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Donald Trump has had one of the quickest rises and falls in the history of Presidential politics. Last month we found him leading the Republican field with 26%. In the space of just four weeks he’s dropped all the way down to 8%, putting him in a tie for fifth place with Ron Paul.
The April poll and the new poll can’t actually be compared on an apples-to-apples basis; as I noted at the time, Trump’s total was probably inflated by the order and wording of the questions. Those issues aren’t present in the new poll; the questions are written to treat Trump the same as other candidates. It’s an open question how much the of the drop in his support can be attributed to methodology and how much is voters simply noticing the unseriousness of Trump’s publicity stunt (which has always been vanishingly unlikely to amount to a real presidential campaign). In any case, we can probably stop pretending that The Donald is going to be a factor in 2012.
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Bill Hussein O'Stalin| 5.10.11 @ 2:44PM
Since he never announced he was running those numbers aren't all that bad.
It's not that I would vote for him but he had more nerve than the entire Republican leadership. He probably has better skills in many ways.
Unlike our current President Trump is actually more qualified.
Perhaps it was fake, but the White House took him seriously.
This is the same White House who not only did not take the Republican leadership in Congress seriously, they took the Republican leadership to the cleaners in the latest budget battle.
The Republicans walked away bragging about a 38 billion cut, when in fact it was a 3.3 billion increase in spending.
Trump, who isn't even elected, got the White House to actually do something.
In that sense he isn't fake, but the current Republican leadership leading the Republicans apparently are fake, or at least faking it.
Oldefarte| 5.10.11 @ 3:49PM
John, don't sell THE DONALD short just yet, okay? When consumers begin waking up to $4+ and rising gasoline and same's factor inside the rising price of groceries and all other products they purchase [along with THE TRUMPSTER'S slaming China for their monetary manipulation; OPEC's oil manipulation/monepoly etc], he just may successfully exclaim to the present occupant of thw WH..... YOU'RE FIRED!!!!!!!!
tonynoboloney| 5.10.11 @ 5:58PM
Although the Donald will not be a factor in the 2012 race (thank g*d), he has already provided an invaluable service to America. Outing Obama on his birth certificate. If only the other candidates certain to drop out would do the same on the rest of O's background.
Wayne | 5.11.11 @ 7:21AM
Its because you guys never understand the appeal he had. Trump is willing to take Obama head on, while the GOP comes off as the 90 pound weaklings. Not many of us took Trump as candidate that seriously, but we did like his attitude.
Mike Rogers| 5.11.11 @ 8:11AM
Which, by the way, was exactly Limbaugh's take - interview the Donald, amp up his attitude difference with the GOP old guard, and tell us we should be taking the fight to the enemy (Obama, not Osama - although thank god the latter is gone).