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In the first poll to show troubles from his debate performance, Donald Trump has tumbled from 26 percent to 17 percent, with insurgent Republican business leader Carly Fiorina skyrocketing into third place.

A new survey of “usual Republican primary voters” in Iowa finds Donald Trump still holds a commanding lead on the Republican field of presidential candidates, but Carly Fiorina has shot up in the polls. Public Policy Polling released a post-debate Iowa survey on Monday, which showed Fiorina polling among the top five Republican presidential candidates.

Forget the polls. Forget the talking heads on TV. Forget the lies and empty promises being pitched by the candidates. If you want to know who the Republican presidential nominee will be, look to Vegas.

Marco Rubio steps out of Jeb’s shadow

In the first presidential debate of 2016, the apprentice beat the master.

For years, Marco Rubio stood in Jeb Bush’s shadow. Student to teacher. Protégé to mentor. Rising state representative to established governor. Now the friends are rivals, essentially co-equals as they run for president.

Winners at the G.O.P. Debate Did Not Include Bush and Trump

Winning a primary debate isn’t about having the best one-liners or drawing the biggest applause.

For top candidates, it’s an audition for party elites, moneyed supporters and, secondarily, voters.

Winners and losers of Republican debate

1) Ohio Gov. John Kasich: He set the Internet buzzing with his common-man, common-sense pitches, weaving in family stories while introducing his economic record in Ohio to a national audience.

“It’s over!” exclaimed Megyn Kelly at 11:03 p.m., just slightly more than two hours after the start of the Fox News prime-time debate in Cleveland—bringing to a close an event that John Weaver, the chief strategist for Ohio Governor John Kasich, compared in terms of media anticipation to the chariot race in “Ben Hur.”