On the Trail: Jan. 24

Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich are neck and neck in Florida.

Mitt Romney - Mitt Romney hopes to rebound after a stunning loss to Newt Gingrich in the South Carolina primary, and he and his surrogates are on the attack, targeting Gingrich’s behavior during his time as House speaker and the way he’s earned money since leaving office. "I think as you look at the speaker's record over time, it's been highly erratic," Romney said Monday. "He's gone from pillar to post almost like a pinball machine, from item to item in a way which is highly erratic." According to new polls, however, the lead Romney had just last week in the Sunshine State is beginning to shrink. He also finally agreed to release his tax records, which showed that in 2010 he paid a 13.9 percent federal tax rate because most of his income comes from investments.(Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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Mitt Romney - Mitt Romney hopes to rebound after a stunning loss to Newt Gingrich in the South Carolina primary, and he and his surrogates are on the attack, targeting Gingrich’s behavior during his time as House speaker and the way he’s earned money since leaving office. "I think as you look at the speaker's record over time, it's been highly erratic," Romney said Monday. "He's gone from pillar to post almost like a pinball machine, from item to item in a way which is highly erratic." According to new polls, however, the lead Romney had just last week in the Sunshine State is beginning to shrink. He also finally agreed to release his tax records, which showed that in 2010 he paid a 13.9 percent federal tax rate because most of his income comes from investments.(Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Newt Gingrich\r  - Fresh off of his decisive win in South Carolina, Newt Gingrich’s surge continues in the Sunshine State. According to an Insider Advantage poll published Jan. 22, he leads Mitt Romney by eight points. A Rasmussen Reports poll of likely Republican primary voters taken in Florida Sunday shows Gingrich with 41 percent compared to 32 percent for Romney.\r(Photo: Richard Ellis/Getty Images)

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Newt Gingrich\r  - Fresh off of his decisive win in South Carolina, Newt Gingrich’s surge continues in the Sunshine State. According to an Insider Advantage poll published Jan. 22, he leads Mitt Romney by eight points. A Rasmussen Reports poll of likely Republican primary voters taken in Florida Sunday shows Gingrich with 41 percent compared to 32 percent for Romney.\r(Photo: Richard Ellis/Getty Images)

Ron Paul - Rep. Ron Paul is skipping the Florida primary and heading for Nevada, where voters will cast ballots on Feb. 4. The Texas lawmaker believes that focusing on Nevada and Minnesota will be a wiser use of his resources. Florida is an extremely expensive state to advertise in and with its winner-take-all delegate system, it’s not worth it for Paul, who came in last in the South Carolina contest, to spend money in a state that he has no chance of winning. (Photo: John W. Adkisson/Getty Images)

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Ron Paul - Rep. Ron Paul is skipping the Florida primary and heading for Nevada, where voters will cast ballots on Feb. 4. The Texas lawmaker believes that focusing on Nevada and Minnesota will be a wiser use of his resources. Florida is an extremely expensive state to advertise in and with its winner-take-all delegate system, it’s not worth it for Paul, who came in last in the South Carolina contest, to spend money in a state that he has no chance of winning. (Photo: John W. Adkisson/Getty Images)

Rick Santorum - Rick Santorum campaigned Sunday at the church of controversial African-American minister Rev. O’Neal Dozier, who says same-sex marriage, Islam and abortion are threats to the nation and that Americans won’t elect a Mormon to be president. “Then you have the Blacks,” Dozier said. “Mitt Romney is not going to get [the Black vote] because he is in a Mormon. In the heart of the Mormon religion there is this teaching that the Black man was cursed. I believe that Obama’s surrogates will use that against him.” Dozier’s rhetoric was too much for former White House hopeful Herman Cain, who canceled an appearance with him when still in the race.(Photo: REUTERS/Andrew Innerarity)

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Rick Santorum - Rick Santorum campaigned Sunday at the church of controversial African-American minister Rev. O’Neal Dozier, who says same-sex marriage, Islam and abortion are threats to the nation and that Americans won’t elect a Mormon to be president. “Then you have the Blacks,” Dozier said. “Mitt Romney is not going to get [the Black vote] because he is in a Mormon. In the heart of the Mormon religion there is this teaching that the Black man was cursed. I believe that Obama’s surrogates will use that against him.” Dozier’s rhetoric was too much for former White House hopeful Herman Cain, who canceled an appearance with him when still in the race.(Photo: REUTERS/Andrew Innerarity)