Quinnipiac shows Mitt leads, but supporters more committed to Newt

Could anything be crazier than the Florida GOP Presidential Primary? In a single week, we’ve seen supporters of Gov. Mitt Romney showing up at events for former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich and the Romney campaign saying no on a takedown notice sent by NBC news regarding an ad.

The Romney camp doesn’t have to worry about any fines they might have to pay; it’s a given the governor has the campaign bucks. The controversial ad, one of an avalanche of attack ads on Gingrich, shows the Speaker when he was reprimanded by Congress. The ad of course doesn't show the announcements from media when Gingrich was cleared.

A new Quinnipiac poll shows Romney leading Gingrich. There’s an intriguing item in the poll, however, that shows the race is still fluid.

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Friday shooting range: Popping a cap in a few Newt smears

Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney made a few claims during the CNN-Republican Party of Florida-Hispanic Leadership Network debate in Jacksonville on January 26. It’s Friday, so we thought we’d go to the political shooting range and pop caps in a few of those smears.

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Santorum takes Jacksonville debate; Paul close behind

Updated on Friday, January 27, 2012 at 10:35AM by Kay B. Day, Editor

Republican presidential candidates debated in Jacksonville on January 26. (Photo used with permission; David S. Holloway / CNN)

Could anyone really watch the CNN debate in Jacksonville on Thursday and overlook the fact that the two strongest performers in the evening’s exchanges were former Sen. Rick Santorum (Penn.) and Rep. Ron Paul (Texas)?

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Obviously Newt isn’t the insider candidate—a nugget is buried in this video

In my lifetime I don’t think I’ve ever witnessed a mobilization of bias like what I am seeing now in the 2012 Republican Primary. One by one, candidates have fallen either because of their debate performance or negative attacks.

I watched as one of the nation’s most accomplished governors, Rick Perry (Texas), was eviscerated not just because of his debate skills, but because of some of the most foolish smear stories I’ve ever read.

Herman Cain dealt with the attacks too and then he suspended his campaign.

Now former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich is the target.

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Afghan soldiers killing US soldiers; are we being kept in the dark?

By Chris Carter

Afghan soldiers turned guns on their US and NATO trainers more in 2011 than perhaps any other year, and the military organization running the war in Afghanistan has responded by choosing not to report details of these incidents.

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Did earlier primary for Florida help cause divisiveness?

There’s an article at Sunshine State News quoting Florida Senate president Mike Haridopolos (R-Merritt Island) on the wisdom of moving the state’s primary ahead. Haridopolos suggested it was a good move for the candidates and the state.

Haridopolos also said this:

“He added that the Legislature has been shown to have made the correct choice, even at the expense of half the state’s delegates to the GOP national convention, which will be held in Tampa in August.”

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