And the hair, dear Lord, don’t forget the hair!
Obviously many respondents are just playing with the pollers.
You think that Trump is volunteering himself as a stalking horse for the GOP? Have you met his ego?
From that very article:
It’s not terribly uncommon for a candidate to announce, their poll numbers start fairly high, and then go down as their stands on the issues is made more specific. I would guess that his poll numbers will go down as he starts to do more “campaigning”.
Is his ego that thing on his head?
No. His ego would be the size a circus tent.
Clicking through to the poll information behind the story
So Trump’s support is somewhere between 15.4 and 6.6. His error bars would overlap with candidates who the report showed at 3% or higher. His numbers are not significantly different than those for Bush, Walker, Rubio, Carson, Christie, Paul, Cruz, or Fiorina. “No statistical difference between the top nine Republican candidates” isn’t much of a headline for CNN though.
An interesting piece not covered in the article is that the poll also asked about who should get to participate in a debate from the gigantic field. Trump is #11 for people wanting him in the debate The poll link also includes this (with my emphasis added):
His campaign manager has their work cut out to break through that ceiling.
I’ve never met his ego; I’ve heard some of his statements and yes if any man on earth could inflate two Goodyear Blimps with hot air from both ends at the same time, its probably him.
That said (and those 4 bankruptcies aside) I can’t remember a time when he has ever thrown away money; to be in the race, even just this far, must have cost him personally million$.
Trump tends to think through things in an “investment > shock advertisement > fleece the crowd > get out early” format.
We’ve seen so far the investment & the shock advertisement to draw the crowd… but make no mistake, there IS a hook that’s coming. That we can’t see it or flesh out its profit function should worry us.
(…unless it is just to be a stalking horse with the payoff being that he feels that some of his riskier investments will yield enough more under Jeb than Hillary to be worth all this.)
Keep in mind that Republicans still do pick running mates from former candidates and announce at their convention. He could very easily play the “I’m Bat-Shit Crazy, so nothing better ever happen to the President” Veep card.
He’d be playing one-on-one against Christie to be Jeb-Veep, and so far he makes Christie look low-key.
No candidate would ever, ever, ever pick Trump as his running mate, and his ego is not at all suited to taking the #2 spot. That’s crazy talk.
Trump’s now picking a fight with Neil Young: http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/24/politics/trump-responds-to-neil-young-on-twitter/index.html
I understand… and maybe you are correct. Still, I’d rather see him as somebody’s #2 rather than Christie, whose governing style hasn’t been seen in leadership role in a Western country since twentieth century Southern Europe.
Much as I disagree with Christie on the issues and suspect him in the bridge closure and other abuses of power, I would take him in a heartbeart over Trump for either President or Vice President. He at least has governing experience and some measure of self-discipline.
It’s a cheap shot, I know, but given Gov. Christie’s waistline, how can you say he has “some measure of self-discipline”?
Let me emphasize that I am no admirer of Christie. But compared to Trump, he is not an egomaniac narcissist who instantly says whatever pops into his head. He has political if not, er, culinary self-discipline, which is more important in a public official.
I was going to agree with you, then I reread what you wrote and thought “But that describes Christie really really well.”
His campaign announcement has already lost him money: Univision Ends Miss Universe Business Deal Over Trump Mexico Comments
Heh. Well, I would put Christie a good bit farther down the spectrum of outspoken egomaniacal narcissism.
I dunno, Christie is a guy who shouts at and insults people who ask him uncomfortable questions at press conferences. So his ego is quite fragile, if not quite as large as Trump’s.
NBC/Universal severs ties with Donald Trump
I’m dying laughing. I can’t wait to hear Trump’s response.
That clears the way for the Fox News Channel to air Miss Universe.
“What the hell do you mean, I’M fired?”