Defying the predictions of just about everyone who watches politics even remotely, the two nontraditional Republican presidential contenders remain at the top of just-released opinion polls. Public polls, it is true, have proliferated, and many are worthy of being ignored. But four of the most respected surveys came out this week, and they pretty much agreed. The ABC News/Washington Post poll found an unusually wide, 10-point lead for Donald Trump over second-place finisher Ben Carson (32 percent to 22 percent). Sen. Marco Rubio ran third, at 10 percent, followed by former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (7 percent) and Sen. Ted Cruz (5 percent). Everyone else in the Republican field drew 3 percent or less. The CNN/ORC survey pegged Trump at 27 percent, five points ahead of Carson. Rubio and Bush were tied for third, at 8 percent, followed by former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and Sen. Rand Paul, at 5 percent each. The latest Fox News poll put Trump at 24 percent and Carson a point behind, followed by Cruz (10 percent), Rubio (9 percent), and Bush (8 percent) in
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