https://www.yahoo.com/politics/ben-carson-is-relying-on-a-time-honored-iowa-128788818625.htmlA CNN/ORC national poll of likely GOP primary voters released Thursday found Carson in second place in the Republican nomination race behind Trump and with a double-digit lead over rivals, including former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush. According to the poll, 19 percent of Republicans are backing Carson — a 10-point surge since early August — compared to 30 percent for Trump and 9 percent for Bush.
in Iowa, Carson has erased Trump’s edge. A slew of recent polls — including a Des Moines Register/Bloomberg Politics survey — found the former surgeon narrowly trailing Trump among likely GOP caucus-goers. Another poll from Monmouth University released last week found Trump and Carson tied among Iowa Republicans.
BobG said:Republicans have become so frustrated that they're seemingly willing to let amateurs try their hand at something the professionals have immense difficulty doing.
mheslep said:BobG said:Republicans have become so frustrated that they're seemingly willing to let amateurs try their hand at something the professionals have immense difficulty doing.
In the 2008 democratic primary, which candidate had by far the least experience in federal office or state governorship?
I think that you approach here the problem too logically, while it contains somewhat high ideological content. Quite a few conservatives (seems from brought links that it maybe the case) are OK with granting homosexuals some quasi-marriage rights, as long as it is not called a marriage.Evo said:But he is against same sex marriage (from your link).
Unfortunately the problem seems more popular. In my country there is something like 20% of voters who you could only charm by showing how anti-establishment and not related to any politics are you. In last presidential election in Poland the no. 3 candidate with 20% of votes was a rock musician with no clear program (except of course being anti-establishment) and brain seriously damaged by alcohol.BobG said:Realistically, Republican polls are probably best understood by the fact that 54% of Republicans prefer a candidate that has never held elective office before (http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/10/politics/donald-trump-ben-carson-cnn-poll/).
That is the problem.Czcibor said:I think that you approach here the problem too logically, while it contains somewhat high ideological content. Quite a few conservatives (seems from brought links that it maybe the case) are OK with granting homosexuals some quasi-marriage rights, as long as it is not called a marriage.
Unfortunately the problem seems more popular. In my country there is something like 20% of voters who you could only charm by showing how anti-establishment and not related to any politics are you. In last presidential election in Poland the no. 3 candidate with 20% of votes was a rock musician with no clear program (except of course being anti-establishment) and brain seriously damaged by alcohol.
The only good thing is that it prevents any dictatorship, as any politicians who actually hold an office becomes a part of this rotten establishment, thus should be outvoted...
Talking Head Joe said? Well my cousin Fred said ...phinds said:Joe Scarborough, of "Morning Joe", said the other day that during the recent debate a couple of Carson's answers were "pure gibberish". I think Joe is being charitable. Only a couple?
My point is that Joe is a Republican through and through and tends to be nice to them.mheslep said:Talking Head Joe said? Well my cousin Fred said ...
Says Joe. I say Joe is RINO.phinds said:My point is that Joe is a Republican through and through and tends to be nice to them.
Yeah, I guess he is by today's standards. He actually would like see things get done and he's not an ideological fanatic. That puts him out of step with the party these days.mheslep said:Says Joe. I say Joe is RINO.
A large number of RINOs have (at least theoretically) left the party and now consider themselves independent. There is still a large number of RINOs left in the Republican Party.mheslep said:Says Joe. I say Joe is RINO.
This is a non sequitur...or am I missing something? The discussion was about the silly (IMO) label "RINO", but now you bring up Sanders. I don't follow what you're getting at.mheslep said:I feel the opposite; that any yahoo candidate is a far more rational choice than a real, honeymoon in the USSR, national socialist. Given the evidence of the actual socialist countries, Venuezuela, Cuba, N. Korea, I think an embrace of socialism is out there.
lisab said:This is a non sequitur...or am I missing something? The discussion was about the silly (IMO) label "RINO", but now you bring up Sanders. I don't follow what you're getting at.
As the NY Times and now your article suggest, Dr Carson knows very little about foreign policy and is cramming to catch up on the best expert, establishment thinking. Friends and foes, domestic and foreign, are likely to regard him as naive and malleable. But maybe Ben is gifted and lucky?gleem said:Carson promises a safe American. Some Americans likes his intentions but can he deliver? The Paris attacks have brought His promise up for closer scrutiny.
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/could-the-paris-attacks-derail-ben-carsons-lead
Can he be a credible leader of this country. How might other world leaders, friend or foe, view him.
Dotini said:To break this spiral, a counterintuitive judo-like plan must be found.
phinds said:I think it is going to take an international coalition, very much including the Arab countries, with lots of all our young men getting killed fighting the bastards on the ground there (and directing better-targeted air strikes) and even that doesn't solve the core problem of why the have been radicalized in the first place.
Carson has a habit in press conferences of letting reporters put words in his mouth and then acknowledging them.Astronuc said:Carson backs off claims of American Muslims cheering 9/11
http://news.yahoo.com/carson-wants-mosques-schools-supermarkets-watched-closely-204646323--election.html
Backing away? Retracting a false statement? Faulty memory or vivid imagination?
You don't think that his (what many would consider insane) ideas and beliefs on the bible as truth, the pyramids as grain silos. I'm out of time so here http://www.salon.com/2015/11/08/you...uss_the_craziest_things_he_actually_believes/Derek Francis said:In his last few debate performances, Carson looked very sedated and tired. It looks like he wasn't able to handle pressures of running for president, and therefore, he wasn't able to handle the pressure of being president. I did see a 2013 speech on Youtube that was excellent. He was full of life, energy and inspiration and I can see why many conservatives wanted him to be president. I love how he emphasized education, worked hard, had positive moral values and escaped poverty.
Carson was scant of administrative experience and dense on policy, so I never took him seriously as a candidate. However, I do think he has some political career ahead of him. He has a lot of good things to offer whatever job he goes into. Just not president. I think our society today is short on role models. While I don't agree with him politically, I admire him as a person.