Ted Cruz continues to lead in six out of the most recent eight polls coming out of Iowa (and tying in a seventh), despite blistering left-wing and birtherism attacks from Donald Trump.  Polls reported in Real Clear Politics show him leading anywhere from two to ten points over Trump. Trump has remarked that he has attracted much larger crowds than Ted Cruz, but so has Shamu the Killer Whale at Seaworld; it does not mean that Shamu is going to win the GOP nomination for president.  If the polls are correct, it must mean that many people who show up for Trump rallies are showing up solely for the entertainment value, not to vote for him. Trump has attacked Cruz, mostly from the left, for failing to support the ethanol mandate and/or modifying his position calling for the mandate to be phased out over five years rather than immediately.  Meanwhile, Trump seems very proud of supporting this enormously harmful piece of corporate welfare, which raises the prices of both...(Read Full Post)