Comments, zrump leading the pack with 18 . Jeb bush is second with 15 . Followed by scott walker. Cruz, paul, and rubio. We are entering crunch time. The first Republican Debate is under two weeks away. Some observers say it may be driving the ramped up rhetoric candidates needing to get noticed. Donald trump is very good at getting noticed. Sarah muiry reports. Reporter whats behind the socalled trump bump . The man himself gave his explanation to cnns jake tapper. This is more than me. This is a movement going on. People are tired of the incompetent tent politicians in washington that cant get anything done. Reporter it is a movement fueled by dissatisfied voters 53 of the republicans say the government in washington doesnt represent their views even though their Party Controls the house and the senate. And 52 of republicans say they want trump to stay in the race. While just 33 want him to drop out entirely. Now, trumps rise in the polls is drawing president obama into the fray. Wei
When hes made some of the remarks that, for example, challenge the heroism of mr. Mccain, somebody who endured torture and conducted himself with exemplary patriotism. The Republican Party is shocked, and yet that arises out of a culture where those kinds of outrageous attacks have become far too commonplace and get circulated nonstop. Were creating a culture that is not conducive to good policy or good politics. The American People deserve better. The president s remarks come as a new cnn poll gives you a look at whats behind Donald Trumps surging ahead of his gop rivals right now. It sure seems to rest largely on widespread dissatisfaction with washington. 53 of Republican Voters say they do not feel their views are represented by lawmakers right now. Thats nearly double the democrats who share that sentiment. Jake tapper is joining us now, host of the lead and state of the union for more on this. We can bring in all the polls at any point but i want to ask you what you heard from pr
Ted cruz and marco rubio. Trumps tone may be rez nightsonating ruffling feathers certainly and the loudest most inflammatory voice wins trump is getting competition recently from Mike Huckabee who referenced the holocaust when he criticized the nuclear deal with iran. He is so naive. He would trust the iranians. He would take the israelis and basically march them to the door of the oven. Well Hillary Clinton called the comment offensive. President obama had this to say. The particular comments of mr. Huckabee are, i think part of just a general pattern that we have seen that is would be considered ridiculous if it werent so sad. A lot to talk about with rnc Communications Director sean spicer he joins me. Sean donald trump is pulling first place, are you comfortable with his tone calls Lindsey Graham an idiot, jeb bush we should keep our eye on the prize. Remember we are out to win a national election. We have to minimize infighting amongst ourselves. Our candidates have a right to con
React to the poll and said Republican Party leaders seem to finally be accepting that hes here to stay. They view me as an outsider i guess, and now theyre starting to view me not as an outsider because im leading in all the polls, not just yours. I think they have been really nice over the last few days. Theyre starting to see whats happening. Theres a movement going on. This is more man me this is a movement going on people are tired of these incompetent politicians in washington that cant get anything done, they cant make deals, they cant do anything. All they care about is getting elected. They dont care about anything else. Cnns sunlin is in waurkd washington, d. C. This makes it difficult for political leaders that want less of trump. Reporter right now he is the front runner among the republicans. Its important to note here this poll was done after he made those controversial comments about senator john mccain, so all that backlash that trump received did not damage him in the p
Jeb bush 15 . Within the polls margin of error. Followed by Scott Walker Ted Cruz rand Paul Marco Rubio and the rest in single digits. The election is a long way out. Not a stretch to say we are entering the crunch time. The first Republican Debate is under two weeks away. I should point out. Some observers say is what is driving out some of the amped up rhetoric. If there is one thing donald trump is very good at and has been very good at so far is getting attentiontion. Reporter whats behind the socalled trump bump. The man himself gave his explanation to cnns jake tapper. This is more than me. This is a movement going on. People are tired of these incompetent politicians in washington that cant get anything done. Reporter a movement fueled by dissatisfied voters. 53 of republicans say the government in washington doesnt represent their views. Even though their Party Controls the house and the senate. And 52 of republicans say they want trump to stay in the race. While just 33 want h