Sunday show wrap-up: GOP candidates prep for second debate

DONALD TRUMP

Trump’s reform agenda: Elect ‘super-competent’ people   Trump said “it’s hard to believe some of the people that we have in office.”  http://hill.cm/RyeoBKb

Trump holding on to leads in early voting states   Iowa remains the most competitive race.  http://hill.cm/HxuD9xE

BEN CARSON

Carson responds to Trump: ‘I have plenty of energy’   The retired neurosurgeon said he would bring plenty of energy to the Oval Office.  http://hill.cm/tANsdl8

SCOTT WALKER

Walker: Americans ‘can’t trust Hillary’   Walker said Americans can’t trust Clinton “on just about anything.”  http://hill.cm/KijYiqs

Walker slams Obama on ‘absence of leadership’ on police killings   Walker said it is Obama’s duty to “stand up and say something.”  http://hill.cm/oXseZmt

JOHN KASICH

Kasich not interested in talking Trump on the trail   Kasich said he is focusing all of his attention on gaining ground in the early states.  http://hill.cm/3RJSrYv

Kasich: Republicans shouldn’t push government shutdown   “You shouldn’t shut it down unless you have a chance of great success,” he said.  http://hill.cm/qQoaLIJ

CHRIS CHRISTIE

Christie: Congressional Republicans not interested in getting things done   Christie said voters “want to burn down Congress” because it doesn’t do anything.  http://hill.cm/ysLrEQK

Christie: ‘Bridgegate’ not a stain on my record   He insisted his response to the controversy is a positive for him.  http://hill.cm/HbGcq4m

REINCE PRIEBUS

GOP chairman: White House is ‘ours to lose’   “I think we’re in a great place as a party,” Reince Priebus said.  http://hill.cm/UCFxCHT

BERNIE SANDERS

Sanders: Democrats to blame for losing the Senate   “The Republicans did not win last November. The Democrats lost,” he said.  http://hill.cm/rUr6fmh

Poll: Sanders up by 10 points in Iowa   The senator is also leading Clinton in New Hampshire, 46 percent to 23 percent.  http://hill.cm/9s0EaXL

REFUGEE CRISIS

Homeland Security chairman: ‘We don’t know’ who Syrian refugees are   “We have to deal with this crisis,” Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) said.  http://hill.cm/RGBnH4v

Dem senator: US credibility at stake in Syrian refugee crisis   Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) said the U.S. needs to step up.  http://hill.cm/FXxgmPh

ISIS

General: US making ‘remarkable progress’ against ISIS   Gen. John Allen said he wasn’t sure if Iraq would survive the rise of ISIS.  http://hill.cm/W4BhKKp