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[StephanieVanbryce]

* CHARLIE CRIST COMFORTABLY LEADS RICK SCOTT: A new Quinnipiac poll [ http://www.quinnipiac.edu/institutes-and-centers/polling-institute/florida/release-detail?ReleaseID=2000 ] finds Democrat Charlie Crist with an eight point lead in his bid to oust GOP Governor Rick Scott, 46-38. The minimum wage hike is favored in Florida by 73-24, even as it’s set to become a more prominent issue here and elsewhere. Crist leads Scott in nearly every measure, from the economy to health care — where Crist has hit Scott for dragging his feet on the Medicaid expansion, which Dems are using as an issue against other Dem governors, too.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2014/01/30/morning-plum-republicans-surrendering-on-debt-limit-not-so-fast/