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2:10 PM ET, January 27, 2012

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Quinnipiac University:
Romney Pulls Ahead In See-Saw Florida Gop Primary, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Men Shift From Gingrich To Romney  —  Just four days before the nation's first big-state presidential primary, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney opens up a 38 - 29 percent lead over former House Speaker …
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ABCNEWS:
Brutal Newt Gingrich Ad in the Works  —  Newt Gingrich is responding to last night's debate with a brutal new ad accusing Romney of trying to mislead, deceive, and distort his way to the White House.  —  Here's the money line: “What kind of man would mislead, distort and deceive just to win an election?
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Newt Loses It  —  Last night's presidential candidate debate in Jacksonville, cosponsored by CNN and the Hispanic Leadership Network, was Newt Gingrich's best and perhaps last chance to get his mojo back against a confluence of negative pressures—from sustained attacks to his left and right …
NBC's Domenico Montanaro / msnbc.com:
Gingrich leads Romney, but badly trails Obama  —  Newt Gingrich leads Mitt Romney among Republicans, but he is the weakest of the Republican candidates tested against President Obama, according to an NBC News-Wall Street Journal poll released Thursday evening.
Brent Budowsky / Pundits Blog:
Ron Paul will defeat Mitt Romney in the Virginia primary
Discussion: CNN and Eunomia
Robert Costa / National Review:
Jeb to Newt: Stop the ‘Ridiculous’ Crist Talk
Dan Farber / CBS News:   Bob Dole hopes Gingrich has no chance to be president
New York Times:
Romney Stays on the Offense With Gingrich
msnbc.com:
First Thoughts: Romney owned Gingrich, but problems linger
Discussion: Salon and Political Mojo
Neil King Jr / Wall Street Journal:
Gingrich Surges to Lead in Poll
Alex Isenstadtand Jake Sherman / The Politico:
Newt Gingrich 2012 rise unnerves House GOP
Discussion: CNN
Ginger Gibson / The Politico:
Newt Gingrich gets mad
Discussion: CNN
Wall Street Journal:
No Need to Panic About Global Warming  —  There's no compelling scientific argument for drastic action to ‘decarbonize’ the world's economy.  —  Editor's Note: The following has been signed by the 16 scientists listed at the end of the article:  —  A candidate for public office …
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
“Cui Bono” Indeed!
Washington Post:
Ron Paul signed off on racist newsletters in the 1990s, associates say  —  Ron Paul, well known as a physician, congressman and libertarian , has also been a businessman who pursued a marketing strategy that included publishing provocative, racially charged newsletters to make money and spread his ideas …
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Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic Online:
No One Left To Lie To  —  The truth hurts: … More: … More: … More: … More: … All parties agree that Ron Paul is not, personally, racist and that he didn't write the passages.  This is comforting.  I am not an anti-Semite.  But give me a check to tell Harlem the Jews invented AIDS, and I'll do it.
Jeffrey Lord / The Spectacle Blog:
Elliott Abrams Caught Misleading on Newt  —  As Ronald Reagan used to say: Well.  —  Yesterday we took note of former Reagan State Department official Elliott Abrams' piece over at NRO that went after Newt Gingrich on his relationship with Reagan.  While voting regularly with Reagan …
James Pethokoukis / The Enterprise Blog:
The economic chart that may doom the Obama presidency  —  In his State of the Union response the other night, Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels neatly summed up Mitt Romney's (who has a roughly 90 percent chance of being the GOP nominee according to Intrade) economic case against President Barack Obama …
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Lucia Mutikani / Reuters:
U.S. growth quickens, but speed bumps ahead
Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Huntsman steps away from politics in new job  —  Jon Huntsman accepted a new position as chairman at the Huntsman Cancer Foundation on Thursday, the cancer research center announced this week.  —  Huntsman's position was effective immediately on Thursday, meaning he had a new job just 10 days …
Discussion: CNN and The Impolitic
Stephanie Pappas / Yahoo! News:
Low IQ & Conservative Beliefs Linked to Prejudice  —  There's no gentle way to put it: People who give in to racism and prejudice may simply be dumb, according to a new study that is bound to stir public controversy.  —  The research finds that children with low intelligence are more likely to hold prejudiced attitudes as adults.
Tim Mak / The Politico:
Voters polarized over Barack Obama, poll finds  —  President Obama's third year in office elicited some of the most polarized job approval ratings ever, as the differences between Republican and Democratic views of the president stood at near-record highs, a new survey shows.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:   Obama Ratings Historically Polarized
Jon Ward / The Huffington Post:
Romney Packed Debate Hall With Supporters, Gingrich Aide Says … 2012 Election , Barack Obama , Newt Gingrich 2012 , Republican Presidential Primary , Rick Santorum , Elections 2012 , Newt Gingrich , Video , FL Election , FL Election 2012 , FL Primary , FL Primary 2012 …
Yvonne Wingett Sanchez / USA Today:
Gov. Jan Brewer releases letter she handed to Obama  —  PHOENIX - In a sudden about-face, Gov. Jan Brewer on Thursday evening made public a copy of the letter she handed President Obama during their high-profile encounter a day earlier that dominated national news, the blogosphere and water-cooler conversation.
Spencer Ackerman / Tablet Magazine:
Sounding Off  —  At the risk of sounding like the shtetl police, there's a right way and a wrong way for American Jews to argue with one another.  The right way focuses on whose ideas are better—for America, for Israel, for the Jewish community, and for the world.
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Speaking to students, Obama asks colleges to keep tuition down  —  President Obama put colleges and universities “on notice” on Friday, saying they needed to do their part to keep tuition costs down, so attending college can be a requisite for all Americans and not just a privileged few.
Discussion: The Politico
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James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
Alternative Certification and ‘Colorblind Racism’
Discussion: Proof Positive
 
 
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