This never ceases to amaze me.
Stunning.
The establishment is reeling.
Plus the other winner, Fiorina; also from the business background.
I think there is a message being heard, loudly.
I think the citizens are sending a very loud message here and yet the tone-deaf establishment don't want to hear it and they continue to try the old "gotcha" methods to destroy candidates they would like to disqualify from the running.
If these post-debate polls are true, and I have no reason to believe they are not, based on Twitter trends I will post below, than the effort to run Trump out of the race has backfired badly.
Now most of us Freepers know that the best conservative in this race is probably Ted Cruz. And there are flame-wars going on right now between the pro-Cruz and pro-Trump camps.
Hate to see that. Everybody should calm down. The primaries are still nearly half a year away. A lot can happen between now and then so no need to make enemies of each other just yet.
I think no matter how things turn out this cycle, Ted Cruz is going to go nowhere but up and will be part of our movement for years to come. But right now, it's time to break some eggs and you know that you need to break eggs to make an omelet. Or something like that.
Anyway, behold the Twitter numbers as they stand yesterday. I did update Trump's numbers for today as he's going absolutely gangbusters - he's been gaining 30,000 followers a day since Saturday.
| Name | Twitter Handle | 8/1/2015 | 8/9/2015 | Gain |
| Donald Trump | @realDonaldTrump | 3,409,127 | 3,646,324 | 237,197 |
| Marco Rubio | @marcorubio | 772,150 | 806,802 | 34,652 |
| Rand Paul | @RandPaul | 654,236 | 665,417 | 11,281 |
| Ben Carson | @RealBenCarson | 393,107 | 468,639 | 75,532 |
| Ted Cruz | @tedcruz | 443,426 | 464,381 | 20,955 |
| Carly Fiorina | @CarlyFiorina | 384,524 | 441,906 | 57,382 |
| Mike Huckabee | @GovMikeHuckabee | 378,172 | 389,206 | 11,034 |
| Rick Perry | @GovernorPerry | 305,523 | 311,354 | 5,831 |
| ¿Jeb Bush | @JebBush | 239,197 | 256,770 | 17,573 |
| Rick Santorum | @RickSantorum | 236,439 | 239,246 | 2,807 |
| Bobby Jindal | @BobbyJindal | 203,428 | 207,928 | 4,500 |
| Scott Walker | @ScottWalker | 167,564 | 184,908 | 17,344 |
| John Kasich | @JohnKasich | 80,497 | 95,032 | 14,536 |
| George Pataki | @GovernorPataki | 45,350 | 45,716 | 366 |
| Chris Christie | @ChrisChristie | 40,234 | 41,556 | 1,322 |
| Linda Graham | @LindseyGrahamSC | 23,043 | 24,031 | 988 |
| Jim Gilmore | @gov_gilmore | 356 | 851 | 495 |