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Increased fears of terrorism also play into the hands of arch-xenophobe Donald Trump, who has called for Muslims to be tracked, mosque to be closed and the murder and torture of terror suspects' families. All of this bloviating has only increased his numbers, with recent polls showing the businessman with a commanding 38% of potential Republican voters. If Trump's surge is animated by America's darkest nativist id, what happened in Paris and San Bernardino will no doubt cement his frontrunner position.
To play catchup at the CNN debate Tuesday night, Cruz and Rubio doubled down on their tough talk with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt baiting Texas senator Ted Cruz into "carpet bombing" Raqqa—the nominal "capital" of the Islamic State—in a cruel contest of tough-guy oneupmanship. It's unclear if their attempts to out-Trump Trump will pan out, but Trump's lead has remained virtually unchallenged in six months and there's little reason to suspect this will change before the January primaries.
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