Donald Trump (in his Dreams) to Obama: Your’re Fired! Trump’s Birther Talk Drives His GOP 2012 Support Up

 
Robert Schlesinger on the U.S. News blog explains why new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll found that self-promoter and real estate developer Donald Trump has risen to second place among GOP 2012 primary voters. As ImmigrationProf previously reported, Trump recently became an unofficial spokesperson for the birther movement.  He has suggested that while part of this is no doubt a function of name recognition, his rise is also more evidence that the birther movement has grown to become a not insignificant portion of the Republican Party. Schlesinger offers new poll data supporting this theory.