Trump’s campaign did not respond to a request for clarification, but Galen called the allusions to the unknown “weasel words”. Or Carson and the anti-Carson. And they are the GOP presidential front-runners.
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During the same period, Carson gained five percentage points, while Trump fell five percentage points.
The new CBS/New York Times poll released Tuesday also shows that Ben Carson edges ahead nationally in the GOP party. Politico states that the Benghazi testimony also being done has helped Hillary Clinton jump out to a 41-point lead in Iowa, the first caucus state. Either way, the candidate with an answer for everything is suddenly off his game.
“I am the real deal, I will tell you”, Trump said.
A University of North Florida poll shows Trump with a whopping 28 percent.
Back in August, Donald Trump was pulling away from the field and enjoying rallies that brought forth a few 30,000 supporters. If you like to do that, that’s fine. “I think a lot of things are going to come out over the next period of time that are not gonna be so good for opponents, honestly”, he said. “I’m going there (to Iowa) actually today and I have tremendous crowds and I have tremendous love in the room and, you know, we seem to have hit a chord”.
Still Carson has yet to demonstrate an ability to best Trump overall.
Kasich set his sights on Carson for his announced plan to get rid of Medicare, and Trump for leading through the use of controversial rhetoric.
The former star of “The Apprentice” went on to say that he would be traveling to Iowa later on Tuesday. And they want to make it clear that it’s not the far right that is keeping the people’s billionaire afloat.
Carson’s biography and recent statements are resonating with voters – particularly in Iowa.
The retired doctor has said President Barack Obama’s health care reform was “the worst thing” since slavery and that the U.S. government was acting like Nazi Germany. Moreover, he has built his base not only among social conservatives generally – who dominate the Hawkeye State electorate like nowhere else – but among homeschoolers, specifically, the kind of people who turn out on caucus night.
“I mean, I am second – it’s not, like, terrible”, Trump rationed.
For Sanders, 68 percent of his supporters say they have Clinton as their second choice while 19 percent have O’Malley. We’re about to find out, just as soon as he decides.
He said Carson’s polling strength in Iowa hasn’t been the result of drawing new voters in. “You don’t just prove yourself because you are up in the polls”.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gestures as he speaks during a rally at West High School in Sioux City, Iowa, Tuesday, October 27, 2015.
Jeb Bush enters tonight’s CNBC Republican Presidential Debate slashing campaign staff and costs as he attempts to slash the leads Dr. Ben Carson, Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio hold over him in Iowa. “But the problem is there’s nearly no one that doesn’t like Ben Carson”.
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And thus marked a new spectacle in a campaign full of them; Trump, playing catch up.
