The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds Trump with 17% support among Likely Republican Primary Voters, down from 26% in late July before the first GOP debate. Senator Marco Rubio and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush are in second place with 10% support each, in a near tie with Fiorina and Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker who both earn nine percent (9%) of the likely primary vote.

Next with eight percent (8%) come retired neurologist Dr. Ben Carson and Senator Ted Cruz at seven percent (7%)

The national telephone survey of 651 Likely Republican Primary Voters was conducted by Rasmussen Reports on August 9-10, 2015. The margin of sampling error for the survey is +/- 4 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Fieldwork for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.

Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, who ran for the GOP nomination unsuccessfully in 2012, also lost ground among likely primary voters, falling from seven percent (7%) support to three percent (3%) now.

Interestingly, slightly more voters are now unsure about their vote. Seven percent (7%) were undecided a week-and-a-half ago. Now after the debates and the resulting news coverage, 11% feel that way.

The latest survey finds the rest of the Republican hopefuls and their level of GOP primary voter support little changed: New Jersey Governor Chris Christie (4%); Ohio Governor John Kasich (4%); Senator Rand Paul (4%), and all with one percent (1%) support each – former Virginia Governor Jim Gilmore, Senator Lindsey Graham, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, former Texas Governor Rick Perry and former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum. Former New York Governor George Pataki earned 0% support statistically in this survey

The Crimson Cyclone wrote:probably the best "ex-president" we've had as far as the amount of worldwide diplomacy and charity that he does

The Crimson Cyclone wrote:

jerseyhoya wrote:I guess the ... GOP getting their clock cleaned in a presidential election would be highly unlikely to imperil the party's existence moving forward...the GOP nominating Cruz (or god forbid Trump) would open the door to a potentially legit third party run that would appeal to a lot of regular party voters that might have lasting effects as well.

Monkeyboy wrote:

The Crimson Cyclone wrote:probably the best "ex-president" we've had as far as the amount of worldwide diplomacy and charity that he does

I've done Habitat for Humanity the last three years as our spring cultural trip and raised funds during the school year for it. Great charity and he was instrumental in helping them make it big.

drsmooth wrote:

jerseyhoya wrote:I guess the ... GOP getting their clock cleaned in a presidential election would be highly unlikely to imperil the party's existence moving forward...the GOP nominating Cruz (or god forbid Trump) would open the door to a potentially legit third party run that would appeal to a lot of regular party voters that might have lasting effects as well.

What the GOP has on display right now is its essential irrelevance, certainly with respect to candidates for the office of President.

I'll grant that that may not sink in with many of its purported adherents.

Could a headless Party of No thrive? My guess would be why not

pacino wrote:our politics has gone further rightward over the past 30 years to the point that people who were solidly in the Republican party are now moderate Democrats. that has nothing to do with rhetoric.

pacino wrote:our politics has gone further rightward over the past 30 years to the point that people who were solidly in the Republican party are now moderate Democrats. that has nothing to do with rhetoric.

pacino wrote:until recently i don't think very much 'left' has been going on in this country as far as actual political movements go

TomatoPie wrote:I see a steady move to the left.

jerseyhoya wrote:The difficulty in measuring these things though is what counts as moving left or moving right over time, and I'm not sure most of the tools we have to look at this do a very good job.

A new witness has come forward in the death of a 19-year-old fraternity pledge at Clemson University, leading his family to believe they may finally be closer to knowing what happened to Tucker Hipps before he died.

An exhibit attached to a legal motion seeking to update the lawsuits against Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity, three of its members, and Clemson University alleges that Hipps was forced to walk along a narrow bridge railing in a hazing incident before he fell to his death.

For months, the criminal investigation into his death has been at a standstill. Hipp's family believes the university, the fraternity and three of its members are to blame for the death, and tried to cover it up after the fact. According to the suit, no one tried to rescue him, they waited at least three hours before looking for him, and didn't call campus police for help until seven hours later. The lawsuit also alleges the three fraternity brothers stalled Hipps' girlfriend when she asked where he was; they said Hipps had been spotted in the library.

One of the fraternity brothers named in the suit is Samuel Carney, son of U.S. Rep. John Carney, D-Delaware. He is accused of organizing the hazing event and the subsequent coverup.

pacino wrote:our politics has gone further rightward over the past 30 years to the point that people who were solidly in the Republican party are now moderate Democrats. that has nothing to do with rhetoric.