The latest polling from New Jersey (full pdf below) comes from Quinnipiac Group and shows Donald Trump with a commanding lead over the GOP field.   Home-state governor Chris Christie comes in fourth with 8% support.  Rubio has gained ground on Carson:

(Methodology) This RDD telephone survey was conducted from November 4 – 8, 2015 throughout the state of New Jersey.  Responses are reported for 1,456 self-identified registered voters with a margin of sampling error of +/- 2.6 percentage points. The survey includes 481 registered Republicans with a margin of sampling error of +/- 4.5 percentage points and 538 registered Democrats with a margin of sampling error of +/- 4.2 percentage points. (more…)

Prior to debate #1 (Fox – Ohio) we shared the expectation that Megyn Kelly would confront/attack candidate Donald Trump to aide in framing a “sexism” narrative.  Obviously, we were not disappointed.

Prior to debate #2 (CNN – Regan Library CA) we shared the expectation of a stacked and controlled GOPe audience and the beginning of what we called “operation hummingbird“, the intentionally aided advancement of Carly Fiorina and Marco Rubio.  Again, obviously we were not disappointed.

Prior to debate #3 (CNBC – Colorado) we shared the expectation that Governor John Kasich would be the attack dog, and using home-field advantage Jeb Bush would have an opportunity to shine in a state controlled by family RNC membership.  Unfortunately, Jeb whiffed the Tee Ball, and the bias of the CNBC panel stole the limelight, but the expectation was again clearly evidenced.

So what portends for Debate #4 ? (more…)

The Candidates Circled All Advocate for TPP:

Supported by Speaker Paul Ryan and Candidate Ted Cruz specifically; Joint Op-Ed in that regard.

Those who don’t:

♦  Donald Trump – Position Outline
♦  Mike Huckabee – Position Outline
♦  Rand Paul – Position Outline
♦  Rick Santorum – Position Outline
♦  Chris Christie – Position Outline

Notice that Candidate Donald Trump is the only Top Tier Candidate who stands in opposition to Obama Trade.  Borrowing something succinct from a previous comment: (more…)

I’m not quite sure which is the more concerning aspect:  A) that Des Moines Register reporter Brianne Pfannenstiel thought it was ok to mock and ridicule donors to Donald Trump’s campaign; B) That she thought it was ok to publicly broadcast their home addresses; C) That she is still employed; D) Given the issue(s) – that the Des Moines Register editorial staff thought it would be appropriate for them to publish an article with her findings.

It would appear the DMR is beyond tone-deaf, or they just don’t care.  You decide:

Brianne Pfannenstiel for The Des Moines Register –  At least 20 Iowans have given money to Donald Trump — a man who, by all accounts, doesn’t need a dime. (more…)

WATCH Live: Donald Trump Rally and speech in Springfield, IL at Prairie Capital Convention Center – Rally begins at 7:00pm CST (8:00pm EST) LINK  At least 10,000 filled the Prairie Capital Convention Center in Springfield Monday night, as Trump hoped to gain support in llinois.

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Understanding:  The Structural Ben Carson Super-PAC Creators are “BIRTHERS”…

Ben Carson’s team is thrilled with the financial windfall coming amid the media attacks and media scrutiny. It appears his positions of supporting TPP and supporting a fiscal bailout for Puerto Rico don’t stop conservative donors from sending him money. It will be interesting to trace through the Carson PAC’s and follow the expenditures.

WASHINGTON TIMES – Perhaps “happy” isn’t the best word, but the Ben Carson campaign is at least confident it has weathered the quick-forming storm over questionable details in Carson’s various autobiographical writings.

“We’re going to have a more-than-$10-million month again,” said Barry Bennett, Carson’s campaign manager, in a phone conversation Sunday night. “We’re at four million already.”

Bennett noted that after the campaign raised $10.8 million in October, media attacks on Carson appear to have spurred supporters to give even more. In recent days Carson has received more than 80,000 new contributions — that is, from people who have not given to Carson before, Bennett said. He also said Carson has added more than 160,000 new likes on Facebook. (more…)

Friends, what would you be willing to do to secure a million dollars for yourself and your family?

What would you be willing to do to secure 100 million?

What about if you could attain a thousand times that Million?  A Billion Dollars.

What would you be willing to do for 100 billion?  For your influence/affluence?

What if you could possibly control a thousand times that Billion?  A Trillion.

… or twenty times that Trillion?

Now ask what do you think people would do to RETAIN those millions, billions they already possessed?  and what would they do to retain influence over trillions? (more…)

With the outcomes so consequential, we have recently found ourselves discovering more and more of what’s called: “Agenda Polling“.   It would appear Monmouth University Pollster Patrick Murry has never heard the following axiom:

….”Who you are speaks so loudly, no-one can hear a word you are saying”…

This is the same pollster, the only pollster, who discovered a previous poll sample where Ben Carson was beating Donald Trump in Iowa.  And when reading below it is set up in chronological order, pay attention to the dates. We shall just drop the raw feed data below, and you can make up your own mind. (more…)

… then quizzically poses the question, ‘gee, I wonder why’; to wit Don Mattingly in drag, aka Rachel Maddow, opines about structural advantages created by those pesky and brilliantly strategic republicans.

Yes, this is what they tell themselves – it’s never palatable to conceive the electorate are just sick and tired of Moonbat policies that always fail yet continue to return like the Phoenix from the ashes of retread socialism only to be tried yet again…

A republican has not won Minnesota since 1972.  However, if things stay as they are today, Trump wins the primary and would defeat Hillary Clinton in the general election:

(Via KTSP) Hillary Clinton appears to be the favorite to win the Democratic presidential nomination, but she has a lot of work to do if she’s going to carry Minnesota in the general election.  (more…)