Hear hear!
I just posted my own response to a challenge from another FReeper without reading yours but obviously we agree.
Why don’t the dozens of press flunkies chasing the candidates around to listen to the same speech 100 times and giving the same standup news bulletin 100 times instead speak to real live people instead of quoting polls?
Polls are used to manipulate, not to reflect. This has been demonstrated so many times I am literally mystified when anyone places any faith in a poll especially a year before an election.
I think that the GOPe is trying to force Donald’s hand. Carson is very useful in second place and insulates Donald from the pack. If he is taken out, Trump stands alone and the full force of Jeb and Rubio will be felt. I don’t know if Cruz has enough appeal to help out here.
It’s a chess game right now and funny that this happened right after the family pow wow in TX.