Was Ben Carson Just the Republican Flavor of the Month?

[struggle4progress]

NOV 21 2015, 11:09 AM ET
by STEVE KORNACKI

... Three weeks ago, an NBC News/SurveyMonkey online poll showed Carson tied with Trump at 26 percent. But now the poll shows that Carson has fallen 10 points behind Trump and is tied for second place with a surging Ted Cruz. There is evidence of slippage elsewhere, too.

In New Hampshire, Carson pulled within two points of Trump in a WBUR poll at the start of the month. But this week, that same poll shows Carson falling back to 13 percent — 10 points behind Trump and tied with Marco Rubio. A new Fox News poll in the Granite State has Carson at just 9 percent — tied for fourth with Jeb Bush ...

At the heart of Carson's rise has been the support of white evangelical voters, who hold particular sway in Iowa (where they accounted for nearly 60% of all caucus-goers in 2012) and South Carolina (where they made up 64 percent of the 2012 primary electorate). At the start of this month, Carson was comfortably ahead with white evangelicals, netting 33 percent of their support. But in the last three weeks, Carson has lost a quarter of that support. At the same time, Cruz has leaped from 7 percent to 22 percent among white evangelicals — pulling into a virtual tie with Carson and Trump ...

http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/was-ben-carson-just-republican-flavor-month-n467156

[pangaia]

1. Thet are all insane.

Fuck all republicans, well politicians, anyway..

[Jarqui]

2. I think they're all just running media interference for Rubio

[Laura PourMeADrink]

8. Rubio is verbally nutty. If you listen, you can not tell what the hell

he is saying ! He never even tries to answer the question - complete and utter obfuscation.

[Jarqui]

10. I could be wrong but I think some of his non response is by design

He doesn't want to get tied down like Romney did to being too much to the right for the general election.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

11. Wow - now I think that takes real talent. Fiorina does it too. Think

I'll try that next time someone asks me why I crashed my car into someone - I'll just start talking about my vacation

Unlike Romney - who tried to explain away his 47% comments - Rubio doesn't even try to do that. He just drones on and on - I suppose hoping people will just forget that someone asked a question. Think people stop listening when they realize he's not getting to an answer. He yaps on and on about something else and to to stupider people, they think, Gee he sounds smart.

Trump needs to jump on that and take him down a peg for us.

[Jarqui]

14. If he starts to get closer to Trump, maybe Trump will

Here's his first ad

I suspect most can tell what he's saying in that ad

He's stating the obvious and introducing himself - polished - minimizing errors or getting too locked down

Lot's of folks understood him here:

Watch out for this guy

[Laura PourMeADrink]

15. SORRY...had to mute seconds in. But love the effect of the piano banging

out the distress notes like a silent movie.

[sharp_stick]

3. Even the pukes

are starting to realize that Carson is a fucking loon.

You know you're out of your mind when someone says. Hey that guys a little out there, I think I'll toss my vote at Donald Trump.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

12. Whatever happened to his proof that Chinese in Syria? He said he would

publish a response. Read last week that China is pissed off now because a hostage was Chinese. Like they just woke about about Syria !

[COLGATE4]

4. Repeat after me: Herman Caine. nt

[Laura PourMeADrink]

9. Yep...Carson this year's Pizza Man

[NightWatcher]

5. He was the GOP's "black friend" who is no longer of use to them

[JHB]

6. Carson engaged in their favorite sport and had all the right enemies...

He got attention by attacking Obama (extra points for being a black guy in a "smart" profession while doing so).

After doing so, the "liberal media" looked into his claims, and found them wanting, for the most part. But they got some of the details wrong, so the faithful can take it all as "lies, lies, lies!"

The less-faithful account for his slip, but fear not: Ted Cruz is positioning himself to slurp those people up.

[keithbvadu2]

7. If Ben is honest with himself,

If Ben is honest with himself, he will admit that he is just running for the name recognition for future speaking fees.

Keyes, Cain and West are living proof that conservatives will not run a black man for Prez.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

13. Is he still a surgeon? or retired?

[spanone]

16. the msm wants trump and no one else...they see years of 'drama' 'hate' 'warfare' if he's elected.