These are critical days for Donald Trump, the Republican frontrunner for president.<br /><br />Trump needs a solid victory in New Hampshire to prove that all these many months of Trump-Mania weren't a manic dream. Recent polls show Trump's lead in New Hampshire, and nationally, is slipping, as both Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz gain ground.<br /><br />"Cruz's victory in Iowa has put the burden right back onto Trump," David Wasserman of the Cook Political Report said in a phone interview from Manchester. "He needs to win in New Hampshire to prove that his poll numbers are real."<br /><br />Tonight, Trump will face off against six of his seven remaining opponents in the Republican primary -- Jeb Bush, Ben Carson, Chris Christie, Cruz, John Kasich, and Rubio (Carly Fiorina will not be attending) -- in the final debate before voters in New Hampshire go to the polls on Tuesday. In deciding to skip the final debate before the Iowa caucus may have cost Trump a victory there, he has admitted.
