Ted Cruz Blows Past Donald Trump in Latest Iowa Polls

Donald Trump may be at the top of the polls but John Podesta, Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman says that Ted Cruz is the most likely person to win the GOP nomination.

Cruz now leads the field at 31 percent followed by billionaire businessman Donald Trump at 21 percent, Ben Carson at 15 percent, Senator Marco Rubio at 10 percent, and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush at 6 percent. But the latest numbers suggest there would be a “protracted primary between Mr. Cruz as the choice of far-right Republicans, Mr. Trump as an anti-establishment outsider and perhaps a third candidate representing the center-right of the party”, notes the New York Times. I don’t think he’s got the right judgment.

Ted Cruz is taking control.

Trump countered Cruz’s assertion that he can’t match Cruz’s judgment as well, recounting to CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union” a list of examples he believes he’s had better judgment.

Part of Cruz’s coziness with Trump’s campaign appears be a political calculation.

Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) moved into second place with 22 percent, gaining 12 points.

Asked at one point whether he would consider selecting Cruz as his running mate or nominating him to the Supreme Court, Trump was receptive.

After the initial debates in August and September, Fiorina reached into the double-digits for Iowa Republicans but the latest Iowa Poll showed only one percent support.

At a rally on Friday night in the Hawkeye state, the real-estate mogul contrasted Cruz’s religious beliefs with his own “evangelical” beliefs.

During a Friday appearance in Des Moines, Trump took aim at Cruz for the first time, criticising his opposition to ethanol subsidies – a popular issue in the agricultural state.

Mr Trump has complained that the Des Moines Register is biased against him ever since the newspaper’s editorial board called him to drop out of the race in July.

In a tweet after the poll’s release, Trump called the result “biased” and urged voters to instead look at polling from CNN released Monday that has him ahead with 33 percent and Cruz trailing with 20 percent. “I mean I could be saying anything and he’d say, I agree I agree”. “You’re never going to get things done that way”.