DAY'S END ROUNDUP

FROM THE BLOGS:

Gohmert: Alaska pipeline necessary to protect caribou love lives
The Texas Republican said that heat emanating from the development of an Alaska oil pipeline is spurring the recovery of the caribou population in the state, In the Loop reports.

How to date conservative
Talking Points Memo crashes the dating seminar at Thursday's Conservative Political Action Conference.

Romney should flip-flop on minimum wage
The National Review urges the Republican front-runner to abandon his stated support for a minimum wage indexed to inflation, calling it the "full trifecta of political incompetence."

How Romney can win conservatives over
The American's James Pethokoukis gives the former governor talking points to stress as he woos conservatives thus far wary of his campaign.

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:

Pelosi: 'Colbert used to be my friend'
The House minority leader deadpans that the late-night comedian "must be stopped" as part of an ad in support of the Disclose Act, The Hill's Alicia M. Cohn reports.

Romney: Obama will capitulate on contraception
The GOP front-runner said the president would "suffer enormous consequence" if he didn't back off the new mandate, The Hill's Daniel Strauss reports.