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  • 31
    Jan
    2012
    8:35pm, EST

    Mitt Romney claims victory in Florida

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    Former Massachusetts gov. and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney celebrates his victory with his wife Ann in the Florida Republican Presidential Primary at the Tampa Convention Center.

    Slideshow: Mitt Romney's life in politics

    Jonathan Ernst / Getty Images

    From governor's son to presidential contender, a look at the life of Republican Mitt Romney.

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    Based on exit poll data and preliminary returns, NBC News projects that former  Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney will win the Florida primary, which was limited to only registered Republican voters. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, the winner of the Jan. 21 South Carolina GOP primary, will finish a distant second, followed by former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum in third, and Texas Rep. Ron Paul in fourth.

    Related links:

    • Romney rebounds with victory in Florida GOP primary
    • PhotoBlog: Images from the Florida primary

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    Brian Snyder / Reuters

    Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney hugs his wife Ann as they hear him declared the winner of the Florida primary by television networks in Tampa.

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  • 31
    Jan
    2012
    11:57am, EST

    Republicans go to the polls in Florida primary

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    Republican presidential candidate and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich and his wife Callista greet supporters and pose for photographs outside a polling place on primary day in Celebration, Fla.

    Shannon Stapleton / Reuters

    Jean Richard-Houck sits on her mobility scooter as she watches Newt Gingrich greet voters at the Celebration Heritage Hall polling precinct in Celebration, Fla.

    Joe Raedle / Getty Images

    Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney works the phones for votes at his campaign headquarters on Jan. 31, 2012 in Tampa, Fla. Romney has a double-digit lead going into the primary.

    Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images

    Republican presidential candidate and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich visits with people at Fred's Southern Kitchen on Jan. 31, 2012 in Plant City, Fla.

    Joe Raedle / Getty Images

    A voter arrives at a polling station on primary day on Jan. 31, in Tampa, Florida. Republican voters head to the polls as their party continues the process of deciding who will be their general election candidate against President Barack Obama.

    Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images

    Security guards for Republican presidential candidate and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich push Ron Paul supporter Eddie Dillard of Orlando away from Gingrich as he campaigns on primary day outside a polling place at First Baptist Church of Windermere on Jan. 31 in Orlando, Florida. Dillard had been at the polling place all morning when Gingrich stood in front of him to pose for photographs. Gingrich supporters then began shoving Dillard and stepping on his feet when security came over and pushed him back. Polls show Gingrich's fellow candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, with a double digit lead going into the Florida primary.

    Shannon Stapleton / Reuters

    Activists from PETA dressed as pigs walk outside a polling precinct in Orlando, Florida on Jan. 31.

    Joe Raedle / Getty Images

    Ray Roy sets up a polling station as he prepares for voters on primary day on Jan. 31 in Tampa, Florida. Republican voters head to the polls as their party continues the process of deciding who will be their general election candidate against President Barack Obama.

    • It's decision day in Florida and the latest poll shows Romney leading.
    • Is Florida the beginning of the end of the GOP nominating season?
    • Is the long primary fight hurting Mitt Romney's image with voters?
    • Gingrich is confident despite Florida polls. Can he last?

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  • 30
    Jan
    2012
    8:38pm, EST

    Mitt Romney appears to be on his way to victory in the Florida primary

    Photos by Joe Raedle / Getty Images

    Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney greets people during a grassroots rally with supporters at Lake Sumter Landing on Jan. 30, 2012 in The Villages, Fla. Romney is campaigning across the state ahead of the January 31 Florida primary.

    One day before the Florida primary, Mitt Romney is ahead in a slew of polls. He appears to have a double-digit lead over Newt Gingrich.

    NBC’s First Read reports that a decisive Romney victory tomorrow means many folks will believe they know where this is headed. But the big question is does Gingrich fall into that camp? In the run up to Iowa, there was a slow Establishment rally around Romney, check that, a slow Establishment takedown of Gingrich. It led to Romney (almost) winning Iowa, then convincingly taking New Hampshire. But then the Anti-Establishment crowd rallied, and Gingrich won South Carolina. With the prospect of a Gingrich win in Florida looking very real seven days ago, the Establishment struck back and Romney now looks assured of victory tomorrow. Gingrich -- perhaps emboldened by the backing of Herman Cain and heavy air cover from Palin -- pledged on Saturday to take the nomination fight with Romney “all the way to the convention.”

