Was Herman Cain in the lead at this point in 2011 or was it Newt?
I’m worried by Bush’s 16%.
He was getting more around 10-12% in most of the polls.
My view is that Jeb has a lot of potential growth as other establishment candidates fade. The GOPe did this packed “clown bus” stunt, where lots of estab. guys with no chance threw their hats in the ring. I thought that this was some kind of strategy to split the vote and clear the road for Bush. That would probably work if Bush was getting 30-40% of the vote.
If statements from some of these GOPe folks are accurate, stopping Rand Paul seems to have been an overriding concern. But Paul did himself in and wasn’t a factor. Trump blindsided them. They have to adjust their strategy.
If the lower ranked candidates drop out, where do their votes go? That is the million dollar question. People are celebrating that the GOPe favorites are doing so poorly. But remember the fact that the scrubs are the more liberal candidates may point to their next destination when a clown like Graham or Kasich or Perry or Christie pops out of the bus.
That’s why I’m not counting Bush out.
Trump may well self destruct. He is far from an ideal candidate. He has a very enthusiastic following, but a TON of baggage. I think Trump stands a good shot at sitting in the White House, but every trick will be used to stop him. Hillary is still beating all in all the polls. This is a wide open field.
There is NOTHING about Trump that is not known already I do not think there is a damn thing they can do to him, they can always parade out Gloria Aldred that would always be a hoot!!!!!