Posted on 07/01/2015 4:19:50 PM PDT by Mariner
Donald Trump is surging. In a field that has grown to 16 Republican presidential candidates (once Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and Ohio Gov. John Kasich make their candidacies official), Trump is now in second place pretty much wherever you look. A new Quinnipiac poll of Iowa voters shows him tied for second with Ben Carson; they each have 10 percent to Walker’s 18. The latest CNN/WMUR poll in New Hampshire also puts Trump in second, with 11 percent, behind only Jeb Bush at 16 percent. And in the Huffington Post Pollster average of national polls, Trump comes in a mere 0.7 percent behind Bush.
While everyone has treated the Trump story as an amusing sideshow to the campaign (which it certainly is), there’s a genuine danger for the GOP in his presence that goes beyond the simple fact that he makes the party look silly (which he certainly does). More than any other candidate, Trump is telling Latinos that the Republican Party doesn’t like them.
Now let’s be clear: It isn’t as though Trump is going to be a serious contender for the nomination. But he could also go significantly higher than he is now. Just think about what happened in 2012, when one ridiculous candidate after another shot to the front of the Republican primary race. At one point, Rick Perry was in the lead with 32 percent support. Herman Cain once led with 26 percent. Newt Gingrich topped the field with 35 percent. Rick Santorum was No. 1 with 34 percent. The 2016 race may or may not be that volatile, but it will certainly have some ups and downs, as one candidate or another will stumble and another will rise.
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Yeah no more Bushes, Cruz supported Trumps statements if Trump falls out, I can see him supporting Cruz.
He may have had an epiphany about the desperate straits were in.
Yes, I’m supporting Cruz into the primary.
I have yet to chose a second..
I think I’ll wait until after the primary now....but I think Walker might be best in show, in terms of accomplishments fighting the Libs..
Couldn’t have summarized any better...nice.
Whether planted or willfully sacrificial, Perot repeatedly shot himself in the foot when his popularity would take off...crazy daughter/wedding scenarios, etc.
Trump, IMO, is a walking Strawman and a Clintonista.
I think you did make the money issue clear. And if they’re simply buying the Republicans and the Republicans don’t care if they win the White House or not, then fine, perhaps this will work for them.
If they do it won’t.
We’ve got a larger group than ever ready to sit out the Republican candidate if he’s another steaming road apple next year.
the first order of business for a third party should be to crush the second.
there is no evidence to suggest that the GOP is #1.
and?
“What made him drop out then get back in (back in as a damned joke) in 1992....?”
answer: He was an establishment mole. seriously....
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