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January 31, 2012 | | FINAL HOURS Mitt Romney is confident of a victory as Florida voters head to the polls on Tuesday, with some polls showing him with as much as a 15-point lead over Newt Gingrich. Is it do or die for Gingrich if he loses Tuesday? A win for Romney could end the Gingrich comeback. The Daily Beast’s Howard Kurtz on how the GOP establishment helped neutralize Newt. Uprising World leaders are in New York on Tuesday to discuss a plan to end the violence in Syria, which continues to worsen as President Bashar al-Assad's troops retaliate against gains made by rebels over the weekend. At least 30 people were reportedly killed Monday as Assad loyalists seized Damascus suburbs that had been taken over by Army defectors. A joint European-Arab resolution calling for Assad to cede power to a deputy has the support of the 10 security council members necessary to bring it to a vote, but Russia continues to threaten to block the measure. Russia and China vetoed an attempt at a resolution in October. Behind The Scenes In a speech to House Democrats, Vice President Joe Biden gave a detailed—and dramatic—look at the administration's debate over killing Osama bin Laden. It turns out Biden, along with other senior officials, opposed the raid, but they were overruled by President Obama. In the Situation Room, Obama polled his staff on whether they should go ahead with the raid. “Every single person in that room hedged their bet except Leon Panetta,” Biden recalled. “Leon said go. Everyone else said, 49, 51.” Obama then asked Biden, who said, “You know, I didn’t know we had so many economists around the table. We owe the man a direct answer. Mr. President, my suggestion is, don’t go. We have to do two more things to see if he’s there.” The next morning, Obama gave the go-ahead. Frigid It may not have felt very cold in most of the U.S., but in Central and Eastern Europe a brutal cold snap has killed at least 48 people so far. Ukrainian authorities say 30 people have died of hypothermia in recent days alone. Temperatures in Kiev are 10 below zero Fahrenheit and are projected to be about two below in Moscow today. It's normally about 18 degrees in Moscow at this time of year. In Prague, where the cold has also damaged train tracks, authorities are setting up tents for an estimated 3,000 homeless people. Copyright In yet another blow to the Gingrich campaign, a member of the band Survivor is suing the erstwhile frontrunner for using their song “Eye of the Tiger” during campaign appearances. The suit was filed in Chicago by Rude Music Inc., which is owned by Frank M. Sullivan III of Survivor. The band wrote the song for the movie Rocky III. Gingrich has been using “Eye of the Tiger” as a theme song since at least 2009, when he appeared at a conservative political action conference to strains of the 1982 hit. | | 
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