Posted on 11/29/2015 6:03:26 PM PST by markomalley
Donald Trump still holds a lead in the Republican presidential polls in Iowa, but Ben Carson is fading and Sen. Ted Cruz is catching up fast as the first-in-the-nation caucuses prepare for another wild finish.
Four years ago at Thanksgiving, it was former House Speaker Newt Gingrich who had climbed to the top of the polls, unseating pizza baron Herman Cain who dropped out of the race altogether. Former Sen. Rick Santorum, the eventual Iowa winner, was languishing in the low single digits.
It is a reminder of how fast things can change as the candidates jockey for position heading into the Feb. 1 caucuses.
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Given its track record, how important is IOWA, in reality?
Santorum was always in single digits. The Iowa caucus was a one and done. By the way, the guy who ran Santorum’s campaign in Iowa is working for Trump today.
Whistling in the dark. Trump is on all cylinders. In Florida yesterday, And with Upchuck today on, “Meet the Press”
Given the dynamics of the race, if Trump wins then Iowa predicts the next President and it’s pretty much a formality given Trumps current lead in other states. If Cruz wins, it’s ground shaking but then NH and NC become major factors in the race. Just my two cents.
Trump is not your usual candidate. He’ll barnstorm that state in the last two weeks and you can easily guess what’s going to happen.
Iowa has special importance this year, because it will give the infotainment complex eight days to talk down Trump before NH.
Iowa is not a primary. There are no voters. "Winning" it is meaningless - just ask President Santorum or President Huckabee.
But it's not ideal Trump territory, like NH is.
I expect that Cruz will get close to Trump in Iowa, and I expect Ben Carson to do well there, also. If Trump doesn't finish first (and I don't expect him to), the collective media orgasm will be overwhelming - until real voters get into the picture on February 9.
Are Reporters also micro-dosing on LSD?
Probably tells you who’s not going to win. Romney, the total establishment candidate, had won virtually nothing and was just chugging along with his own personal funding, liberal backers and people like Rush Limbaugh destroying the only serious non-GOP-e opposition (Gingrich). But then he sailed in after the other candidates had destroyed each other and Rush had eliminated the competition. So I don’t really think it matters who wins Iowa and I think it’s somewhat of a waste of time to worry about it.
No matter who wins Iowa, unless somebody new emerges in the next debate and gets people behind him, the GOP candidate is going to be Bush.
There you go. The mainstream media would rather have Cruz in there instead of Trump.
lol
the media is still hoping I see
ROFL
It serves as a filter to weed out the also-rans.
Trump will be cast as #1 in Iowa.
Otherwise, you’re on to something...
He's spent sh** ecept for his cronies and this new travel adventure to Jordan...or wherever...to give them Halloween Candy. His very best friend is a felon convicted of Medicare fraud....imagine that.
And the guy goes away for 3 weeks on a book tour?
Gimme a break...He'll take the money and give it to his favorite charity....his on the side business.
The primaries will settle into a contest between Trump and Cruz.
The field will drop out one by one and endorsements for Cruz will be forthcoming.
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