Tuesday round up: Benko, Kadlec, and The NY Sun on Gingrich and gold; Mitchell on Romney's tax response; Moore and Pethokoukis on the SOTU.

From Forbes, Ralph Benko and Charles Kadlec link Newt Gingrich’s embrace of a gold dollar to his rising popularity.

The NY Sun notes the monetary affinity growing between Gingrich and Ron Paul.

At International Liberty, Dan Mitchell criticizes Mitt Romney’s debate response on his tax rate.

On The Kudlow Report, Stephen Moore and James Pethokoukis discuss the State of the Union address:



At Alhambra Partners, Joe Calhoun argues the world’s economic problems call for skepticism.

From First Trust, Brian Wesbury suggests the economy is strong.

At Reason, Peter Suderman notes that the expansion of food stamps began under President Bush.

In The NYT, Bruce Bartlett discusses the fundamentals of tax reform.
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