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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney holds a seven-point lead over former House Speaker Newt Gingrich just two days before the Florida primary, according to Public Policy Polling’s daily tracking poll. (more)

BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum said Sunday his daughter Bella remains in the hospital with pneumonia but is recovering after a rough 36 hours. (more)

Last week in his Politico column, MSNBC “Morning Joe” host Joe Scarborough wrote that “only three species destined to survive a nuclear holocaust will be cockroaches, Cher and Newton Leroy Gingrich,” referring to the sustainability of Gingrich’s campaign. (more)

Michelle Obama is playing a growing role in her husband’s re-election campaign, partly as a fundraiser, but especially as a cheerleader for her husband’s female supporters. (more)

Fidel Castro took to Cuban state media to voice his contempt for the GOP Florida primary race occurring less than 100 miles north of his Gulf communist paradise. (more)

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has overcome former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich’s post-South Carolina surge to regain his lead in Florida, according to two new polls released on Thursday. (more)

MIAMI, Fla. — Mitt Romney said Wednesday at a “Meet the Candidates” forum sponsored by Univision that though his father was born in Mexico, he didn’t consider himself Mexican-American — but he wouldn’t mind if Floridians thought he was when they cast their ballot in the GOP primary Tuesday. (more)

Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich has a message for former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi: Put up or shut up. (more)

Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich may see himself as a Marco Rubio figure in Florida, but the freshman senator beloved by the tea party isn’t backing him up on that. (more)

Democratic officials are using Gov. Mitt Romney’s tax records to hammer him in Florida. (more)

TAMPA, Fla. — Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney used his first response at Monday night’s GOP primary debate in Tampa to attack Newt Gingrich’s record, a theme he kept up throughout the night. (more)

A week and a half ago, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney’s victory in the Republican primary was near inevitable, likely to be locked up at the South Carolina primary. The mood of political reporters everywhere was that primary season would soon end, and the campaign trail would be merely a fond memory. (more)

CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. — During Rick Santorum’s Sunday rally in Florida, a great sign war erupted between supporters of Texas Rep. Ron Paul and supporters of the former Pennsylvania senator. Had it not been for a certain soul singer comparing Democrats to slave masters and Nazis, the Conflict of the Signs might have stolen the show. (more)

CORAL SPRINGS, Fl. — The most exciting part of former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum’s rally Sunday was the soul band that opened for him. (more)

CORAL SPRINGS, FL. — Rick Santorum told a Florida crowd on Sunday that if Iran doesn’t dismantle its nuclear program, a Santorum administration would do the job for them. (more)

If former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney was hoping for an endorsement from former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush to reinforce his lead in the Florida GOP primary polls, he’d best look elsewhere. (more)

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich has won the South Carolina primary by a landslide, with numbers so big that the major networks called the race almost immediately after the polls closed. (more)

A day after President Barack Obama nixed up to 20,000 high-wage Keystone XL pipeline construction jobs, he flew down to Florida to tout his support for low-wage tourism jobs. (more)

If Mitt Romney wins the Jan. 21 South Carolina primary, as polls suggest he may, the 2012 primary season will likely be recorded as one of the most decisive in history. (more)

Former President George W. Bush wanted his brother Jeb to run for president in 2012, his wife Laura told an audience in Florida on Wednesday. (more)