Trump is also in the lead in New Hampshire at 18%, though that’s softer than where the billionaire businessman was in late July, when his polling was more than double that of Bush.
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But the CNN poll – conducted after the first GOP primary debate last Thursday – found Trump still holding his lead and Carson gaining ground.
Political experts and observers have stressed that an independent Trump candidacy could spell disaster for Republicans because such a move would likely split the GOP vote and hand an election victory to likely Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.
But on Monday, the poll-leading Republican candidate eased up on his criticism of the network, tweeting that Roger Ailes, the head of Fox News, had called him.
Trump proceeded to slam Kelly as unprofessional after the event ended, saying she singled him out with unfair questions and later adding it may have been due to her menstrual cycle.
CBS- Donald Trump says his campaign is prepared to lay out specific policy plans. “But I do want to keep that door open in case I don’t get treated fairly”. “I’m just not prepared to tell you right now”. The self-proclaimed multimillionaire was apparently not happy with Kelly’s questions regarding the verbal attacks he had launched against women.
Trump also refuted a report that he was considering ruling out a third-party run.
“Megyn Kelly is a strong woman and more than capable of defending herself against Donald Trump“, Clinton said.
Fallon’s impression was pretty spot on, as the talk show host skewered Trump’s response. Carly Fiorina, in the night’s earlier debate, managed to bring up his past support of Democrats and liberal positions in a concise soundbite that somehow didn’t come across as overheated, as other attacks on Trump have.
Nearly two-thirds of respondents – 66 percent – said they were still trying to decide which candidate to support.
In a cursory Internet search of recent Trump-related kerfuffles, it appears that Donald Trump has never publicly apologized for anything. “When I said blood was coming out of her wherever, I obviously meant nose and ears”.
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Trump has been in the spotlight since dominating the Republican party’s first televised debate last week, in which he sparred with the network’s Megyn Kelly on the issue of his treatment of women.
