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11:35 AM ET, February 2, 2012

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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.
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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 …
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.
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.
CNN:
Trump set to endorse Romney  —  Washington (CNN) - Mitt Romney will receive Donald Trump's presidential endorsement Thursday, sources with knowledge of the endorsement told CNN.  —  Trump will make the announcement in Las Vegas, two days before the Nevada caucuses.  —  Follow the Ticker on Twitter: @PoliticalTicker
Discussion: ABCNEWS and Hot Air
Erick Erickson / Erick's blog:
The National Review's Candidate Won't Stop Digging
Trip Gabriel / The Caucus:
Gingrich's Flashy New Endorsement Is Not to Be
Discussion: msnbc.com and The Page
Alexander Burns / Politico:
How Newt Gingrich could bounce back
Discussion: Ballot Box and Business Insider
CNN:
Trump to make ‘major’ announcement
Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
Newt Gingrich's Nevada campaign appears in disarray
Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
What is Wrong With This Guy?  —  Congratulations to Mitt Romney …
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Report says Trump set to endorse Gingrich on Thursday in Vegas
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 …
Discussion: The Agonist
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Molly Ball / The Atlantic Online:   Have Democrats Succeeded in Pre-Destroying Romney?
David M. Drucker / Roll Call:
DeMint Calls on Romney to Reframe Comments on Poor
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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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Hey, isn't it time we regulate sugar like alcohol or tobacco?
Ryan Jaslow / CBS News:
Sugar should be regulated like alcohol, tobacco, commentary says
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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ABCNEWS:   Attorney General Eric Holder Set to Take Hot Seat at Fast and Furious Hearing
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
Top Susan G. Komen Official Resigned Over Planned Parenthood Cave-In  —  Sources with direct knowledge of the Koman decision-making process said recent policies were adopted specifically to cut funding to Planned Parenthood.  —  An entirely avoidable, and deeply regrettable …
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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.
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 …
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Philip Klein / Campaign 2012:
Coulter's shameful defense of Romneycare
Discussion: Hot Air
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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Richard A. Oppel Jr / New York Times:
Among These Republicans, Paul Supporters Go From Outsiders to Vanguard
Discussion: msnbc.com and Los Angeles Times
David Catanese / Politico:
Bowles won't run for governor  —  Erskine Bowles, the ex-White House aide who Democrats had hoped to recruit into the open seat race for North Carolina governor, has passed on a campaign, a top Democrat tells POLITICO.  —  Bowles, who ran unsuccessfully for U.S. Senate twice …
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 and americanthinker.com
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 …
 
 
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