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Can John Kasich get traction in the Summer of Donald?
If the two-term governor of all-important Ohio -- with a 60%
approval rating in his state -- announces a presidential bid and no one
hears it, did it really happen? That's John Kasich's challenge as he
makes his White House run official today at 11:00 am ET amid all of the
Donald Trump headlines. Trump leads nationally in another poll! Trump is running second in Iowa! The Des Moines Register wants Trump out of the race! Trump is still feuding with John McCain! And oh, Donald Trump just killed a guy with a trident!
Yes, we made that last one up (it's from "Anchorman"), but you get the
point: It's the Summer of Donald, and it's become hard for the other GOP
presidential hopefuls to break through. Remember that Scott Walker
officially announced his presidential bid last week, and he barely broke
through all the Trump news, at least nationally.
Two weeks out, Kasich has work to do to make that first GOP debate
And cutting through the Trump noise is doubly
important for Kasich since -- as of right now -- he's on the outside
looking in of making that first debate next month in his home state.
Below are the polling averages from the last five national polls
(WaPo/ABC, Fox, USA Today/Suffolk, Monmouth, CNN). And remember that the
Top 10 make the debate stage.
- Trump - 16.8%
- Bush - 14.8%
- Walker - 9.8%
- Rubio - 6.2%
- Huckabee - 6.2%
- Paul - 6.2%
- Carson - 5.8%
- Cruz - 5.2%
- Christie - 2.8%
- Perry - 2.4%
- Santorum - 1.8%
- Kasich - 1.6%
- Jindal - 1.4%
- Fiorina - 0.8%
- Graham - 0.2%
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