First Word: Not-so-Sweet Carolina

Here are some articles we’ve been bandying about today. The GOP presidential race has gotten a lot more interesting now that Mitt Romney is being forced to answer questions. 

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• Willard M. Romney pegs his tax rate at around 15%.
• Mitt downplays $374,000 in speaking fees as “not very much“
• Will Newt Gingrich’s stirring debate performance make S.C. race a nail-biter?
• Gingrich, Santorum court S.C. tea party.
• Brigham Young University portrait of Mitt Romney
• Michael Scherer roundup of last night’s GOP debate
• Obama: I’m going to Disney World, promoting travel and tourism
• Pinkberry owner arrested for allegedly beating homeless man
• 48 memorable moments to celebrate the First Lady’s 48th birthday
• Inside Obama campaign’s massive and astonishing data-mining project
• Exasperated coast guard ordered captain to go back to sinking ship
• New RNC ad attacking President Obama features familiar msnbc faces