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Dr. Ben Carson screwed the pooch ...
Ben Carson’s Iowa voters went to Ted Cruz, with Dr. Ben Carson dropping from 13% to about 8% (by Jan-1) ...
and then down to about 5% by the time of the Iowa Caucus (Feb-1) ...
Good (Iowa) news for Ted Cruz, not so good for Donald Trump, since most Christian Evangelicals will probably swing hard for Ted Cruz in Iowa ...
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Agreed. The fact that going in to the debate last night Carson still had enough voters to make a difference is great news for Cruz. Carson lost a lot more of his support last night.
Trump can afford to lose Iowa. Cruz can't.
Cruz is the #1, #2 or #3 choice of an astonishing 97% of primary voters, so he will benefit every time a candidate drops out.