Post-debate, Trump pulls clear of competition

[brooklynite]

Source: CNN

Donald Trump has won his party's trust on top issues more than any other Republican presidential candidate, and now stands as the clear leader in the race for the GOP nomination, according to a new CNN/ORC poll.

The survey finds Trump with the support of 24% of Republican registered voters. His nearest competitor, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, stands 11 points behind at 13%. Just behind Bush, retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson has 9%, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker 8%, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul 6%, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, former tech CEO Carly Fiorina and Ohio Gov. John Kasich all land at 5%, with former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee rounding out the top 10 at 4%.

Trump is the biggest gainer in the poll, up 6 points since July according to the first nationwide CNN/ORC poll since the top candidates debated in Cleveland on Aug. 6. Carson gained 5 points and Fiorina 4 points. Trump has also boosted his favorability numbers among Republicans, 58% have a favorable view of Trump now, that figure stood at 50% in the July survey.

These nationwide findings follow recent polling in Iowa and New Hampshire showing Trump also leads the Republican field in those two key early states.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/18/politics/donald-trump-presidential-poll-debate/index.html

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

1. That old doubled edged sword.

You always want your opponent to be the goofiest clown in the car, but sometimes to your shock and horror, that goofball ends up in the White House. I cheered when W was nominated in 2000, because I figured it meant a landslide for Dems, he was such an obvious idiot. Then I found out that half the country felt that the Presidency was akin to the village idiot's job, and were happy to put him there.

[PassingFair]

2. Scary!

“As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”

― H.L. Mencken

[wilt the stilt]

5. the only trouble is The donald

is no moron.

[tanyev]

3. I cannot believe the White House is big enough or luxurious enough for Trump to live and work there.

[NCjack]

4. Any moment now, JEB will unleash the KKK Rove slime machine. /nt

[Fred Sanders]

6. Why folks seem to have thrown out their Election calendar is inexplicable....The Cash has not

yet been unleashed...no one will be able to match the cash and the no holds bar psych-op operation to come.

At least a quarter of national Republican primary voters are batshit crazy, but in Iowa and NH probably twice that....meaning these handful of white Fox News lovers are infecting the entire nation with their adolescent politics.

Trump will be burnt toast long before the first actual vote is cast, as soon as the adolesecents of the media tire of their non-election year summer time fling.

.....................

Written - August 18, 2015.

[NCjack]

8. "Right to Rise" (JEB's) super PAC is spending $10 million on TV ads to start

in September. Since there a few favorable aspects in JEB's accomplishments and character that justify $10 M to describe in multifaceted ways, most of that money will be used -- in usual GOP campaign style -- to slime his opponents. Unleashed, Rove will serve us slime dishes from a menu that we have never seen.

[restorefreedom]

7. everyone thought this was just a summer fling....

but i think he is in it for the long haul. and his ego is huge enough that he thinks the country needs him to fix everything.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

9. I wonder if Trump will get so far ahead he won't go to the debates

He'd especially do this if he keeps getting asked hard questions about crap he's said or done.

Trump would say, "Why should I share the stage with this bunch of losers?" and his poll numbers would go up.

[murielm99]

10. I never thought of that.

You could be right.

Good post.

[brooklynite]

12. Heaven's no...why would he turn down a primetime slot?

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

11. On Tweety's show, Joan Walsh described the GOP field other than Trump as "wan"

Tweety got excited over that word, which is defined in the dictionary as "pale and giving the impression of illness or exhaustion". Tweety's panel was commenting about the lackluster appearances of other Republican candidates and that they seem tired and without energy compared to Trump.