Trump Trumping?

Donald Trump is causing indecisive turmoil within the 2012 election scene. Recent polls show data that swings either way for the favor of Trump. Politico reports:

Donald Trump might be a factor in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, but it’s not clear that he’d pull support away from one candidate more than any other, a new poll suggests.

In fifth place, behind former Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney, who would get the support of 19 percent and 18 percent of Republicans, respectively. Newt Gingrich ranked fourth in the poll, getting the support of 14 percent of those surveyed, followed by former Sarah Palin, at 12 percent. Ron Paul is sixth after Trump at eight percent in the poll.

Without Trump included in the pool of candidates, all the other top GOP hopefuls do a bit better. Huckabee would get the support of 21 percent of Republicans, while Romney would get the support of 19 percent. Support for Gingrich and Palin would be one percentage point higher for both, at 15 percent and 13 percent, respectively.

Is it possible that Trump could bring back the Palin effect? Could he muster enough crazed fans to distract enough voters away from the Republican candidates? These polls indicate that this is a possibility. Which is somewhat disturbing. Although Trump is the business mogul, that is not necessarily the trait a president or any political leader would want to be prominent.