This doesn’t add up

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Compare the graph above to the article below:

Consensus of Polls Shows Romney Up in Florida

You can find pretty much every species of poll in Florida right now.

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Though the numbers were here and there, the outcome was the same everywhere.

Unless there is a major glitch, Mitt Romney will beat Newt Gingrich.

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For the past few days we’ve seen numerous polls stating that Romney is extending his lead over Gingrich in Florida. But at the same time nationwide polls show that Romney’s popularity is going down like the Costa Concordia.

WTF?

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Family Business

"Four more years and they'll be ready for Jeb"

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Obama hosts the Bushes at White House

Former President George H. W. Bush and his son Jeb made an unannounced visit to the White House on Friday, meeting in the Oval Office with President Obama.

The White House released a photo of the meeting via Twitter Friday evening, with the elder Bush shown sitting in a wheelchair. The former president and the former Florida governor were in Washington for the annual Alfalfa dinner, an exclusive black-tie event. The meeting had not been on the president’s official schedule.

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You know how it is – when relatives drop by unexpectedly you have to make time for them.

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Cut out the middleman

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Romney would rank among richest presidents ever

Just how rich is Mitt Romney? Add up the wealth of the last eight presidents, from Richard Nixon to Barack Obama. Then double that number. Now you’re in Romney territory.

He would be among the richest presidents in American history if elected — probably in the top four.

He couldn’t top George Washington who, with nearly 60,000 acres and more than 300 slaves, is considered the big daddy of presidential wealth. After that, it gets complicated, depending how you rate Thomas Jefferson’s plantation, Herbert Hoover’s millions from mining or John F. Kennedy’s share of the vast family fortune, as well as the finer points of factors like inflation adjustment.

But it’s safe to say the Roosevelts had nothing on Romney, and the Bushes are nowhere close.

The former Massachusetts governor has disclosed only the broad outlines of his wealth, putting it somewhere from $190 million to $250 million. That easily could make him 50 times richer than Obama, who falls in the still-impressive-to-most-of-us range of $2.2 million to $7.5 million.

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If you worried about electing a Wall Street puppet, vote for Romney and cut out the middleman.

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