CBS/NYT- national: Trump leads, Carson major gains

[weixiaobao]

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-poll-donald-trump-still-leads-but-ben-carson-makes-strong-gains/

[Clarko95 📚💰📈]

Trump + Carson = 50% = R.I.P. GOP 1854 - 2015 :*(

[Why]

Ends a trend of both Trump and Carson increasing their vote from the previous national poll, only Carson has maintained the charge.
Everyone else is a long way behind, perhaps the debate can give someone a boost.

[Skye]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/09/15/the-republican-establishment-is-in-deep-trouble/?postshare=6901442331235415

This sums it up well.

[Likely Voter]

This is the second major poll in a row where Walker was in 10th place. He was in 3rd going into the Fox debate. It is clear that he is the biggest loser of them all, by far.  That kind of drop can make someone desperate...I wonder what crazy thing he may do?  Of course Christie is polling at 1% and so he may do something even crazier to stay relevant.

[Oak Hills]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/09/15/the-republican-establishment-is-in-deep-trouble/?postshare=6901442331235415

This sums it up well.

That's an...interesting idea for a cake.

[Maxwell]

Huckabee's Kim Davis tour is not even working. This is hilarious.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

Mobentum!

[Ljube]

I think Krauthammer nailed it.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2015/09/16/special_report_panel_can_carson_beat_trump.html

[King]

Carson is a low energy loser

[Ljube]

Carson is a low energy loser

Why is he surging in the polls then?

[Yeoman Dan]

Carson is a low energy loser

Why is he surging in the polls then?

It's mostly evangelicals being the first GOP group to find a candidate to begin to coalesce around in Carson. But while an evangelical candidate can win Iowa, they will get their ass kicked in NH, and are very unlikely to win in SC. Carson's style appeals to this types of voters while most voters will be skeptical about him.

In my mind this is actually not too bad for Trump. If Carson keeps the Evangelicals out of a more viable candidate's hands than that's good for him.

[Ljube]

Carson is a low energy loser

Why is he surging in the polls then?

It's mostly evangelicals being the first GOP group to find a candidate to begin to coalesce around in Carson. But while an evangelical candidate can win Iowa, they will get their ass kicked in NH, and are very unlikely to win in SC. Carson's style appeals to this types of voters while most voters will be skeptical about him.

In my mind this is actually not too bad for Trump. If Carson keeps the Evangelicals out of a more viable candidate's hands than that's good for him.

Carson is surging in New Hampshire as well. In South Carolina too. Everywhere, really.

[Brittain33]

I think Krauthammer nailed it.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2015/09/16/special_report_panel_can_carson_beat_trump.html

The odds of me watching a video of Charles Krauthammer with no description is somewhere between Mark Everson and Jim Gilmore levels...

[Torie]

I think Krauthammer nailed it.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2015/09/16/special_report_panel_can_carson_beat_trump.html

The odds of me watching a video of Charles Krauthammer with no description is somewhere between Mark Everson and Jim Gilmore levels...

It's actually a quite interesting and informative discussion.

[Brittain33]

I think Krauthammer nailed it.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2015/09/16/special_report_panel_can_carson_beat_trump.html

The odds of me watching a video of Charles Krauthammer with no description is somewhere between Mark Everson and Jim Gilmore levels...

It's actually a quite interesting and informative discussion.

Ok, if you've endorsed it, I'll reconsider.

[Torie]

I think Krauthammer nailed it.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2015/09/16/special_report_panel_can_carson_beat_trump.html

The odds of me watching a video of Charles Krauthammer with no description is somewhere between Mark Everson and Jim Gilmore levels...

It's actually a quite interesting and informative discussion.

Ok, if you've endorsed it, I'll reconsider.

Kraut and another of the three thought Trump would not handle well Carson passing him in the polls, and if that happened, it would be significant, was one nugget. I tend to agree with that personally. I really don't understand politics anymore. The US has gone nutter.