GfK Poll: Decisiveness key for Trump among GOP voters

Well, nobody except Donald J. Trump.

A new Associated Press-GfK poll finds that 8 in 10 Republican registered voters call Trump very or somewhat decisive. “I’m for him on that”, he said.

But it’s also a tone that some Republicans embraced before Trump and growing terrorism fears pushed the party to more muscular rhetoric.

There is evidence the group has been targeting the site since at least Wednesday, when it posted a YouTube video warning against Trump’s plan to halt the immigration of Muslims into the U.S. Jeb Bush called Trump “unhinged”, while the Obama administration called the comments “morally reprehensible”.

“In India, we have equal rights for everyone and we don’t look towards communities with suspicion”, he told a Washington news conference when asked about Trump. Republicans, many of which say they oppose “big government” and intrusions on their privacy, also overwhelmingly favoured registering Muslims already living in the USA in a government database, another of Mr Trump’s suggestions following the ISIS-inspired attacks in Paris last month that killed 130 people.

The Democratic presidential candidate said the Republican frontrunner is giving terrorists a “great propaganda tool, a way to recruit more folks from Europe and the United States”.

Unlike the Republican candidates for president, who have been petrified of Trump and can’t even get themselves to say they won’t support him if he’s the nominee, Israeli politicians have no trouble calling Trump a bigot and a buffoon.

Clinton alternated between tugging at the heartstrings with messages of inclusiveness and capitalising on Trump’s comments in ways that some Democrats considered unseemly. “But the truth is many of them have said extreme things about Muslims”.

Oh, and let’s not forget Trump had planned to go to the Temple Mount – a photo op, of course – where much recent violence has occurred. At the Luntz focus group, Cruz was the top pick for second choice.

Following a private meeting between the GOP front-runner and the New England Police Benevolent Association, the organization officially endorsed his candidacy. “And because it’s kind of crossed that line, I think everybody – and especially other Republicans – need to stand up and really say, ‘Enough, you’ve gone too far, that’s not who we are, that’s not the kind of country that we believe we are, and we’re just not gonna tolerate it'”.

And they have good reason for concern. A Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted this week, which includes responses from before and after Trump made his proposal on Monday, shows he still holds a commanding lead in the Republican race.

Trump didn’t elaborate the nature of the crime though, but said Clinton shouldn’t be allowed to run.