The top 10 GOP presidential contenders

The Washington Post's The Fix ^ | May 8, 2015 | Chris Cillizza

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A 2016 poll came out in New Hampshire this week that carried some very bad news for Chris Christie.

The survey, conducted by WMUR-TV, showed the New Jersey governor at 3 percent in the New Hampshire primary, putting him in 11th place in the field -- and two points behind reality show "star"/political huckster Donald Trump. Worse for Christie is that when WMUR last polled the New Hampshire primary back in February, he took 9 percent of the vote.

So, in the space of less than three months, Christie's support dropped by two-thirds in perhaps the one state where he must do well if he wants to be a serious-ish candidate for the nomination. As WMUR's John DiStaso, the dean of Granite State political reporters, writes on the poll:

"If a poll with such a tightly packed field can signal concern for any one contender, it would be for New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who dropped from 9 percent in February to 3 percent, even after rolling out an entitlement reform plan that received positive reviews for its candor."

Yup.

We are accordingly dropping Christie to No. 8 in our list of the 10 most likely 2016 GOP nominees. But why aren't we dropping Christie from our rankings altogether? Because what 2012 taught us is that the presidential cycle is composed of a series of smaller boom/bust cycles that propel or hamstring candidates....

[dware]

They want GOP or nothing. They don't actually care what his positions are. As long as their team 'wins'

You are correct! It's shameful, really. The vast majority of GOP voters should just be honest and go ahead and register D, because ultimately, that's what they support. There is no difference between the parties at this point. We've wasted more time over the past couple years battling our own party, because they have turned left. No more. I won't be a party to it.

[amnestynone]

This article is BS and I didn’t even read it!