion: Fox News
msnbc.com:
First Thoughts: Why Florida differed from South Carolina
Discussion: Washington Post
Amanda Marcotte / Slate:
Susan B. Komen's Act of Cowardice … - How Newt Lost Florida: It Wasn't Just His Bad Debating and Moon Base Nonsense  — What Is Causing the Mass Hysteria Afflicting Those Girls in Upstate New York?  — America Has a Huge, Pent-Up Desire—for Getting Divorced
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Sarah Kliff / Washington Post:
Why Komen defunded Planned Parenthood
Glen Johnson / Boston Globe:
Mitt Romney heads to Minnesota amid talk of Michele Bachmann endorsement  —  TAMPA, Fla. - Mitt Romney is carrying a full head of steam after winning the Florida primary, but the Republican presidential contender isn't headed first today for Nevada or Maine, the next two states to vote.
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New York Times:
Romney Wins Big in Florida Primary
Emmanuel Dunand / ABCNEWS:
EXCLUSIVE: Mitt Romney to Receive Secret Service Protection  —  TAMPA - Mitt Romney's presidential campaign has been informed that it will start receiving Secret Service protection on Thursday, two campaign sources and a senior Republican tell ABC News.  —  Secret Service protection …
Shelby Grad / L.A. NOW:
‘Soul Train’ creator Don Cornelius dead in apparent suicide  —  “Soul Train” creator Don Cornelius was found dead at his Sherman Oaks on home Wednesday morning.  —  Law enforcement sources said police arrived at Cornelius' home around 4 a.m. He apparently died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound …
Alison Gendar / NY Daily News:
Anthony Weiner used campaign money to hire private investigators to chase down his lie about crotch-shot tweet, financial statements reveal  —  Weiner hired T&M while in full spin mode over controversy that eventually led to his resignation  —  Infamous photo that Anthony Weiner tweeted.
Shaun Usher / Letters of Note:
To My Old Master  —  In August of 1865, a Colonel P.H. Anderson of Big Spring, Tennessee, wrote to his former slave, Jourdan Anderson, and requested that he come back to work on his farm.  Jourdan — who, since being emancipated, had moved to Ohio, found paid work, and was now supporting his family …
Andrew Restuccia / Ballot Box:
Crossroads GPS hits Obama over Solyndra with new ad campaign  —  Crossroads GPS is taking aim at President Obama over his administration's $535 million loan guarantee to failed solar company Solyndra with a new national television advertisement.  —  In the new ad, the non-profit group created …
Discussion: CNN
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Dan Merica / CNN:
New anti-Obama ad slams Solyndra ‘fiasco’
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Theodore B. Olson / Wall Street Journal:
Obama's Enemies List  —  David and Charles Koch have been the targets of a campaign of vituperation and assault, choreographed from the very top.  —  How would you feel if aides to the president of the United States singled you out by name for attack, and if you were featured prominently …
BBC:
Four men admit London Stock Exchange bomb plot  —  The men planned to terrorise people and to damage the economy and property  —  Four men inspired by al-Qaeda have admitted planning to detonate a bomb at the London Stock Exchange.  —  Mohammed Chowdhury, Shah Rahman …
Josh Rogin / Foreign Policy:
Administration briefs Senate leaders on Taliban transfer  —  Top Obama administration officials briefed eight senior Senate leaders Tuesday on a pending deal to transfer as many as five Taliban prisoners from the U.S. detention facility at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, to Qatar.
Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Christie: I wasn't ‘clear enough’ on civil rights remark  —  New Jersey's Chris Christie, the Mitt Romney super-surrogate who caused a stir last week when he drew a parallel between the gay-marriage push and the civil rights movement, offered up a rare apology last night on a radio program for the comments:
Marc Kaufman / Washington Post:
Scientists close to entering Vostok, Antarctica's biggest subglacial lake  —  After drilling for two decades through more than two miles of antarctic ice, Russian scientists are on the verge of entering a vast, dark lake that hasn't been touched by light for more than 20 million years.
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Obama Approval Above 50% in 10 States and D.C. in 2011  —  District of Columbia, Hawaii most approving; Utah, Idaho, least  —  PRINCETON, NJ — In 10 states plus the District of Columbia, a majority of residents approved of the job Barack Obama was doing as president last year, according to aggregated data from 2011.
Talia Buford / The Politico:
Josh Fox led away in handcuffs from hearing  —  Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker Josh Fox was led away in handcuffs from a House Science Committee hearing Wednesday morning after refusing to pack up his camera.  —  Fox was led out by Capitol Police shortly after 10 a.m., before the hearing could be gaveled into order.
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
GOP leader criticizes Obama for opposing repeal of healthcare act  —  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Wednesday criticized President Obama for opposing the GOP effort to repeal a key portion of the 2010 healthcare law.  —  McConnell noted in his criticism on the Senate floor …
Mike Allen / The Politico:
How Fox News has stayed on top  —  Roger Ailes and about 20 of his producers and executives — including experts in lighting, graphics and engineering — gather now and then in a conference room on the second floor of Fox News headquarters in midtown Manhattan and watch the channel for eight hours straight.
Discussion: The New Republic
Reuters:
Taliban “poised to retake Afghanistan” after NATO  —  KABUL (Reuters) - The U.S. military said in a secret report that the Taliban, backed by Pakistan, are set to retake control of Afghanistan after NATO-led forces withdraw, raising the prospect of a major failure of Western policy after a costly war.
 
 
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