From another one of us(!): “Even as Donald Trump leads in the GOP presidential horse race, almost half of Republicans believe that he is hurting their party’s image, according to a new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll“.
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A new Fox News poll suggests that Rick Perry could be left out when Republican presidential contenders queue up for a highly touted debate Thursday in Cleveland. Ted Cruz of Texas, 6% Sen.
But then he appeared to have second thoughts and, awkwardly, pulled back “In fact I got a T-Shirt at the, ah, Jeb swag store that says, ah, um, ‘My dad’s the greatest man alive”.
While Thursday’s debate will be broadcast on Fox News, Monday’s event was aired on C-SPAN and local television stations in Iowa and South Carolina – states that, along with New Hampshire, will host the first contests in the presidential primary calendar next February.
Initially, Trump was thought to have no chance after announcing his candidacy with a speech that offended Mexican immigrants. Of the three, Paul’s grasp on a podium is most tenuous, as Trump has devoured airtime and drawn away some of the Kentucky senator’s more fringe supporters. Marco Rubio, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, Texas Sen.
“Thursday’s debate will be the first debate, not the last debate”, said Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, who all but conceded he wouldn’t qualify for Thursday’s affair.
Fox said that it determined participation by averaging the results of the five most recent national opinion polls done by nationally recognized organizations, not affiliated with a party or a candidate. They spent more time talking about the shortcomings of Hillary Clinton and President Obama than critiquing each other. Rick Santorum, former New York Gov. George Pataki and former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore.
“The question for Donald Trump is whether or not he’s interested in the Republican Party or just interested in Trump”, O’Connell said Tuesday on “The Steve Malzberg Show” on Newsmax TV.
“I think people are exhausted, they’re sick and exhausted of incompetent politicians”, he said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” when asked to explain his rise.
For example, in a Monmouth University survey released Monday, Kasich was the 10th candidate with the support of 3.2 percent of voters.
Trump, viewed as somewhat of a political freak by Republicans, has warned he will run as an independent if the GOP doesn’t treat him as a serious candidate.
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But after taking the margin of error into account, Monmouth noted that Kasich’s support could be as low as 1.5 percent, while nearly any of the candidates who polled lower could be that high or higher.
