Though Trump is surging in national polling, that hasn’t always translated into success once voters start casting ballots.
Donald Trump still has a way to go to become the next Rudolph Giuliani—or even the next Rick Perry.
Though Trump has surged to the lead of the GOP field in national surveys on the eve of the party’s first presidential debate on Thursday, he hasn’t generated nearly as much support as Giuliani did in national polls early in the 2008 race, or even quite matched Perry’s peak around this point in the 2012 contest. CONT.
Ronald Brownstein, National Journal
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