GOP establishment moving a little closer to accepting Trump

Ultimately, numerous anti-Trump efforts ring hollow given every man and woman running for the nomination has made it clear that, push come to shove, they’d pull the lever for Trump if he is the nominee.

As evidenced by the two candidates – Donald Trump and Ted Cruz – at the top of most Republican presidential primary polls, the theme of the 2016 election continues to be an increasing desire for a leader outside of the political mainstream.

Not surprisingly, the CNN poll that came out Thursday showing Sanders and Trump way ahead in Iowa used a very loose voter screen.

“I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn’t lose any voters, OK?”

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz campaigns in New Hampshire. Ted Cruz, who was born in Canada, over his eligibility to run for president. “The time for silliness and reality show tactics has passed”, Beck charged at a Cruz rally.

Trump this week launched his first attack ad against Cruz, suggesting the Texan has been inconsistent on immigration, a contrast with Trump’s hardline position on the issue.

Trump certainly holds a commanding national lead over the rest of the Republican presidential field. Both are aggressively courting evangelical voters, Tea Partiers and social conservatives in Iowa. Researchers found that 10 percent of Republican primary voters now admit they are less likely to vote for him as the controversy stemming from his Canadian birth continues to swirl around his head. He didn’t go as far as endorsing Trump, although he did say, “We have an opportunity once again to make America great again”.

Nine days from the first nominating contest in Iowa, however, it was Republican rival Marco Rubio who won the endorsement Saturday from the Des Moines Register, the state’s biggest and most influential newspaper.

Next comes two former governors, Florida’s Jeb Bush and Arkansas’s Mike Huckabee. “In fact, a lot of the polls that are done in traditional ways in that state, you would have a turnout of a half-a-million people, based on what they are getting in response rate”.

“We’re going to protect the people in this room and what they love”, he told those gathered in an ornate ballroom at the Venetian resort casino.