Donald Trump still leads New Hampshire.; Ben Carson second

Trump, in the same poll, has only gained 4 percent of Republican voters since July.

This is particularly bad news for more establishment-minded candidates like former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R).

Both Trump and Carson appear to be benefitting from the desire to put a political outsider in the White House. Trump had lumped Carson in with former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush in saying he lacks the “energy” to become the next president.

The only one who did attack Trump on the main stage that night was Kentucky Sen.

Trump is at 27% and Carson is at 23% in the CBS News/New York Times poll released Tuesday. Slightly more than half of Trump’s backers say they have decided, while 46 percent said they could still switch candidates. Trump and Carson also lead among voters who are actually satisfied with the GOP leadership in DC, but their combined share of the vote is smaller. ABC News/Washington Post tallied similar results, giving Carson a 14-point boost over the same timespan.

Donald Trump has signed a pledge to support the Republican Party’s presidential nominee – even if it isn’t him.

Trump, though, continued to pile on Carson.

What to watch Wednesday: Now that he’s a top-tier candidate, Carson won’t be ignored for a half-hour stretch as he was in the first debate. “I don’t think Ben has the energy”.

He tells “Fox News Sunday” that he needs to introduce himself to voters, and to achieve that, he says it “doesn’t make any sense” to spending time talking about Trump or others, or their campaign strategy.

Donald Trump is still leading the pack for the Republican presidential nomination, but a candidate once considered a long shot is gaining ground fast, according to a new poll.

The outspoken real estate mogul retains a lead in party polls, gets attention others desperately want, and no matter how outrageous or offensive his remarks, remains popular.

Trump also said his tax plan, to be unveiled in the coming weeks, would cut taxes for the middle class and corporations, “but for the hedge fund guys they are going to be paying up”.

“I believe we should encourage the various countries in that region, you know Turkey, the Arabian Peninsula, to take those refugees in”, Carson said, adding that the U.S. “should be willing to perhaps help them financially and with some expertise”. Or John Kasich, the plainspoken, pragmatic governor of Ohio who’s quickly winning supporters in New Hampshire?