    People wait to hear Mitt Romney speak during a grassroots rally at Lake Sumter Landing in The Villages, Fla.

    See more visual coverage of the Florida primary in PhotoBlog.

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    1 comment

    There's a new action game on the net based on the ever popular Where's Waldo? It's called, Where's Willard? In this game the players try to find the real Willard as he pops in and out of various positions on abortion, women, gay marriage, kosher meals, taxes, etc. It certainly will keep everyone g …

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  • 30
    Jan
    2012
    12:30pm, EST

    Enthusiasm and skepticism ahead of Florida primary

    By Jonathan Woods, msnbc.com

    Republican candidates Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum and Ron Paul are down to the wire fighting for a victory in Florida's primary on Tuesday.

    By nearly all counts, Romney will emerge a victor; many polls including the latest released by NBC-Marist show Romney with a 15 point lead.

    Buckle up for the long haul - it's a long road to November. Fortunately the pictures from the campaign trail are still as fascinating as ever.

     

    Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images

    Supporters of Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich cheer as he arrives for a campaign rally at the Hyatt Regency in Jacksonville, Fla., on Monday, Jan. 30.

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    Mitt Romney supporters attend a rally at Ring Power Lift Trucks in Jacksonville on Jan. 30.

    Joe Raedle / Getty Images

    People listen to Mitt Romney during a rally at Ring Power Lift Trucks in Jacksonville on Jan. 30.

    Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images

    Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich and his wife, Callista Gingrich, listen as Michael Reagan, son of President Ronald Reagan, during a campaign rally on Monday in Jacksonville.

    Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images

    Mackenzie Tuttle, 8, sits with her family during a rally for Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich on Monday.

    Brian Snyder / Reuters

    Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney presents Los Angeles Times reporter Maeve Reston with a birthday cake on his campaign plane in Jacksonville on Monday.

    See more images of the candidates' lives in politics: Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul

    More from the campaign trail:

    First Thoughts: Writing on the wall
    Gingrich: I wouldn't accept debate versus Obama moderated by reporters
    Gingrich super PAC figure crashes Romney rally
    Obama agenda: One nation, divisible?
    Santorum resumes campaign as daughter's condition improves in hospital

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    Woe ! great info.

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  • 24
    Jan
    2012
    4:59pm, EST

    Newt Gingrich wants to hear the roar of his supporters

    Shannon Stapleton / Reuters

    Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich speaks during a campaign stop at Dolphin Aviation in Sarasota, Fla. on Jan. 24, 2012.

    By Robert Hood

    This morning I was talking with my newsroom cubicle neighbor about Monday night’s Florida GOP debate. Specifically, we were discussing what “editorial effect” Brian Williams might have had on both the audience and the candidates when he asked them to hold their applause to a minimum at the beginning of the debate. I didn’t think it had an effect, but my colleague suggested that the quieter audience may have held Newt Gingrich back. A few hours later, his theory was confirmed when Gingrich said he may not participate in future debates if his supporters are asked to be quiet.

    Reuters reports: Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich, coming off one of his most subdued debate performances of the campaign, signaled on Tuesday he may skip future debates unless his supporters are given full license to clap, cheer and roar.

    Gingrich complained that NBC News moderator Brian Williams had told the crowd to be silent before Monday's debate in Tampa in an effort to stifle free speech and prevent the audience from turning on the media.

    "I wish in retrospect I'd protested when Brian Williams took them out of it because I think it's wrong," Gingrich said on Tuesday on Fox News.

    Watch the full NBC News/National Journal/Tampa Bay Times GOP presidential debate as Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney set a combative ahead of Florida's Jan. 31 primary.

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    Oh please. Newt is complaining that the rules prevent tea baggers from responding to his dog whistle (which he agreed to) is too much. People give this idiot too much credit for being smart.

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  • 24
    Jan
    2012
    1:00pm, EST

    Romney launches 'OIW' campaign slogan

    Brian Snyder / Reuters

    Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney delivers his pre-emptive rebuttal to U.S. President Barack Obama's State of the Union Speech in Tampa, Florida Jan. 24.

