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USA TODAY GOP Power Rankings: Carson is the new king

Ben Carson has overtaken Donald Trump for the first time in USA TODAY’s GOP Power Rankings, deemed the strongest candidate in the Republican field this week by our panel of political experts.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker exited the race yesterday evening, bringing to an end a campaign that started at the top and within a matter of months fell to asterisk territory, failing to register above one half of one percent in the most recent national poll by CNN. A number of media outlets and pundits are offering their thoughts on how someone thought to be one of the top contenders fell apart so quickly, and what other candidates can take away ... Read More >>

Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin has concluded he no longer has a path to the Republican presidential nomination and plans to drop out of the 2016 campaign, according to three Republicans familiar with his decision who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

There was bad news for Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker buried in a story this morning reporting the results of a new CNN poll. While businesswoman Carly Fiorina had surged into second place behind real estate mogul Donald Trump and ahead of retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, Walker had slid into the tail end of the results:

Five other candidates received less than one-half of 1 percentage point support: former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore, Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Louisiana Gov. Bobby ... Read More >>

Carly Fiorina poll surge has Hillary Clinton scrambling to shed ‘insider’ label

Carly Fiorina’s strong performance in last week’s Republican presidential primary debate has rocketed her up the polls, leaving the top of the GOP field dominated by Washington outsiders and forcing Democrats — especially Hillary Rodham Clinton — scrambling to shed the label of political insider.

Carly Fiorina shot into second place in the Republican presidential field on the heels of another strong debate performance, and Donald Trump has lost some support, a new national CNN/ORC poll shows.

Voters See Lack of Fire as Problem for Ben Carson

Carly Fiorina hit a walk-off homer, helium is leaking from Ben Carson’s balloon and Scott Walker’s candidacy is on life support, according to the Republicans in Iowa who will cast the first votes of the nominating contest in less than five months.