For the Record: New king of the GOP hill

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ALL HAIL CARSON, (CURRENT) KING OF THE ELEPHANTS

Your new, statistically significant front-runner. (Leonard Ortiz/The Orange County Register via AP)

outside the margin of error in the latest national pollgross, Trump meat.USA TODAY OnPolitics’ William Cummings has the latest numbers.

BUMMED ABOUT CARSON’S SURGE: 1) TRUMP, 2) CLINTON

Thanks, Donald! (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Whenever the real estate mogul refers to undocumented immigrants as “rapists,”not that onethis oneUSA TODAY’s Heidi M. Przybyla has more.

TRUMP WANTS TO NEGOTIATE TERMS FOR UPCOMING DEBATE APPEARANCES. THIS SHOULD BE FUN!

If Trump’s demands aren’t met, he’s not bringing the eye candy next week. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

does that mean “tweet at them”USA TODAY OnPolitics’ David Jackson has more.

MORE FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL

• Sanders meets with Joe Biden, discusses extending public education through college
• ISIS makes al Qaeda look like a Rotary Club, says Lindsey Graham. Damn you al Qaeda, and your Tuesday morning coffee shop meetings (USA TODAY OnPolitics)
• As president, Kasich vows to finish Obama’s work – on eliminating the Commerce Department, that is
• Let’s check in with the Larry Lessig campaign – wait, never mind (USA TODAY OnPolitics)

ALSO: IT’S ‘LIGHTNING,’ NOT ‘LIGHTENING’

Inside RNC headquarters:

“Ooh, I got another one: Networks can’t talk about how far away the bathrooms are.”

(30 seconds of awkward silence.)

“Dammit, you guys haven’t used ANY of my suggestions so far.”

NEW: Draft letter from Ben Ginsberg to campaigns about debates. What they want networks NOT to do NEW: Draft letter from Ben Ginsberg to campaigns about debates. What they want networks NOT to do NEW: Draft letter from Ben Ginsberg to campaigns about debates. What they want networks NOT to do pic.twitter.com/Q9VKrZ7Fk8

— Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) November 2, 2015

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