Trump Pulls Even With Jeb Bush In New Poll (Reuters: Jebbie 16.1%, The Donald 15.8%)

[big_dog]

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Source: Tampa Bay Times

Donald Trump "has vaulted into a virtual dead heat with Jeb Bush atop the field," a Reuters poll showed. Trump, whose incendiary remarks about immigrants has generated widespred news converage, has support of 15.8 percent of respondents in an online poll vs. Bush's 16.1 percent.

“How can I be tied with this guy?” Trump asked a crowd Saturday in Phoenix. “He’s terrible. He’s weak on immigration.” Chris Christie got 9.5 percent; Rand Paul 8.1 percent; Ben Carson 7.2 percent; Scott Walker 5.8 percent.

The controversy over Trump's immigration comments has dominated news coverage of the Republican campaign in recent weeks, and he has climbed in the Reuters poll to draw essentially even with Bush. On June 30, the poll had Bush at 16.9 percent and Trump at 12.8 percent.

In the Reuters poll, 504 age 18 or over were questioned over the same time period, with a credibility interval of 5.1 percentage point

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[RiverNoord]

1. The good piece of this news

is that Bush may not be the nominee. Trump certainly won't, but if Bush can't slam Trump entirely out of the process with all of the ammo that Trump is giving him, then the entire nomination process is going to be grotesque, with no remotely viable candidate emerging from it.

[oberliner]

2. That's a pretty big jump for Christie too isn't it?

He could end up being in the mix as well.

[big_dog]

3. Walker is still leading in Iowa by 8 points

that will be the spin this week, don't sleep on him. he's fought (and won) 3 tough races in a purple state

[oberliner]

4. Yes, he definitely has a good shot of getting it

I could also see Rubio emerging at some point.

[big_dog]

5. Walker will announce monday, so he will get a tiny bump

I dont see him losing Iowa so second/third place could be the big fight for momentum into NH. Paul Begala is right, we need to keep Trump in the race for as long as possbile, hopefully into the general as a independent

[oberliner]

6. I don't think Trump will actually run

I think he is doing this for his "brand" - even with the companies dropping him, I think he believes he will get some benefit from this financially in the end.

[big_dog]

7. Trump wouldn't rule out a run as independent to Anderson Cooper

maybe the Donald is looking for another best selling book out of this

[tavernier]

11. Awesome!!!

[freshwest]

17. Finally, a third party for the GOP to split their votes! Yah! n/t

[riversedge]

18. walker is a puke!

@morning_joe--->

[daleanime]

26. No argument there....

but deep pockets and a lack of morals make for a dangerous candidate.

[iandhr]

8. Pass the popcorn

[MADem]

9. Trump reminds me of Michele Bachmann.

I'm talking about stuff like this:



Iowa Poll: Romney, Bachmann lead Republican pack

For a brief moment, it looked like she had something.

Then, next thing ya know, she had nuthin'.

[blm]

10. My advice to Dems - stop taking potshots at Trump and let his popularity with the GOP

spread. And spread. And flourish.

Don't add to the pile-on. We have earned that first GOP debate through our years of suffering with a GOP congress.

[susanna]

16. Totally agree with you, blm. n/t

on edit: subject line clarification

[Maeve]

21. Agreed--go, lemmings, go! eom

[Exultant Democracy]

22. I think perhaps derision from the left is a plus for the primary voters he is looking for.

Republicans tend to rally around the guy who is getting attacked the most by us.

[daleanime]

27. Which gives us another reason to say bad things about him....

not that we have to lie about anything.

[CANDO]

12. These ignorant bastards....

Are walking/talking contradiction....everyone knows they love cheap labor....but that's overriden by their hatred of brown skin.

[YOHABLO]

13. You know if Trump and Bush are the best they can do ... they got nothin. Never had nothin.

[AndyTiedye]

28. They Got Nothin, Except Billions of Dollars and ALL the Tee Vee Networks

Dubya was nothin, but they managed to put him in the White House for 8 years.
There ain't no such thing as an unelectable Republican.

[murielm99]

14. They created this monster

with their hate, racism and tea partying. Now they can't reign in the monster. Trump will not sit down, will not shut up, will not allow himself to be reigned in. Let them live with their monster.

[davidpdx]

15. That would be sweet with

Bush, Trump, Christie, Paul, Carson, and Walker on the stage of the first debate.

[Surya Gayatri]

19. Dare we hope? Go Donald, you sexy, super-spoiler you. Blow the

rest of the KLOWN KAR away.

[Metric System]

20. Rise Trump rise!

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

23. Jeb now has to go cuckoo for cocoa puffs to get any attention from the base.

Taking up the gauntlet for craziness laid down by Trump, Scott Walker has seen the light and now claims he's talking directly to God and is God's chosen one. What can Jeb say or do to excite the theocratic, homophobe, racist, xenophobic, anti-female base of the Republican party? He needs to consider strangling an atheist lesbian undocumented black woman from Jamaica on live TV. Maybe that'll be a start. I'm joking of course.

[vinny9698]

24. Lot of pundits are comparing Trump to Cain

They are saying that he will flame out as the primary goes on. But their big mistake Trump is no Cain. Trump has the name recognition, and is very savy marketing man.

[KinMd]

25. Of course the poll shows that more than 8 out of 10 republicans

want someone else.