Experts question if Trump can go the distance

No matter how Donald Trump performs in  the Fox News/Facebook GOP debate, in the aftermath his campaign will begin to move into another phase.

His competitors are about to start shooting back. And how he handles criticism and the inevitable setbacks of a long campaign will make all the difference in whether his surge continues.

So far, Trump has seemed like the only player in the game, based on media coverage and poll numbers.

Texas Christian University professor and political analyst James Riddlesperger cited an astonishing survey by Andrew Tyndall, a consultant who studies network evening news coverage, who published results of the past six weeks.