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Donald Trump had led Palmetto State polls. Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio are battling for second place.

South Carolina is living up to its reputation for nasty politics. Cruz is being accused of being a “liar” who is playing dirty tricks. He hopes religious conservatives will side with him.

Republican establishment choice Jeb Bush was once the candidate to beat. No more: Ted Cruz, Donald Trump and Marco Rubio’s success in the Iowa caucuses puts new pressure on the party mainstream.

Marco Rubio was the surprise beneficiary of heavy GOP turnout and made the fight for evangelicals a three-way contest. Bernie Sanders won with younger voters, but not enough voted for him to win.

There was still big elephant not in the room ahead of tonight’s Fox News Iowa Republican debate: Donald Trump.

Evangelical voters in Iowa are divided over whether to side with religious leaders urging compassion for downtrodden Syrian refugees or politicians who say it’s too dangerous to admit such refugees.

There has been a flurry of candidate promises about ISIS and the U.S. accepting Syrian refugees in the wake of the attacks in Paris a week ago.

Although policy differences were aired and some of the questions from the moderators could be called probing, gone was the slightly contemptuous tone heard in earlier debates — especially on CNBC.

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush tried to jump-start his presidential bid in his home state Monday. In the campaign lately, he’s been battling his political protege, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio.

Tea Party Republicans are trying to make a comeback and have found one candidate to get behind for the Senate in 2016 — Florida’s Ron DeSantis, a former JAG Corps lawyer and Yale baseball captain.