Public Policy Polling:Trump Still Leads GOP Field But Descent May Be Beginning (Rand Down to 4%)

OMG, Rand Paul is now polling Carly Fiorina numbers.

Public Policy Polling's newest national poll finds that Donald Trump is likely facing at least some fallout from his comments about John McCain over the weekend.

Nevertheless PPP, my favorite polling organization, finds  Trump narrowly leading the national field in the PPP survey, which went into the field on Monday, after Trump's comments about McCain. he gets 19% to 17% for Scott Walker, 12% for Jeb Bush, 10% for Ben Carson and Marco Rubio, 8% for Mike Huckabee, 4% each for Ted Cruz, Fiorina, and Rand, 3% each for Chris Christie and John Kasich, 1% for Bobby Jindal, Rick Perry, and Rick Santorum, and less than 1% each for Jim Gilmore, Lindsey Graham, and George Pataki.

 PPP adds: "Despite his overall lead there are some signs that Trump's comments may have hurt him.  For one thing his favorability rating is back down in the 40s, at 48/39. "

On the Democratic side Hillary Clinton leads with 57% to 22% for Bernie Sanders, 5% for Jim Webb, 3% for Lincoln Chafee, and 2% for Martin O'Malley. This does represent some tightening compared to a month ago- Clinton's gone from 65% to 57%, with Sanders gaining from 9% to 22%. Martin O'Malley's announcement bump has also faded, with his support dropping from 5% to 2%.

 -RW