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Status quo heading into the holidays
After two debates in the past week, several new controversies, and even a new "Saturday Night Live" episode
lampooning it all, both the Republican and Democratic presidential
races are unchanged heading into the holiday doldrums. On the Republican
side, Donald Trump remains the overall frontrunner; Ted Cruz has a
clear path to victory in Iowa; and Marco Rubio is still trying to break
through in an early state. On the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton is in
firm control; Bernie Sanders, though, is still making it very
interesting in both Iowa and (especially) New Hampshire; and Martin
O'Malley has still been unable to break through. So it's the status quo
heading into the Christmas and New Year's holidays -- and before the
four-week sprint into the Iowa caucuses that will begin on Jan.3.
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Source: NBC News
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