Several people had been mentioning “the lack of polling”…  It appears today/tomorrow will more than make up for it…  (((snicker)))

Via PPP Polling (with full pdf below) – North Carolina was the first place polling ever found Donald Trump leading the Republican Presidential race, and he just keeps getting stronger. PPP’s newest poll finds him at 38% to 16% for Ted Cruz, 11% for Marco Rubio, 8% for Ben Carson, 6% each for Mike Huckabee and Jeb Bush, 4% for Chris Christie, 3% each for Carly Fiorina and Rand Paul, 2% for John Kasich, and 1% for Rick Santorum.

Trump’s support is up 5 points from a month ago when he was at 33%. The only other candidate who’s seen a real gain in their support is Huckabee, who’s climbed from 2% to 6%. The main hopeful dropping is Ben Carson, who’s fallen from 14% to 8%. Besides Carson the only person to see their support decline by more than a point is Marco Rubio, who’s dropped 3 points from 14% to 11%. (more…)

A new Florida FAU poll (full pdf below) shows candidate Donald Trump extending his lead and nearing the 50% threshold.   At 48% Trump has increased his lead by 11 points since the same poll was conducted a month ago.

Ted Cruz comes in a distant second at 16%, with home-state Senator Marco Rubio at 11% and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush 10% – the rest of the field is irrelevant in Florida.

The polling also includes the general Florida electorate enabling head-to-head match ups between the Republican candidates and Democrat candidates.  (more…)

The second Donald Trump rally of the day kicks off in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the Mabee Center beginning at 12:00pm CST / 1:00pm EST.

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For those paying attention to the polls (which should always be taken with a grain of salt regardless of outcome) you might notice a familiar trend/pattern now.   Trump is in an almost identical range (30 to 35%) in almost every poll.  10 to 15 points ahead of the number two candidate.

This latest poll within Maryland (full pdf below) is yet another example.

New Hampshire, Florida, Georgia and South Carolina – all polls came in recently with almost identical results to this one in Maryland. (more…)

Donald Trump has two events scheduled today, Wednesday January 20th.  The first in Norwalk Iowa at 9:30am, the Second in Tulsa Oklahoma at approx 1:00pm EST.

The Norwalk rally is being held at The Wright Place beginning at 9:30 AM EST:

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Palin endorses Trump:  No-one will be more visibly filled with elitist too-cute-by-half smarm than FOX’s Megyn Kelly, or Nicole Wallace, or Kathleen Parker….  And no-one will be more visibly filled with rabid hatred than the same Wall Street cocktail class GOPe crew from ’08/’09/’10….

To use a fishing analogy – Donald Trump and Sarah Palin have put the best baits on the spread.  The outriggers, flat lines and down riggers are perfectly positioned as Palin/Trump steer directly over the top of the target.

Now, sit back and witness their slow troll directly over the heart of the GOPe Wahoo lair. This will force the GOPe to rise, become visible and take the bait.

The same professional political class (GOPe) voices who accused Donald Trump of sexism, misogyny and vitriol, will now be baited to the surface to expose their sexism, misogyny, vitriol and elitism.  Watch. (more…)

This is the third Trump event of the day, and the event everyone is talking about.

Mr. Trump has stated that everyone can expect a “SPECIAL GUEST” and also a “BIG ANNOUNCEMENT” – The internets are buzzing as the master plays the media…

The venue is Iowa State University – Hansen Agricultural Student Learning Center – and is anticipated to begin at 6:00pm EST (Goldman Sachs Time) / 5:00pm Central (Iowa Time)

Live Stream Link – Alternate Live Stream Link – Alternate Live Stream Link #2

This is anticipated to be a very heavily watched event.

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The Donald Trump campaign has confirmed -to the New York Times- that Sarah Palin will officially be endorsing Donald J Trump for president.

STORY HERE

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UPDATE:  25-year-old staff volunteer, Braden Joplin, has died from his injuries:

BREAKING: Ben Carson campaign volunteer, Braden Joplin, dies of injuries sustained in Iowa car crash today, per hospital. He was 25.

— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) January 20, 2016

OMAHA — A Ben Carson campaign volunteer died in a hospital here after a car crash in western Iowa Tuesday morning. (more…)

Candidate Donald Trump’s second Iowa event of the day will take place at 12:00pm CST (1:00pm EST approx) with a speech at the 10th Annual Iowa Renewable Fuels Summit in Altoona Iowa.

The tightly scheduled post-luncheon speech takes place at  The Meadows Conference Center at Prairie Meadows, Altoona Iowa.   Live Stream Link

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