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10:35 AM ET, February 2, 2012

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Laura Myers / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Romney poised to roll, poll shows  —  A new poll shows Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney headed for a blowout victory Saturday in Nevada's GOP caucuses.  —  Romney wins support from 45 percent of Nevada Republicans who said they plan to participate in the caucuses …
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KLAS-TV 8 News Now:
BREAKING NEWS: Trump to Endorse Newt Gingrich Tomorrow  —  LAS VEGAS — An advisor to Donald Trump says he will make a major announcement in Las Vegas tomorrow.  Sources tell the 8 News NOW I-Team Trump will endorse Newt Gingrich.  —  According to Trump advisor Michael Cohen …
Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Sources: Trump to endorse Newt  —  Word started leaking out in Las Vegas earlier that Donald Trump's “major announcement” is to back Newt Gingrich, and sources are confirming it to POLITICO.  —  The announcement is expected to come at an 11:30 a.m. press conference tomorrow that The Donald is holding.
Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Trump guarantees an endorsement circus, likely backing Romney  —  We reported, along with the New York Times and the Associated Press among others, last night that Donald Trump is expected to endorse Newt Gingrich, according to sources around his campaign.  The Times went first with the news in terms of national outlets.
Discussion: The Politico and The PJ Tatler
Donald Trump / CNN:
BREAKING: Trump to back Romney  —  Posted by CNN Political Director Mark Preston  —  Washington (CNN) - Donald Trump will endorse Mitt Romney for president, sources with knowledge of the endorsement tell CNN.  —  Trump will make the announcement Thursday in Las Vegas, two days before the Nevada caucuses.
Richard A. Oppel Jr / New York Times:
Among These Republicans, Paul Supporters Go From Outsiders to Vanguard
Discussion: msnbc.com and Los Angeles Times
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Report says Trump set to endorse Gingrich Thursday in Vegas
A.Killough / CNN:
Romney blasts Panetta after Afghanistan announcement
Discussion: The Politico
Alexander Burns / Politico:
How Newt Gingrich could bounce back
Discussion: Business Insider
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:   Gingrich faces rough February
Erick Erickson / Erick's blog:
The National Review's Candidate Won't Stop Digging  —  It is days like today that make me thankful I think they all suck.  At least I'm thankful I'm in the firmly not Romney camp.  —  Having told us only Romney was viable (with half-nods to Huntsman and Santorum) and having trotted …
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Romney on the safety net; anti-Romney media still unhinged
Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
What is Wrong With This Guy?  —  Congratulations to Mitt Romney …
David M. Drucker / Roll Call:
DeMint Calls on Romney to Reframe Comments on Poor
John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Mitt Romney: “I'm not concerned about the very poor.”
Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
For Romney and Paul, a strategic alliance between establishment and outsider  —  RENO, NEV. — The remaining candidates in the winnowed Republican presidential field are attacking one another with abandon, each day bringing fresh headlines of accusations and outrage.
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Carl Cameron / Fox News:
Florida primary might not be a done deal  —  TAMPA, Fla. — Florida's primary might not be over just yet.  —  The Newt Gingrich campaign is gearing up to challenge the results of the Florida Republican presidential primary based on the Republican National Committee's own rules which state …
Jan Crawford / CBS News:
Romney tries to explain remark about “very poor”  —  PLAY CBS NEWS VIDEO  —  As the candidates for the Republican presidential nomination moved from Florida to Nevada, frontrunner Mitt Romney tripped over his own tongue.  —  It was a day he should have been celebrating his landslide victory …
Caroline Bleakley / KLAS-TV 8 News Now:
Poll: Romney Leads Gingrich in Nevada by 20 Points
Discussion: Hot Air, Gallup and Ballot Box
Christopher Wanjek / Yahoo! News:
Sugar Should Be Regulated As Toxin, Researchers Say  —  A spoonful of sugar might make the medicine go down.  But it also makes blood pressure and cholesterol go up, along with your risk for liver failure, obesity, heart disease and diabetes.  —  Sugar and other sweeteners are, in fact …
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Ryan Jaslow / CBS News:
Sugar should be regulated like alcohol, tobacco, commentary says
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Hey, isn't it time we regulate sugar like alcohol or tobacco?
Laura Schmidt / CNN:
Opinion: Why we should regulate sugar like alcohol
Discussion: americanthinker.com
Matthew Boyle / The Daily Caller:
Bribery, compromised officials leave indicted financial-crime suspects free from prosecution under Holder's DOJ  —  A U.S. Justice Department source has told The Daily Caller that at least two DOJ prosecutors accepted cash bribes from allegedly corrupt finance executives who were indicted …
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Ann Coulter:
THREE CHEERS FOR ROMNEYCARE!  —  If only the Democrats had decided to socialize the food industry or housing, Romneycare would probably still be viewed as a massive triumph for conservative free-market principles — as it was at the time.  —  It's not as if we had a beautifully functioning free market …
Jason Samenow / Washington Post:
Groundhog Day 2012: Punxsutawney Phil sees shadow, 6 more weeks of winter  —  At 7:25 a.m. this morning, amidst mostly cloudy skies, and temperatures in the low 30s, Groundhog Phil saw his shadow in the little town of Punxsutawney, Pa.  —  According to folklore, Phil's sighting …
Commentary Magazine:
Press Man: Why They Wept for Hitchens  —  One night, nearly 25 years ago, I was talking with Christopher Hitchens at a cocktail party—that this statement could be construed as name-dropping is actually the subject of this column, so please read on—when we were interrupted by the actor Richard Dreyfuss.
Discussion: FishbowlDC
Steven Hayward / Power Line:
The Gulf in the Gulf: Fact and Fiction on Offshore Drilling  —  Last spring at the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston I watched the head of the Interior Department's office that oversees the issuance of drilling permits in the Gulf of Mexico, Michael Bromwich, try to assure the audience …
Discussion: Hyscience
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Kenneth P. Green / The Enterprise Blog:   Energy fact of the week: Four charts about Gulf Coast oil production
David Shepardson / detroitnews.com:
Volt sales fall in January  —  Washington- General Motors extended-range electric Chevrolet Volt had its worst sales month since August, as negative publicity over fire risks hurt vehicles sales in January.  —  GM sold just 603 Volts - above its sales in January 2011, but far below GM's best-ever sales month …
Discussion: Power Line
Jim Vandehei / Politico:
Why Obama should be worried  —  To hear Democrats (and much of the media) tell it, President Barack Obama is a man on the rebound.  The president turned in a strong State of the Union speech, picked a smart political fight over taxing the rich and authorized another heroic Navy SEAL mission in terrorist territory.
 
 
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RNC memo discusses Fla. delegates
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