Donald Trump president bid splits Republicans
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NEW YORK — Running on a populist message of isolationism and spite for President Barack Obama “the foreigner,” billionaire businessman Donald Trump is romping to early polling glory in the White House race.
In less than a month, the 64-year-old known best for his multiple marriages, garish skyscrapers and reality TV show, has jumped from 10 to 19 percent support among Republican voters, tying with former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, according to a CNN poll released this week.
That puts the real estate mogul with the signature comb-over ahead of a crowded field of more established potential Republican contenders, including conservative Tea Party favorite Sarah Palin (12 percent) and Mitt Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts (11 percent).
But more than four in 10 Republicans said they would not like to see the real estate mogul enter the 2012 race, the poll found..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110415com6.html
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