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div class=”dkimg-c”img src=”http://images1.dailykos.com/i/user/151025/Santorum_-_Sarah_Conard-_Reuters.jpg” alt=”Rick Santorum” height=”351″ width=”550″ / div class=”dkimg-cap”Sorry, GOP. This is the face of the GOP.

pTAMPA, Fla. — Is Newt Gingrich the Tea Party candidate? /ppThe former House Speaker (R-Ga.) won 45 percent of the vote from Florida voters who “strongly support” the Tea Party, compared to Mitt Romney’s 33 percent and former Sen. Rick Santorum’s (R-Pa.) 17 percent, a href=”http://www.foxnews.com/politics/elections/2012/florida-primary-jan-31/exit-polls” target=”_hplink”according to Florida primary exit polls/a. /ppFormer Alaska Gov.

div class=”dkimg-c”img src=”http://images2.dailykos.com/i/user/73/Daily_Kos_Elections_Liveblog_Banner.jpg” alt=”Daily Kos Elections Liveblog Banner” height=”100″ width=”550″ //div bComplete results/b: a href=”http://www.politico.com/2012-election/map/#/President/2012/Primary/NH”Politico/a | a href=”http://www.google.com/elections/ed/us/results”Google/a pspan class=”update”a name=”20120110180445″ href=”/story/2012/01/10/1053500/-New-Hampshire-Republican-primary-liveblog-5#2012011

div class=”dkimg-c”img src=”http://images1.dailykos.com/i/user/426/1-9-12-4.png” alt=”" height=”370″ width=”294″ //div pA new a href=”http://www.people-press.org/2012/01/09/gop-voters-still-unenthused-about-presidential-field/?src=prc-headline”Pew poll/a notes the problems Republicans are having with their less-than-enrapturing field:/p blockquoteOn the eve of the New Hampshire primary, Republican voters continue to express mixed views of the party’s presidential field.

div class=”dkimg-r”img src=”http://images2.dailykos.com/i/user/30549/starbursts.jpg” alt=”starbursts” height=”249″ width=”275″ //div On Monday, it was Rich Lowry at the emNational Review/em a href=”http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/286653/we-dont-have-our-team-field-rich-lowry”whining/a because the Republicans haven’t fielded their “A-team” for the 2012 presidential contest.

div class=”dkimg-r”img src=”http://images2.dailykos.com/i/user/30549/starbursts.jpg” alt=”starbursts” height=”249″ width=”275″ //div On Monday, it was Rich Lowry at the emNational Review/em a href=”http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/286653/we-dont-have-our-team-field-rich-lowry”whining/a because the Republicans haven’t fielded their “A-team” for the 2012 presidential contest.

pWASHINGTON — Located less than a block from K Street, the aptly-named Lincoln Restaurant will host more than 30 Republican lawmakers and scores of the city’s best known GOP lobbyists on Wednesday night at a fundraiser for Mitt Romney. But the main attraction at this party isn’t going to be Mitt Romney./ppInstead, it’ll be Romney’s eldest son, Tagg Romney, 41, a private equity manager who has recently taken a more active role in his father’s campaign.

pimg src=”http://images.dailykos.com/i/user/28416/APR_11_4.jpg” border=”3″ //p pVisual source: a href=”http://newseum.org”Newseum/a/p pThe a href=”http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501707_162-57317722/boehner-calls-anti-tax-activist-random-person/”Associated Press/a brings us this bit of Boehner hilarity:/p blockquoteTo many members of Congress, Grover Norquist is a force to be reckoned with.

div class=”dkimg-c”img src=”http://images2.dailykos.com/i/user/426/APR_1029.jpg” alt=”" height=”541″ width=”550″ //div psmallVisual source: a href=”http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/”Newseum/a/small/p pa href=”http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/ohio-ballot-measure-raises-democrats-hopes-for-2012/2011/10/25/gIQAe3ofPM_story.html?hpid=z2″WaPo/a:/p blockquoteA controversial law sharply curtailing collective-bargaining rights for Ohio’s public employees is sinking in the polls, raising Democratic h

div class=”dkimg-c”img src=”http://images2.dailykos.com/i/user/191280/foxdeclaresromneywinner.jpg” alt=”Romney won” height=”180″ width=”550″ //div Mitt Romney won yesterday’s tea party debate—or at least that’s what Fox wants its audience to believe.