Byron York: In Las Vegas, the Ted Cruz debate

Ted Cruz knows he'll be a center of attention, if not the center of attention, at the fifth Republican debate here in Nevada Tuesday. In the first GOP debate, back in August, questions went to Donald Trump, and Ben Carson, and Marco Rubio, and Jeb Bush, and Trump again before moderators got around to Cruz. (The first question: "How can you win in 2016 when you're such a divisive figure?") It won't be that way this time, with Cruz now leading the RealClearPolitics average of polls in Iowa and in second place to Trump nationally.

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Carly Fiorina Getting Attention in Iowa’s Romney Counties

Carly Fiorina’s support in the polls has climbed since the latest GOP debate. Another measure—Google search traffic data— puts a finer point on her gains. It shows that Mrs. Fiorina is seeing a spike in attention from a particularly important group of places: Iowa counties that voted for Mitt Romney in the 2012 GOP Caucus. --Iowa’s conservatives, among them tea party supporters and evangelical Christians, are spread across Iowa. By contrast, the party’s establishment bloc is mostly concentrated in counties based around large population centers. Win them and you likely will do well in the state.

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