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Donald Trump Solidifies Lead Over GOP Rivals in First States to Vote
WSJ ^ | Jan. 28, 2016 | Janet Hook

Posted on 01/28/2016 6:20:30 AM PST by xzins

He is ahead in Iowa and up by double-digit margins in New Hampshire and South Carolina, a new poll finds; Democrats could see roller-coaster ride in first contests

Donald Trump is dominating the GOP presidential field in the first three states to vote in the 2016 campaign, including in Iowa where he has extinguished the lead once held by Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, a new Wall Street Journal/NBC/Marist Poll finds.

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KEYWORDS: polls; primary; trump
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To: CottonBall

Yeah, that’s the beauty of the primary cycle: you get a real glimpse of the people running, assuming you’re paying attention.

With St Rafael, it ain’t a pretty picture. All the electability of Barry Goldwater combined with all the charm of Richard Nixon.


61 posted on 01/28/2016 1:00:44 PM PST by RKBA Democrat (Liberals LOVE Open Carry!)
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To: RKBA Democrat

“All the electability of Barry Goldwater combined with all the charm of Richard Nixon.”

LOL!


62 posted on 01/28/2016 1:13:07 PM PST by CottonBall
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To: Lakeshark
The NRSC, the actual Republican Party itself, was funding racist attack ads against it's own party candidate, Chris McDaniel, in the MS senate runoff primary race.

And who was running the NRSC when these racist ads were being run?


63 posted on 01/28/2016 1:36:25 PM PST by newfreep (TRUMP & <S>Cruz</S> 2016 - "Evil succeeds when good men do nothing" - Edmund Burke)
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To: xzins

It doesn’t matter what they have tonight. If TRUMP is not there, nobody’s going to care what the rest of them have to say (other than for entertainment value).


64 posted on 01/28/2016 1:39:18 PM PST by LibFreeUSA
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To: newfreep
You are so clueless. Do you even know why Cruz only served one term on the NRSC???

"And there are several reasons why Senate Republicans might not want Cruz to return to their campaign arm.

He drew the ire of colleagues in 2013 by raising money for the Senate Conservatives Fund (SCF), which backed primary challengers to now-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) and Sen. Thad Cochran (Miss.)."

So Ted not only opposed what the NRSC was doing in that race, he was helping to raise money for Matt Bevins and Chris McDaniels. I know you hate Cruz because he is challenging your idol, but at least try to be honest.

65 posted on 01/28/2016 1:44:56 PM PST by CA Conservative (Texan by birth, Californian by circumstance)
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To: xzins

No, I do not believe it is coincidence or luck.

Trump is something new. He does not fit the mold or pattern that the media and establishment have established and that the more traditional candidates adhere to.

In addition, he has his own way of dealing with it, and is applying the principles he set forth in the art of the deal to it...and it is taking the MSM and establishment by storm right now. They simply have not had time to adequately adjust to it...and everything they have tried has failed.

Is it a paradigm shift? Or just a one off because of who trump is?

Is it a one-off, or something that others will grab a hold of and be able to replicate?

At this point we do not know.

But I think, at least for me, that it is clear that it is is definitely not an accident or simply luck.


66 posted on 01/28/2016 3:11:33 PM PST by Jeff Head (Semper Fidelis - Molon Labe - Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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