The Note: How Long Before A Trump Slump?

NOTABLES --TAKE ME TO YOUR LEADER: Donald Trump leads the GOP primary field in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll, while also garnering enough support as a hypothetical independent candidate in the general election to potentially damage his party's chances, ABC's GARY LANGER notes. That's even though a majority of Americans, including most Republicans, say Trump does not represent the Republican Party's core values, and six in 10 overall - including three in 10 in his own party- say they wouldn't consider supporting him for president were he the GOP nominee. Trump's frontrunner status, moreover, reflects the crowded GOP race. He leads the 16-candidate field with 24 percent support among Republicans and Republican-leaning independents who are registered to vote, up sharply from 4 percent in May. While enough for a lead, that also means 76 percent prefer someone else, or none of them. http://abcn.ws/1RKJFN9 --HOW LONG THE TRUMP SURGE LASTS IS AN OPEN QUESTION: This poll was...