    By Phaedra Singelis, NBC News

    Romney came out with a little pre-emptive strike today ahead of Obama's address, revealing a new campaign slogan "Obama Isn't Working" or "OIW" for short. In the debate last night, he came out swinging against his opponent Newt Gingrich, but today, he's back to hitting Obama. Do you think 'OIW' is an acronym that has appeal? Do you think he's trying to create something like OWS (Occupy Wall Street)? I find myself a little overwhelmed with three-letter acronyms of late.

    Tonight Obama will give his State of the Union address to the nation. Take a look back at Obama's three years in office in our slideshow below, and look at the public lives of Romney and Gingrich in photos.

    Slideshow: Obama's third year in the White House

    Saul Loeb / AFP - Getty Images

    From the debt ceiling debacle to the death of Osama bin Laden, it was an eventful year in office for the nation's 44th president.

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    Slideshow: Mitt Romney's life in politics

    Jonathan Ernst / Getty Images

    From governor's son to presidential contender, a look at the life of Republican Mitt Romney.

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    Slideshow: Newt Gingrich

    Duricka / AP

    Historian, author, member of Congress and speaker of the House — a look back at his public life.

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    romney and gingrich should be in a circus they are real clowns

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  • 23
    Jan
    2012
    11:07pm, EST

    Romney takes it to Gingrich at Florida debate

    Scott Audette / Getty Images

    Republican presidential candidate former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich debates on Monday night in Tampa, Fla.

    Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images

    Faces in the crowd at the NBC News, National Journal, Tampa Bay Times debate held at the University of South Florida on Jan. 23, 2012 in Tampa, Florida.

    Michael O'Brien, msnbc.com reports: The former House speaker and the former Massachusetts governor began sniping early at Monday evening's  NBC News/National Journal/Tampa Bay Times debate; they carried on through much of the debate before finding more conciliatory turf when answering questions specific to the state of Florida.

    Still, the gathering delivered what had been expected: Romney taking a new, aggressive tack against Gingrich, and Gingrich finding himself in the frontrunner's spotlight after having scored a decisive victory in last weekend's South Carolina primary.

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  • 23
    Jan
    2012
    8:11pm, EST

    Republican candidates campaign in Florida prior to debate

    Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images

    Supporters of Republican presidential candidate, Ron Paul drive down USF Holly Drive before the GOP presidential debate sponsored by NBC News at the University of South Florida in Tampa on Jan. 23. The debate is the first of two before the Florida primaries on Jan. 31.

    Republican presidential candidates are focused on Florida, which hosts a primary closed to Republican voters only on Jan. 31. The first of two debates occurs tonight and can be watched live on msnbc.com.

    Emmanuel Dunand / AFP - Getty Images

    Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney holds a round table on housing issues in Tampa on Jan. 23.

    Steve Nesius / Reuters

    Volunteer Kevin Sasker hangs posters for Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich during a campaign rally in Tampa on Jan. 23.

    Octavian Cantilli / Reuters

    Presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum gets hit with glitter by two unidentified members of the crowd at a town hall meeting at the American Legion Hall in Lady Lake, Fla., on Jan. 23.

    LIVE VIDEO — NBC's Brian Williams moderates a debate between 2012 Republican presidential candidates from Tampa, Fla.

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    2 comments

    Our embargo of Iran is an act of war, just as our oil embargo of Japan in the lead up to WWII was an act of war. We forced Japan's hand and the military industrial complex is doing the same with Iran today.

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  • 21
    Jan
    2012
    8:27pm, EST

    Romney: 'Tomorrow we're going to move on to Florida'

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    Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney addresses a primary election night rally in Columbia, S.C. on Jan. 21, 2012.

    Jim Young / Reuters

    Mitt Romney supporters listen to results as they wait for his rally at his South Carolina primary election night rally in Columbia, S.C. on Saturday night.

    By Robert Hood

    Former Governor Mitt Romney congratulated Newt Gingrich on Saturday night, and then went on to attack the record and policies of President Barack Obama. His supporters cheered loudly after Romney said he would “repeal Obamacare” when he is elected to the presidency. He rallied his supporters by saying that the Republican Party is the party of free markets and free enterprise, and that the GOP doesn’t demonize success.

    See more pictures from the South Carolina primary.

     

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    2008 all over again. Great job South Carolina- when are you going to learn to stop listening to what candidates say and research what they have done? Newt as the candidate is a gift to the democrats.

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