Walker is down to 37% approval here, with 59% disapproval.

Screwed it's great name.

Nothing can stop them now!

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Everyone expects Trump to stumble or quit at some point so it is surprising to see Kasich suddenly emerge from the shadows to claim second place. Fiorina's rise is unsurprising given her debate performance but why is Kasich surging? Is it because he is the only somewhat sane GOP candidate?

Although the answer might be simply that he's not as well known as Bush, Rubio, Walker, etc. The more you get to know them, the less you like them.

more than any other GOP candidate.

Kasich knows how to campaign, and to bide his time.

A Kasich/Fiorina ticket is a serious ticket. Smart money's on Kasich making a real go at it. He takes Ohio in a walk, which makes the math harder for Dems, too.

The Koch Brothers must be shitting "gold bricks" over this Trump stuff......

Nothing left but a belfry-load of bat-shit insane.

...and tells the Republican base what they want to hear. Remember when Mitt Romney won the nomination by essentially going hard right on immigration? Republicans ideally want their candidate to make innuendos about immigration, but not make any obvious anti-immigrant remarks. However, the temptation is too strong to pander to the GOP's base. This is why you now even have Jeb Bush making anchor baby remarks. Say something racist or xenophobic and you get a few bonus points in your GOP poll numbers.

My prediction is that Jeb tries to move into contention by dropping a few more racist and xenophobic remarks, then tries to win back Hispanics by choosing either Rubio or Ted Cruz as his VP.

Ain't it the truth. Try selling diversity, civil rights and peaceful global engagement (rather than unilateral American actions like bombs, walls and tariffs) to their base and your poll numbers will drop like a stone.