[SamAdams76]

I don't think the final chapter has been written quite yet with respect to Trump. He has picked up over 200,000 supporters on Twitter since the beginning of the month, over 30,000 in the past 24 hours alone.

The other big gainers are Ben Carson, Carly Fiorina and Ted Cruz. So Trump appears to be having a positive effect in this race, considering that the MSM guns would be trained on our conservatives if he was not in this race to take the flak.

Name	Twitter Handle	8/1/2015	8/9/2015	Gain/Loss
Donald Trump	@realDonaldTrump	3,409,127	3,620,877	211,750
Marco Rubio	@marcorubio	772,150	802,150	30,000
Rand Paul	@RandPaul	654,236	663,415	9,279
Ted Cruz	@tedcruz	443,426	461,329	17,903
Ben Carson	@RealBenCarson	393,107	459,438	66,331
Carly Fiorina	@CarlyFiorina	384,524	431,855	47,331
Mike Huckabee	@GovMikeHuckabee	378,172	387,172	9,456
Rick Perry	@GovernorPerry	305,523	310,472	4,949
¿Jeb Bush	@JebBush	239,197	254,622	15,425
Rick Santorum	@RickSantorum	236,439	238,860	2,421
Bobby Jindal	@BobbyJindal	203,428	207,292	3,864
Scott Walker	@ScottWalker	167,564	183,525	15,961
John Kasich	@JohnKasich	80,497	93,327	12,831
George Pataki	@GovernorPataki	45,350	45,606	256
Chris Christie	@ChrisChristie	40,234	41,059	825
Linda Graham	@LindseyGrahamSC	23,043	23,921	878
Jim Gilmore	@gov_gilmore	356	795	439

[nhwingut]

Jim Gilmore with about as many followers Trump gets per hour.

[DoughtyOne]

Would be interesting to know if those were positive or negative comments.

[Zeneta]

Not surprised to see Paul move up but I am for Rubio.

A Carson bump is very telling and Cruz may be the leader before to long.

A consolidation of support for our nominee will be necessary before this thing gets really ugly.

[Hawthorn]

>> Trump . . . has picked up over 200,000 supporters on Twitter since the beginning of the month <<

How's he doing in the Literary Digest poll?