The Changing Republican Party
By: Bill O'ReillySeptember 3, 2015
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Donald Trump held a press conference today here in New York City, telling the world he will not run as a third-party candidate.

Mr. Trump continues to believe he will win the GOP nomination and that he is the man to turn the country around.

DONALD TRUMP: “Our country could be doing much better.  We have deficits that are enormous, we have all bad trade agreements.  We have an Army that the head said is not prepared. We have a military that needs help, and especially in these times. ((EDIT)) Nothing works, our country doesn’t work.  Everybody wins, except us.” 

According to the Real Clear Politics average of national polling, here's where the Republican field stands today:

  • Trump leads with 27%, followed by
  • Ben Carson 13%
  • Jeb Bush 9%
  • Ted Cruz 7%
  • Marco Rubio 6%

All the other candidates follow.

In 13 days the second Republican debate will be held.  That will of course influence the polling.

Some pundits say it is still early.  That's not true; the first vote in Iowa just about five months away.

Now there is no question the Republican Party is changing.

Few expected a populist like Donald Trump to be dominating the campaign.

But millions of Americans are angry about what President Obama has done and about how the Republicans failed to counter it.

Mr. Trump's signature issue is illegal immigration.

He was smart to seize upon that, as every fair-minded American knows our Southern border is a mess and immigration in general chaotic.

For decades both parties have been unwilling to solve the problem.

Trump says he'll solve it in dramatic ways.

So standard politicians like Jeb Bush find themselves up against a man who has literally nothing to lose, who says pretty much anything, taking no prisoners rhetorically speaking.

Trump's posture has changed the Republican Party.

The other aspect is the rise of Dr. Ben Carson.

A polar opposite to Trump in personality, Carson is a political outsider who also speaks straight but softly:

DR. BEN CARSON, PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE“Well of course black lives matter but what I feel is instead of people pointing fingers at each other and just creating strife, what we need to be talking about is how do we solve the problem in the black community of murder.”

Carson's entry into the race is problematic for liberal America.

An African-American, he grew up in poverty -- no father in a tough neighborhood in Detroit.

Through hard work Carson graduated from Yale and the Michigan School of Medicine.  He then became a skilled neurosurgeon.

The fact that so many Republicans admire Ben Carson completely trashes the far left line that the GOP is a racist party.

We will get to that in our second block tonight.

Summing up, the rise of Trump and Carson means traditional Republican campaigning is over.

Probably for the best.

And that's the memo.