IA-Suffolk: Trump remains ahead

[Torie]

I don't know guys, I think we need a few more polls before we completely write off the notion that Kasich didn't win the debate.

Your sarcasm is duly noted. Florina won the debate, but Kasich did just fine, and shows strength in NH. Be patient. It's very early yet, and he has plenty of time to either show the right stuff as compared to his real competition (Rubio, Bush and Florina), or belly flop, or something in-between. What's the rush?

[Torie]

Trump is who the [20% or less of the] GOP primary electorate wants, it is a very conservative electorate.

Fixed. Your schadenfreude is not well taken, or at least premature.

[Torie]

BUT KASICH WON THE DEBATE AND TRUMP WAS THE BIG LOSER! The genius political analysts at Atlas told me so!!!!

You should be studying for the Professional Responsibility exam.

[Torie]

Trump is who the [20% or less of the] GOP primary electorate wants, it is a very conservative electorate.

Fixed. Your schadenfreude is not well taken, or at least premature.

Considering that it only takes a plurality to win primaries and caucuses, I am correct in saying that the bulk of the electorate wants a conservative candidate like Trump.

Bulk? How about a plurality in a currently Balkanized field?  I won't get into an arid discussion about whether Trump is a "conservative."  What he really is, is an opportunist. He has no ideology other than his own self advancement.

[Torie]

Iowa voters see Rubio and Carson as the primary debate winners and pick Fiorina by a wide margin as winner of the secondary debate:

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Seriously, did these people watch the same debate I watched?

Many folks, including my partner, loved Carson's gentle temperament and of course remembered his closing statement.

[Torie]

Yes, you are weird.