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Ben Carson, Donald Trump top Michigan poll of Republican presidential candidates
A political outsider leads a new Michigan poll of Republican presidential candidates — but it’s not brash businessman Donald Trump.
Ben Carson, a Detroit native and retired neurosurgeon, led the field in a poll of 600 likely voters, including 221 who said they would definitely vote in the GOP primary, conducted last week by the Lansing-based Marketing Resource Group ahead of tonight’s CNN debate.
Read More >>5 questions Saturday’s Faith & Freedom forum will answer
The crowd of Republican presidential candidates gathering in Des Moines on Saturday evening needs to address only a narrow band of issues, but they must say the right thing if they want to impress an influential bloc of caucusgoers.
Read More >>Fiorina Emerges as Debate Star
The media are full of reviews of last night’s debates, declaring some candidates winners or losers or assessing whether they did what they needed. Much of the attention is focused on businesswoman Carly Fiorina, who seems by most accounts to be the evening’s winner, as this Bloomberg View article suggests:
Carly the Conqueror
No candidate took the stage with a greater opportunity, or higher expectations, than Carly Fiorina. That she proceeded to steal the show was the insta-conventional wisdom—and, in this case, ... Read More >>
Iowans see gains for Fiorina, Christie in GOP debate
Wednesday night’s free-for-all of a debate among 11 Republican presidential candidates opened several new lines of attack against front-runner Donald Trump — and proved that Carly Fiorina belongs on the big stage, Iowa political experts and observers said.
Read More >>The Second GOP Debate: Spin vs. Reality
What Went Down In The Second GOP Debate
It can be dangerous to predict how the polls will move in response to debates. On the one hand, journalists and political pundits don’t have so much in common with the Republican voters who are watching the debates at home. On the other hand, the post-debate narratives and “spin” sometimes matter more than what happened on the debate stage itself.
Read More >>Previewing the CNN Debate
Eleven Republican candidates will face off tonight in the main debate on CNN, and four more who didn’t qualify for the prime-time event will be featured in the early “undercard” debate. There’s no shortage of advice for the candidates, suggestions on what to look for, or assessments of what they need to do to win.
Politico suggests that the candidate with the biggest stake in tonight’s debate is Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker:
Scott Walker’s last best chance
Scott Walker needs to reassure his ... Read More >>