Posted on 08/09/2015 11:51:45 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
An NBC News poll taken after the Republican debate revealed some bad news for Fox News. All of their favorite establishment candidates lost support while the lunatic fringe led by Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, and Ben Carson rose to the top three positions.
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The new Republican top seven are:
ian bremmer
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Post-Debate Poll (NBC) Trump 23% Cruz 13% Carson 11% Fiorina 8% Rubio 8% Bush 7% Walker 7%
That's quite a 1, 2, 3...
10:07 AM - 9 Aug 2015
Marco Rubio was the only Fox News favored candidate to remain in the top 5, and he had one-third the amount of support of Donald Trump. Fiorina wasnt even invited to the main debate, but her performance in the early debate vaulted her into the top five.
What is most telling is that the top three slots are being occupied by candidates who have no chance in a general election. Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, and Ben Carson are the kind of candidates that Republican voters adore, but who would get crushed in November. Fox News was especially gentle with Rubio, Bush, and Walker. Rubio maintained his position of single-digit support among voters while Bush and Walker lost support.
The intention behind the Fox News debate was to build up the electable Republican candidates while getting rid of Donald Trump and ignoring the other fringe campaigns. Fox News failed on both counts. Instead of rallying their troops behind someone who could win, Fox gave momentum to the far right.
Donald Trumps post debate support is about the same as it was before the Megyn Kelly fiasco. If the goal was to get rid of Trump, the numbers from NBCs scientific Internet survey indicate that they didnt get the job done. Bush and Walker were like oatmeal and cream of wheat on the debate stage. Dull doesnt even begin to describe their lackluster performances, so it is no surprise they were not a hit with viewers.
Fox News might have helped the Republican Party lose the election by trying to pick the nominee for voters. Fox may guide the Republican Party, but the inmates are running the asylum.
That site is wrong on the budget, debt and trade. I bet it's probably a libertarian site than a true conservative site. But hey, most GOP candidates don't understand the trade issues either. Only Trump does.
What’s a FOX News?
Stats please.
Really? You get why Cruz could be considered “lunatic fringe”?
Bush is cratering even though Laura Inghram said he won the debate. How can that be?
WOW that should cause lot of heart burn inside GOPe.
He’s not Marxist enough for the establishment GOP.
Actually, “Lunatic Fringe” was by Red Ryder..
Most of what you say is true. But Trump needs to spend a little time with some good Milton Friedman YouTube videos. Sometimes the obvious truth is not actually very close to the truth no matter how good it sounds.
Keep smearing Murdoch, his paid minnows, RNC
, Jeb , Walker a
since it helps
Paul got 5 yellow (mixed) dots out of 11 issues, while Cruz got only one yellow and the rest of his dots are green (good).
Hey, this commie web site has it all figgered out!
I’d love to see Mrs. Carson. I only saw
Dr. Carson speak for the first time on the so-called debate and was blown away. If it is true that there is a great woman behind every great man, she must be true “first lady material”!!!
Yeah, that jumped out at me, too.
She is
Watch the movie Healing Hands
Cruz / Carson would be a strong ticket.....
Lunatic fringe = outspoken Christians.
You misunderstood me. See my other posts
Oh - Sorry! I thought you were supporting the idea that Ted Cruz was acting like a fanatical nut. :)
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