TIME Staff

• Jon Ralston previews the Nevada caucuses.
• Romney heads in 15 or 20 points up.
• How much does Romney’s ad advantage matter?
• Trump will back Newt.

• Romney inevitable again.
• Next up: Minnesota and a possible Bachmann endorsement.
• He’ll get Secret Service protection.
• The Sunlight Foundation digs in on brand new super PAC disclosures.

• Expectations are set for double-digit Romney win in Florida. Silver has his margin at 15.
• Gingrich predicts “decisive victory” nonetheless.
• Eight counties to watch in today’s voting.
• Meet Mitt’s trustee.

• Florida moves out of sight for Gingrich, who’s down 10 or 15 points in the latest polls.
• His campaign is spinning the loss and Newt might just fight out the rest of the race on bile alone.
• He is promising Administration posts left and right.
• How Romney’s team scrambled to sink Gingrich–again. (For one, they outspent him by $12 million.)

• The economy grew at a 2.8% clip in the final quarter of 2011.
• Romney opens up a 9-point lead on Gingrich in Florida.
• He was spring-loaded every time Newt attacked in last night’s debate:

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• Gingrich may have peaked in Florida.
• Forget Newt vs. Mitt, growing economic optimism is the most important indicator of Obama’s re-election fortunes.
• Romney, immigration and Florida.
• He has a strong electability argument to make against Gingrich there.

• After a year of fighting, Obama barely mentioned budgets in his state of the union address.
• Romney was the shadow in the chamber throughout.
• Gingrich PAC says it will spend $6 million on this takedown of Romney on health care, which includes a Obama death hug cameo.

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• Romney’s tax disclosure: 14% effective rate, $3 million to Uncle Sam, just under $3 million to charity, half or more of which went to the LDS church.
• Mitt feels people’s pain in Florida.
• Adelson giving Gingrich another $5 million to bankroll his campaign there.