Quinnipac National Poll: Trump 28%, Cruz 24%

[SF-TX]

Good news, another establishment Republican, Marco Rubio, is falling in the polls.

...A whole host of pre-holiday polls show that Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX)
97% is about to have a very merry Christmas. For the first time since the collapse of Ben Carson, Donald Trump has some real competition. Nationally, a new Quinnipiac poll shows Trump leading with 28%, but the Texas Republican Senator is right on his heels with 24% support.

...The other big story out of this latest round of polls is the continuing collapse of the Republican Establishment, specifically favorite son Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL)
79%.

Nationally, in the Quinnipiac poll, Rubio, at 12%, lost -5 points; while Cruz surged +8. Between Trump, Carson, and Cruz, the anti-establishment garners an astounding 62% national support. Trump and Cruz alone eat up 52%. Assuming Cason doesn’t rebound, that 10% is almost certainly going to go to either Trump or Cruz.

Jeb Bush and Chris Christie only have 8% nationally to leave to an Establishment candidate. The two governors sit at 4.5% and 3.5%, respectively.

Link (http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/12/22/cruz-closing-trump-gap-nationally-in-early-states-establishment-whiffs/)
Qunnipac Poll (http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/us/2016_republican_presidential_nomination-3823.html)

[Dusty]

Funny how the heads are taking The Donald seriously nowadays.

http://www.breitbart.com/video/2015/12/22/buchanan-trump-could-win-working-class-dems/

Tuesday on Newsmax TV’s “The Steve Malzberg Show,” former Nixon and Reagan aide and conservative commentator Pat Buchanan said Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump could do well among blue-collar Democratic voters who are concerned about the border and unhappy with Bill Clinton-era trade deals.

Buchanan said, “My view about Donald Trump is he’s got some real capabilities I think to break out from the normal pattern of basically moderate conservative Republican against centrist Democrat. Part of that I think is his issue with the border, which reaches across party lines, and secondly his issue on trade against NAFTA and GATT and these trade deals. If you run against NAFTA and GATT and hang them around Hillary Clinton’s neck in Pennsylvania and Ohio and Michigan I think you could do very well there among working class Democrats.”

On working class African-American voters he added, “A lot of working class black folks and middle class black folks are interested in a far better economy than we’ve got now and there’s no doubt that The Donald has been a job creator in his own sphere.”

On working class Hispanic voters, “I’m not sure American citizens who are Hispanics want to have folks walking across the border and taking the jobs that would otherwise go to them.”

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[Paslode]

I believe Trump's following is much broader than the media and the establishment want to admit. In my little microcosm of the world people from all walks of life seem excited about Trump, if nothing else his comments bring smiles and laughters..... though I did run in to a LGBT activist who fears Trump and likened him to Adolf Hitler.

The real question is whether the establishment will let Trump run with it, or will they follow the pompous Rick Wilson's advice and 'Put a Bullet in Donald Trump'.

[Dusty]

I believe Trump's following is much broader than the media and the establishment want to admit. In my little microcosm of the world people from all walks of life seem excited about Trump, if nothing else his comments bring smiles and laughters..... though I did run in to a LGBT activist who fears Trump and likened him to Adolf Hitler.

The real question is whether the establishment will let Trump run with it, or will they follow the pompous Rick Wilson's advice and 'Put a Bullet in Donald Trump'.

Looks as though they don't have a choice.
They can grasp at "schlong" and "don't let 'em in" all they want, the man's numbers are continuing to go up.
Personally, I think Cruz will get the nod, but Trump will be close. Or Trump will get the nod and Cruz will be close.
There is one situation in which I would want Billary for POTUS, and that's in the event they've run a ruse with Trump in order to suck in all the rightist votes only to have The Donald do a dropout in the final throes of the campaign.
Billary would then deserve the slot after pulling off such an op.

[mark46th]

I will vote for whomever the Republicans nominate. Hillary will be as destructive to America as Obama, if not worse.

[Mills]

I will vote for whomever the Republicans nominate. Hillary will be as destructive to America as Obama, if not worse.

Agreed. But that doesn't mean I have to like it.

I am feeling a Cruz/Trump Ticket.

I think like most of us, we are fed up and are looking for someone to put some W's in the conservative, or even "common sense" column.

[(1VB)compforce]

They can grasp at "schlong"

I don't think Hillary has any interest in "grasping at schlong" :D

[cbtengr]

I like the Donald after all none of the other candidates sent me a card.

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