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Three of the four Republican candidates for president will make a flurry of campaign appearances across Nevada on Friday as they seek to get out the vote just a day before the state's caucuses.

Mitt Romney said in an interview set to air Thursday evening that he “misspoke” when he said that he was “not concerned about the very poor.” In an interview with Nevada’s “Face to Face with Jon Ralston,” the former Massachusetts governor and GOP presidential front-runner said he merely flubbed a line that he has said before.

When they finally took the stage together, Mr. Romney uttered perhaps the truest statement of the event, which had come together in a last-minute flurry after false reports that Mr. Trump would throw his support behind Newt Gingrich. “There are some things that you just can’t imagine happening in your life,” Mr. Romney said. “This is one of them.”

Newt Gingrich is challenging Florida's winner-take-all primary, arguing in a letter that is being sent Thursday that since the state held its primary early that it must award delegates proportionally under existing Republican National Committee policies.

Mitt Romney can argue that winning ugly is still winning, especially in a contest he could not afford to lose. But Romney’s decisive victory in Florida came at a price. He aggravated Newt Gingrich’s hostility to him, with all the trouble that could entail, and left behind a dispirited Republican electorate in a state the GOP needs to win this fall.

Mitt Romney may be holding a rally in Minnesota on Wednesday, but it's not an indication that he'll win the backing of former rival Michele Bachmann, the Minnesota congresswoman said.

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is getting Secret Service protection, according to two people with knowledge of the plans. A Romney campaign adviser said the Secret Service will provide security for the former Massachusetts governor starting late Wednesday.

Mitt Romney won the Florida presidential primary Tuesday, taking a long stride toward capturing the GOP nomination and dealing a potentially mortal blow to the hopes of the once-resurgent Newt Gingrich.

There is a good bit of confusion about how Florida will award its delegates following today’s primary. So, to clear things up, here’s where we stand: A new Republican National Committee rule says that no state holding its presidential contest before April is allowed to award its delegates to the national convention on a winner-take-all basis.