Krauthammer: We Could See a ‘Three Car Pile Up’ with Trump, Cruz, and Rubio

‘If Trump comes out second, or, particularly if he comes out third, it would be shocking’

CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: "If you look at the latest polls, there's an interesting dynamic. The last two polls, the ones that came out after the Des Moines Register poll, and that included the entire weekend, so that would absorb most of the Trump no-show for the debate. One of them show a three-car pile up in the low 20s with Trump,  Cruz, and Rubio. Now if that is a more accurate representation of where we are, then what you could have is the biggest shocker of the campaign, depending on the birth order here. If Trump comes out second, or, particularly if he comes out third, it would be shocking. If Rubio comes in second it would be surprising. If we came out where the Des Moines Register has us, with Trump at 28, with Cruz at 23, Rubio at 15. That's going to be the expectation standard. Anybody who exceeds that or comes under it will be seen as having either exceeded or diminished expectations. So we already have the numbers that are set. I think that's going to be important for how we see it, and also, the order of finish. That would be absolutely critical."

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