Now, however, Cruz has seen his support quadruple, working his way into second place. Rand Paul is down 4 points to 1 percent of support.
The details of the California massacre at a holiday party pointing at a possible link to Islamic militants and raising questions about domestic extremism quickly knocked both Republicans and Democrats off their talking points, upending what has become a grim and predictable ritual in American politics. They should have noticed that in the two polls where they asked these immigration questions Trump’s support was on average about 8.5 percentage points higher than in the two polls where they didn’t ask them. The former Florida governor is now backed by only 3 percent of Republicans (down 5 points), which the Kentucky senator clocks in at just 1 percent (down 4 points).
“Donald Trump is well aware of the composition of our board and our audience – one that includes many successful businessmen and women as well as deal makers like him”, McNulty said.
In fact, according to a 1999 Gallup poll analysis, in almost every election since 1952, the leader in the Republican polls in the fall ended up being the party’s nominee.
Jeb Bush, the brother of former president George W. Bush and son of former president George H.W. Bush, also made what are now standard promises for US presidential candidates to move the US embassy from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv and to increase the already massive US military aid package to Israel.
“This is when we appreciate our great police and our law enforcement”, Trump said. Still, the Republican establishment is at least beginning to come to grips with the possibility of a Donald Trump presidential nomination.
My God, on nothing less than “Meet the Press”, the Mac Daddy of DC Media-ism, practically the entire show was dedicated to comparing Trump to a Nazi. A majority of 52 percent chose him as the top GOP candidate for the general, and a plurality of 42 percent said he would be most effective at solving issues facing the country.
The ISIS attacks in Paris forced terrorism to center stage in the presidential campaign, with 93 percent of Republicans say it was very important or extremely important to their vote.
Several other recent surveys have shown Trump reclaiming a solid lead over the Republican field after several weeks of near parity with Carson. He even mispronounced the name of the Palestinian organization Hamas, designated as a terrorist group by the U.S., at the RJC forum.
If Donald Trump is motivating this group to a higher voter turnout, it’s not unrealistic that he could first win the nomination and then clinch the White House.
That contrasted with Rubio, a fellow freshman senator and fellow Cuban-American, who joined Graham and U.S. Sen. Rubio has renounced his earlier support of the legislation. In the first GOP debate, Rubio staked out his opposition to allowing abortion in cases of rape and incest.
“We do not believe he intended his comments regarding negotiations and money to relate specifically to their Jewishness, but we understand that they could be interpreted that way”, said Jonathan A Greenblatt, chief executive of the Anti-Defamation League.
