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1:00 PM ET, January 29, 2012

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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Consensus of Polls Shows Romney Up in Florida  —  You can find pretty much every species of poll in Florida right now.  —  There are traditional polls and automated polls, Internet polls and partisan polls, academic polls and commercial polls.  —  There are polls where voters checked a box.
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NBC's Domenico Montanaro / msnbc.com:
Romney up 15 over Gingrich in Florida  —  Mitt Romney may be on his way to a decisive victory in the Florida GOP primary Tuesday, according to a new NBC/Marist poll.  —  Romney leads Newt Gingrich by 15 points, 42 percent to 27 percent in the crucial state.
Josh Lederman / Ballot Box:
As Florida race turns personal, GOP insiders fear for party unity  —  TAMPA, Fla. —Gingrich and Romney may be headed toward mutually assured destruction, and both are refusing to unilaterally disarm.  —  TAMPA, Fla. — Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney may be on a path toward mutually assured destruction …
Discussion: CNN, The Politico and Prairie Weather
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Romney up in Florida  —  PPP finds the same thing in its newest Florida poll that all surveys of the state have found in the last few days: strong movement away from Newt Gingrich and toward Mitt Romney.  Romney now leads with 40% to 32% for Gingrich, 15% for Rick Santorum, and 9% for Ron Paul.
Adam C. Smith / The Buzz Florida Politics Feed:
Tampa Bay Times/Herald poll: Romney leads Fla by 11, crushing Gingrich among Hispanics and beating Obama  —  Mitt Romney needed Florida to resuscitate his campaign after a South  —  Carolina routing, and on Tuesday, Florida is poised to deliver big.  —  A new Tampa Bay Times/Miami Herald/Bay News 9 poll found Romney easily
Discussion: CNN and Lynn Sweet
Marc Caputo / MiamiHerald.com:
Poll: Romney holds big lead over Gingrich in Florida  —  In Florida's Republican primary, Mitt Romney's lead looks insurmountable — and he beats President Barack Obama in a head-to-head race, poll shows.  —  MCAPUTO@MIAMIHERALD.COM  —  Newt Gingrich swaggered into Florida as a Republican front-runner …
Washington Post:   Herman Cain endorses Newt Gingrich
Kevinliptak / CNN:
TRENDING: Herman Cain endorses Gingrich
Kevin Bogardus / The Hill:
Ron Paul: Airport security 'shouldn't be' government responsibility  —  Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) said Sunday that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) was not in line with the Constitution and that the government should not assume the responsibility for providing security for airlines.
Discussion: CNN and The Politico
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Reuters:
Super PAC takeover? Not so fast, campaigns say
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Kevinliptak / CNN:   L.L. Bean heiress backs Paul
CNN:
Santorum cancels events after admitting daughter to hospital  —  (CNN) - Rick Santorum's three-year-old daughter Isabella, who suffers from a chromosomal condition called Trisomy 18, was admitted to a Philadelphia hospital Saturday.  —  In a statement, Santorum spokesman Hogan Gidley …
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
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Josh Lederman / Ballot Box:
Santorum's daughter hospitalized
Discussion: Hot Air
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Allen West being redistricted out of existence in effort led by Romney Florida spokesman  —  The establishment is fighting back, alright.  —  This has not received a lot of national attention, but the Republican legislature in Florida is about to push through a plan which puts Allen West at serious risk …
Discussion: RedState and The PJ Tatler
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Tension on the Tarmac  —  WHAT is it with Barack Obama's penchant for getting in tangles with blond politicians on airport tarmacs?  —  Usually, tarmacs are for joyous welcomes or teary goodbyes.  But No Drama Obama saves his rare tempests for the runway.
Kevin Bogardus / The Hill:
RNC Chairman Priebus likens Obama to Italian cruise ship captain  —  Reince Priebus, the Republican National Committee chairman, called President Obama a “Captain Schettino” for going on the campaign trail.  —  “We're going to talk about our own little Captain Schettino …
Discussion: CNN and The Politico
David Rose / Daily Mail:
Forget global warming - it's Cycle 25 we need to worry about (and if NASA scientists are right the Thames will be freezing over again)  —  The supposed ‘consensus’ on man-made global warming is facing an inconvenient challenge after the release of new temperature data showing the planet has not warmed for the past 15 years.
 
 
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