Poll: Donald Trump gained 15 points on Ted Cruz in Iowa in two weeks

The Washington Post ^ | 01/24/2016 | Philip Bump

[sphinx]

The media is indeed partly responsible for Trump’s polling dominance. Trump utterly dominates the coverage. Most of the other candidates are essentially blacked out. This dovetails with Trump’s effort to create a bandwagon effect. If the no-chance candidates were to drop out tomorrow and turn this into a three or four person race, the dynamic would be very different.

[MarDav]

That’s what keeps me hopeful. I do not expect a whole lot of Jeb, Carson, Rubio, Paul support to go Trump’s way. If they line up with Cruz, this race is different.

[entropy12]

Ping!

[napscoordinator]

It is better Trump then a guy who lies directly to the American people like Cruz every chance he gets. I think he might be a complete fraud which I predicted years ago. Thank God he will never grace the White House Oval Office. What a disgrace that would be seeing that scheming liar giving speeches like health care and lying saying he doesn't have it when he did. taking out loans and not report them properly hoping that nobody notices. Giving up Canadian citizenship in order to run for President. Disgraceful person.

[Flick Lives]

An Atlas Shrugged reference and your handle is Owen Kellogg. Nicely played sir.

[Flick Lives]

One week.

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Wow. It’s here. It’s time. It’s starting. Hard to believe.

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

Post of the day

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

Please save that and post it often.It bears repeating.

[VTenigma]

Horse hockey

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

Who got the ZOT?

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

Your post is spot on.I would bet a 100 on that.

[SandwicheGuy]

I don’t care who does it, I just want someone to make the pain go away.

[LS]

The important thing is that regardless of who wins, the IA winner will get a big, whopping 8-10 delegates and #2 will get 8-9.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Yeh just keep playing the swearing in at Cruz’s rally yesterday. Unreal!

[xzins]

The Beck Effect

[E. Pluribus Unum]

No wonder Cruz was speechless. That’s the last thing he needed.

[xzins]

What was he thinking? Bringing on Beck would be like appointing Bowe Bergdahl as Sec Def. Yes he was in the military, but have you noticed he’s a whack job?

[P-Marlowe]

What was he thinking? Bringing on Beck would be like appointing Bowe Bergdahl as Sec Def. Yes he was in the military, but have you noticed he’s a whack job?

I kept waiting for Trump to have a "Howard Dean Moment".

Unfortunately thanks to Beck, Cruz beat him to it.

That swearing in thing plus the Atheist Commie immigrant thing pretty much killed any chances that Cruz had.

It is all Cruz's fault though. He didn't vett Beck. And he didn't consult Free Republic before deciding to give him a microphone.

Beck is definitely unbalanced. I used to like him, but he went off the rails a few years ago. Cruz should have known better. That shows very poor judgment.

[xzins]

I hope he has Beck on a choke collar. Much more of this “help” and he’ll be watching the convention from the nose bleed seats.

[P-Marlowe]

I hope he has Beck on a choke collar.

I think it might be too late. Beck already bit off Cruz's arm. It's hard to hold a leash without arms.

I think this was Howard Dean on steroids.

I think at this point you were right. It's all over except for the balloons and the confetti.