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Trump, Carson lead GOP in Iowa; Trump keeps big lead in NH, SC
The Republican nomination fight continues to be dominated by political newcomers Donald Trump and Ben Carson. In Iowa, Carson has moved up to tie Trump.
In South Carolina and New Hampshire, there is Donald Trump with a large lead, and then there is everyone else.
Read More >>The Money Race: The Fundraising Favors Cruz
Jeb Bush Is Toast
CNBC Sets Lineups for Republican Debates Next Week
CNBC has set the stages for the Republican presidential debate next Wednesday.
The 6 p.m. undercard will feature Rick Santorum, Gov. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana, George Pataki and Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina. They will be relegated to the early slot because their average national poll numbers in the last five weeks are below 2.5 percent.
Read More >>Poll confirms likely GOP debate participants
The stage at next week’s third Republican presidential debate is likely set, and the cast of characters who will participate in the prime-time panel this time around appears to be the same as the previous debate.
Read More >>Ad Blitz Fails to Lift Jeb Bush’s Numbers in New Hampshire: Bloomberg Politics/Saint Anselm Poll
A month of extensive New Hampshire advertising on Jeb Bush’s behalf has failed to boost his support and likely Republican primary voters there view him as inferior to frontrunner Donald Trump on most key attributes.
Read More >>USA TODAY GOP Power Rankings: Trump back in charge
Four weeks ago, we were predicting the demise of Donald Trump. Today, his grip on the GOP nominating contest seems as strong as ever.
Twenty-one of the 30 political experts we survey each week gave first-place marks to Trump this week, his highest total since Week 3 of our Power Rankings survey.
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