[Petrosius]

60% of Republicans (Trump: 33%, Carson 20% and Cruz 7%) reject the GOPe.

[Tupelo]

I wonder if Carson’s polling will drop after he came out with his immigration reform plan. Amnesty?

I also wonder if after the “debate” on Wednesday, the MSM & the GOPe will start cooking the polls to make Jeb and or Christy look better.

[SamAdams76]

Just amazing how the establishment candidates have been kept in single digits by two candidates who have never before held political office.

I would be amazed if Ben Carson (the "surging surgeon") can maintain those polling numbers. My theory is that many would-be Trump voters are parked with Carson for the time being.

[9YearLurker]

I’m not so sure. Where are the usual GOPe/RINO voters in the poll? It almost looks like they’re getting friskie themselves, saying at this point that they back Carson—the “nice” Trump.

[Don Corleone]

Poor Karl Rove was choking on these numbers this AM on Fox. It coffee spewing fun to watch him try to dance around what is painfully obvious, that his boy, Bush, has blown it big time.

[VanDeKoik]

“Bush crumbles”

Tis a good Monday.

[kabar]

33 percent of Republicans and GOP-leaning independents now favor Trump for the nomination, with 20 percent for Carson – up 9 and 14 percentage points, respectively, since July. Jeb Bush has crumpled to 8 percent, down from a field-leading 21 percent in March and his first single-digit result in ABC/Post polls this cycle. Among others, Scott Walker’s tumbled to 2 percent, down 11 points since midsummer.

I got a kick out of Rove this morning reminding us that on this very exact day four years ago Rick Perry was leading the field. I wonder if Rove thinks that Bush who led the field in March and is now in single digits can recover to lead the field again. Has it ever happened before? Doubt it.

[JediJones]

I saw the gay commentator on Fox News the other night saying the only candidates he thought would be good on “foreign policy” were Bush, Rubio, Kasich and Fiorina.

Obviously he really meant they’d be good on gay issues. But it’s important to keep those 4 candidates categorized in the RINO camp. Keep in mind these are also 4 candidates who balked loudly at the idea of getting rid of birthright citizenship for illegals.