Donald Trump is still #1 in the GOP nomination according to yet another poll, this time from Fox News. He is most definitely resonating with the GOP base and sucking away support from the likes of Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, and Chris Christie. In fact, he's really made this a three horse race now and defined an elite tier (himself, Bush, and Walker).
Even more interesting is that he's not really spending any money and getting all sorts of free press. I guess I'm wondering (still) if the average conservative voter realizes that this type of candidate has virtually no chance of winning the presidency. It's fun to hang out in the clubhouse where mouths foam and bowels are blown but anger, hate and fear don't play very well with the general election voter, especially the folks that make up the demographic of his pet cause-immigration:)
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In the last election cycle Republicans went through adolescent adulation phases for a bunch of completely non-viable candidates. They mooned over Herman Cain, Michele Bachmann, Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich, before Mitt Romney ultimately bought the nomination with generous amounts of cash contributions to the campaigns of the people who actually make the decision at the Republican national convention.
An early lead in the polls seems to be the kiss of death for Republican presidential candidates.
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