Republican Campaign Stabilizes

Rick Klein: “Beneath the churn, polling is starting to suggest a modicum of stability inside the Republican race. Donald Trump may look weaker of late in a head-to-head with Ben Carson, but both men are polling consistently in the mid 20s – your first tier. The other two candidates who crack double digits – Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz – mark a second tier. The third tier could be the rest of those who make the main stage at debates – a shrinking group, potentially, based on how Fox Business News decides to handle things. Then there’s the rest of the field, mired in the low single digits and struggling to get out. Movement is possible, of course, in the coming months. But for all the odd developments in the race to date, it looks like things are stabilizing – to the frustration of anyone not in the top four right now.”