Trump’s characteristically colorful and bombastic speech was interrupted multiple times by protesters – not an unusual occurrence at Trump rallies these days – including some people holding “Dump Trump” signs.
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The stage will be more crowded than the previous showing on Fox Business. They may not even be following the race closely enough to know which direction the polls are trending. Yet asked to state their second choice of candidate, Cruz supporters are about as likely to favour Mr Carson (26pc) as they are Mr Trump (25 percent).
How entrenched is that mindset among Trump fans? Iowa hosts the nation’s influential first caucuses on February 1, meaning the Republican field is poised to enter the final stretch before voting starts. “I took much more heat when I said illegal immigration and southern borders and the wall and all of that than I ever took for this”. So, plenty of people on stage at the Venetian casino will be staring daggers at Cruz and rooting for Trump to knock him down a peg or three.
Trump takes the top spot with 28% followed by Cruz with 27% but a Des Moines Register poll has Cruz 10 points ahead of Trump. But would Trump fans buy it?
In the new poll, respondents who say they support Mr Trump have an extremely positive view of Mr Cruz: 73pc view him favourably, while 18pc view him unfavourably. Would Trump buy that? I hope so, he will fall like all others. “I’ve seen him do well and I’ve seen him do badly”.
Palin delivered the answers to CNN’s Jake Tapper as the two played a word-association game Monday night at a “Politics on Tap” event at the Double Barrel Roadhouse in Las Vegas. The fact that Iowa is a caucus state will help Cruz too, as it should be more hard to allege nonsense in a format like that than it would in a primary state that votes by secret ballot. A deeper look into the polls suggests that Mr Cruz is poised to draw away even more of Mr Trump’s supporters.
Of course, how this holds up after Iowa and New Hampshire, assuming Carson doesn’t win either, remains to be seen. In all likelihood he’ll lead there as of January 1st.
Republicans endorse Trump’s proposal by a margin of 59 percent to 38 percent, with significant appeal across large swaths of the GOP electorate. Donald Trump’s escalating rhetoric against Muslim Americans, meanwhile, has roiled the race while bolstering his own standing with GOP voters nationally.
Trump, who has shown an uncanny ability to withstand controversies that would have felled other politicians, will no doubt set the tone during the two-hour showdown Tuesday night. “It’s that X factor”. How would he handle a late poll surge by one of his competitors that ends in defeat for him?
Clinton also called out Marco Rubio, saying he is going to extremes in his response to these issues.
Trump and Cruz have been friendly on the campaign trail for months. That would poison the rest of the primaries, but what does he care? Sixty-nine percent of adults said they would feel anxious if Trump were president.
As he’s come under unprecedented criticism, Trump is also once again dangling the threat of an independent presidential run, reprising what was an issue at the first GOP debate back in August.
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“It’s wonderful to be gathered to be here with you as we move forward, as we move forward to make sure we have one million new immigrant citizens ready to vote come 2016”, Gutierrez said. Reporter: After vowing to release his full medical report, tonight, the republican Donald Trump instead offered up just this short note from his doctor, saying trump’s physical strength and stamina are extraordinary.
