His best numbers of the year, I should say, in any poll tracked by RCP. His next best showing was 36 percent in a CNN poll; that was conducted two weeks ago. His third-best showing was 35 percent in a CBS/NYT poll; that one was conducted last week. In other words, this guy is consistently racking up his best national numbers of the campaign right now, at a moment when voters are supposed to be slowly shifting to more “serious” candidates because they’re beginning to pay more attention to the race.

And that’s not all. A different pollster, Quinnipiac, has Trump ahead in Iowa too today, although by just one point over Ted Cruz. If you’re a Trump critic, cling tightly to that Selzer poll this weekend that had Cruz up 10 there. Not only is it the best evidence that Trumpmania’s beginning to fade, it’s, er, pretty much the only evidence.

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