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With only weeks until the starting gun sounds off in Iowa, it's time to face some hard truths. In particular, the truth we've all denied for months as we chanted, "Trump can't win" into the wind like a mantra. I've spent most of that time believing there is no possibility of a Trump nomination. And now, nearly eight months after he fumbled onto the scene with a 45-minute improv session in front of reporters, it's time to come to terms with reality. Trump could be the Republican nominee for president. And his alternative could be much worse. Professionals all over...

Ted Cruz told reporters, who once again asked about the Trumped-up phony eligibility claims, that Trump is disturbed that conservatives are rallying behind him, and that he’s only attacking him because he’s losing in Iowa:Cruz: Trump is worried because he's trailing in Iowa (Video)It’s so true that Trump is disturbed. Remember when Ben Carson was leading in Iowa? Trump told Iowans they were stupid for supporting Carson and accused Carson of having some ‘pathological condition’. When Trump is a desperate man he’ll say anything to win, no matter how ridiculous and dishonest. And his fervent Trumpers will follow right along,...

Jan 6-10 Likely Republican Caucus Goers Bush 3% Carson 8% Christie 6% Cruz 25% Fiorina 1% Gilmore - Huckabee 2% Kasich 3% Paul 4% Rubio 10% Santorum 2% Trump 29% Other 1% Undecided 5%

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The Republican establishment in Virginia doesn’t even try to hide its fear and loathing of Donald Trump. They have even stooped to trying to force voters to sign a “loyalty oath” as an intimidation tactic to try to stop Trump. This is why the new Overtime poll results from a survey taken from January 3rd to the 5th is both encouraging for Trump and should be troubling for his only remaining rival, Texas Senator Ted Cruz. While the poll shows the usual solid lead Trump has overall–in this case a 9 point advantage at 28% to 19%–the headline doesn’t provide...

More than any political candidate in memory, Donald Trump's value proposition to voters is simple and crystal clear: He's a winner. Everything else follows from that. He doesn't owe wealthy political donors or political elites anything. He'll get the best trade deals and kick the most terrorist ass. He'll defy political correctness and tell it like it is. ISIS will give us its oil. Mexico will pay for our wall. Corporations will beg us to relocate their factories to the US. Why? Because Trump is a winner. "We will have so much winning if I get elected," he assures us,...

Under assault from Donald Trump, Ted Cruz offered something of a thinly veiled contrast Friday.... Cruz, in the middle of an intense 28-county bus tour, has been arguing that he is out working the GOP field on the ground as they rely on "slick Hollywood TV ads." Asked by reporters if he had much faith in the ground game of a Trump, Cruz mocked his opulence. "I feel confident that I'm never going to have a plane with my name on it," he said at a church. "How do you run a grassroots campaign? It's very time intensive. It's labor...

Donald Trump is looking strong in Michigan, with a 15 point lead over Marco Rubio. Not far behind Rubio is Ted Cruz with 17% of the vote. The Cruz/Rubio dynamic is going to be interesting over the next couple of months, and I suspect it will come to a head on March 1st. Unless something wild happens, either Cruz, or Rubio, will probably drop out of the race in mid-March. While Rubio may be shut out of receiving any delegates due to not reaching Texas' proportionality threshold of 20%, there is a decent chance he would win Florida outright on...

The heated rhetoric and large candidate field have made the Republican primary race look loud and messy. But here's a simple way to view the landscape: The GOP electorate is divided into three, broad groups, each roughly equal in size. There is the socially conservative wing, which has elevated Sen. Ted Cruz and Ben Carson. The GOP's establishment-friendly, more-centrist wing backs Sen. Marco Rubio and a few others. And then there are the Donald Trump voters, a largely working-class and male group drawn together by Mr. Trump's unique persona and, in large measure, his promise to end illegal immigration. With...

On a frigid night when Hillary Clinton drew an estimated 600 people to a campaign event in Des Moines, Iowa, Donald Trump was a world away in icier Massachusetts and out-drawing her twelve-fold – including one man who brought a pocket full of handgun ammunition. New England voters gave him a warm reception in the college town of Lowell on Monday after braving 19-degree weather and 10 mph winds as they stood in an hours-long Secret Service line to see him at the Paul Tsongas Center, a 7,300-seat arena that was packed to the rafters. 'You guys are tough!' Trump...