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The New Hampshire poll comes on the heels of CNN/ORC surveys in Iowa and nationally both showing Trump with growing leads over the rest of the GOP field. She sits at more than 56 percent, putting her 25 points ahead of Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders.
An overwhelming amount of voters agree Trump is the candidate who displays strong leadership. Ted Cruz by 6 percent and former business executive Carly Fiorina and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson each by 5 percent in the poll, which had a margin of error of plus or minus 4.9 percent, and this put Christie, Bush, Kasich, Cruz, Fiorina and Carson at a statistical tie. Ted Cruz at a private NY event Wednesday reportedly questioned either one’s fitness to be commander in chief. Cruz has, however, spent nearly double what the Rubio campaign has doled out.
Mrs. Cruz is said to be an intellectual equal to her husband. U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) has gained seven points from October, but the two candidates who have gained the most from Carson’s decline are Cruz and Rubio. The Family Leader’s Bob Vander Plaats, an evangelical with a large following within the state whose endorsement is sought by candidates absorbing to religious conservatives. Carson is close behind in third place with 14 percent and Rubio with 11 percent. Jeb Bush is getting the backing of just 3 percent of Republican primary voters nationwide, his lowest percentage to date in CBS News polling. Neither is met with a lot of enthusiasm, but there is somewhat more anxiety about a Trump presidency (64 percent) than a Clinton one (57 percent).
There have also been some shifts in the poll in favorability ratings since September.
Watch for Cruz and Rubio to be battling it out in Iowa from here on out. “I continue to like and respect Donald Trump”.
If some are scratching their heads over Cruz’s success in the new Iowa poll, Clinton friend and operative James Carville is not. Trump has largely responded in kind, saying eventually Cruz will go on the attack and then Trump will retaliate.
“We can’t do that”, Carson said. “We’ve invited everybody into Iowa to campaign, so wouldn’t it be intellectually dishonest to tell him you ought to never come back to Iowa”. He cited the First Amendment to emphasize that he wouldn’t discriminate based on a visitor’s religion.
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Lynch’s comments Monday seemed to better capture that balance by focusing on those who might act out, rather than those who may be fomenting trouble. Asked if he had concerns about GOP rhetoric against Muslim Americans, Cruz denied the sentiment was broad. “So, [what] we’re focused on, obviously, is protecting all of the people under the ambit of the Department of Justice”.
