His Presidential Bid Over, Ben Carson Has a Big Polling Lead

Ben Carson, who just days ago dropped his lackluster Republican Party presidential bid amid languishing poll numbers and a disappearing profile, is leading in Florida polling by a wide margin, but in the contest for the Sunshine State's soon-to-be-open Senate seat. Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson speaks during CPAC 2016 March 4, 2016 in National Harbor, Maryland.
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Ben Carson Spent $16 Million on Consultants, $1.3M on Campaign Payroll/Ads

Ben Carson ran for president, and his consultants won. The political newcomer, who plans to announce Friday afternoon that he will become chairman of a group that encourages Christians to vote, raised $58 million, more money than any other GOP contender raised.
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Ben Carson blasts RNC, threatens to leave Republican Party

Ben Carson on Friday blasted the Republican National Committee following a Washington Post report that nearly two-dozen establishment party figures were prepping for a potential brokered convention as Donald Trump continues to lead most polls.


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Exclusive: Dr. Ben Carson to Tour Refugee Camps in Jordan to Battle ‘Premature Capitulation to Violence and Evil'

Dr. Ben Carson boarded a flight to the Middle Eastern nation of Jordan late on Thanksgiving to embark on a tour of Syrian refugee camps there on Friday, he told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview before the trip.


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Fools Rush In (When will They Ever Learn?)

Once again the corporate media tars a conservative candidate and those who should know better rush in without waiting at least 24 hours for the half-truths and lies to unravel. This week the target was Dr. Ben Carson and the reason and charge were patent: He’s a Black Republican so obviously honest and sincere the media wolves tried to knock him out of contention by claiming he lied.

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Politico Edits Ben Carson Hit Piece, Drops Claims of ‘Fabrication’

Politico has rewritten the headline, lede, and several portions of the text of an article accusing Ben Carson of "fabricating" part of his personal biography involving the Military Academy at West Point. The story, bearing the byline of reporter Kyle Cheney, now omits the original version's declarations that Carson's statements were false or fraudulent, as seen in an archive of the article.


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Carson: Syria plan would focus on Putin

Washington (CNN)Ben Carson laid out his plan for handling war-torn Syria on Sunday, with a heavy focus on Russian President Vladimir Putin.
"My much bigger plan involves, you know, Putin and Iran also," Carson said on ABC's "This Week" Sunday. "Those are the forces that are propping up the Assad regime. And even though Putin came in there and said he was going to fight ISIS, he's really fighting the anti-Assad forces. What we need to be thinking about is how do we oppose him?"


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Ben Carson on "volatile" past, trying to stab a friend

Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson, in defending against criticisms of his relaxed demeanor on the campaign trail, opened up about his past "volatile" behavior during an interview that aired Sunday. "I have plenty of energy. But, you know, I am soft-spoken. I do have a tendency to be relaxed. I wasn't always like that. There was a time when I was, you know, very volatile," Carson told NBC News. "But, you know, I changed."


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Ben Carson’s Education Department Would Police Universities for Bias

Unlike some conservatives, Ben Carson doesn’t want to shut down the Education Department—no, he wants to use it to punish universities that demonstrate “extreme” political bias. That’s according to an interview he gave to The Blaze’s Glenn Beck:
I actually have something I would use the department of education to do. It would be to monitor our institutions of higher education for extreme political bias and deny federal funding on that basis.


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Ben Carson Is Receiving So Many Death Threats the Secret Service Is Stepping In

According to a report published in Newsmax over the weekend, a source close to the government agency has confirmed that the Secret Service will provide Donald Trump with approximately two dozen agents as early as next week.  Additionally, Newsmax reported that the Secret Service will provide government protection to former Johns Hopkins neurosurgeon Ben Carson. According to the government source, the agency’s decision was prompted by an “off the charts” number of threats, including death threats and terrorist chatter.


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Carson closing in on Trump in Florida

Donald Trump continues to lead the Republican presidential field in Florida, but is losing his edge in the key battleground state. The GOP front-runner is the first choice candidate for 21.7 percent of Republican voters in Florida, but only 6 percent of voters named him their second choice in a University of North Florida poll released Monday.


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Carson puts public campaign events on hold

UPDATE: National Review - Ben Carson Campaign: No Suspension, We’re Continuing to Hold Public Events

GOP presidential candidate Ben Carson is stepping away from the campaign trail to promote his new book, “A More Perfect Union,” according to ABC News.
The network reported late Wednesday that Carson is scheduled for over 20 private fundraisers during the next 14 days, but has no public campaign appearances planned. It added that Carson’s last public campaign event was on Oct. 2. He is scheduled to appear during the GOP’s third presidential debate in Boulder, Colo. on Oct. 28. ABC News said that Carson’s campaign is keeping his campaign separate from his book’s promotional efforts to avoid questions about campaign assets aiding its sales.


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So good: Ben Carson goes to National Press Club and tells media how awful they are

The press are your enemy. Treat them that way and don't back down. Not only is it the way to get elected, it's the way to govern too.
Last week Rob explained one of the main reasons Donald Trump continues to lead the Republican nomination race, in spite of having spent only $2 million on his campaign so far. In essence, Trump understands what traditional Republican candidates don’t about how to deal with the media: Don’t take their crap, don’t let them intimidate you and don’t be afraid to call them on their idiocy and dishonesty.


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Carson: 'I Would Establish a No-Fly Zone' Along Turkish Border

Dr. Ben Carson has joined the growing chorus of outrage over Russian President Vladimir Putin's military muscle flexing, telling Newsmax TV a no-fly zone should be created along the Turkish border. A sophisticated missile defense system should also be put in place to keep Russia's fighter jets in check, according to Carson, a retired pediatric neurosurgeon seeking the 2016 GOP presidential nomination.


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Ben Carson’s Response to PC Outrage Is Smarter than Trump’s

For the fourth time this week, Ben Carson finds himself embroiled in controversy. This time, he’s in trouble with the Left for declaring that, “the likelihood of Hitler being able to accomplish his goals would have been greatly diminished if the people had been armed.” Before that, he caught flack for saying that people should rush mass shooters, that the loss of constitutional liberties is “more devastating” than a body with bullet wounds, and that not “every lifestyle is exactly of the same value.”
The list could go on — Carson has been touching off such online tempests for months.


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Ivy League Prof Calls Ben Carson a ‘Coon’

A professor at the University of Pennsylvania called presidential candidate Ben Carson a “coon” because he said he’s cool with NASCAR flying Confederate flags during races if that’s what its fans want.
“If only there was a ‘coon of the year’ award . . .” Religious Studies professor Anthea Butler tweeted last Tuesday in response to a tweet sharing a Sports Illustrated article about Carson’s comments. Her post has since been deleted, but not before a screenshot of it was captured, according to an article in Campus Reform.


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Ben Carson wants a national database of potential mass killers

In a conversation with Business Insider promoting his new book, presidential candidate Ben Carson suggested creating a national database to keep "dangerous individuals" from accessing guns. In the aftermath of the mass shooting in Roseburg, Oregon, Carson wants to stop unstable people from slipping through state systems which are under no federal mandate to share information.


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Carson: Terrorists 'would be fools' not to try infiltrating refugees

GOP presidential candidate Ben Carson said on Friday that he opposes admitting Syrian refugees inside America’s borders.
“To bring into this country groups infiltrated with jihadists makes no sense,” he told listeners in Des Moines, according to ABC News.
“At some point you have to use common sense and judgment,” Carson said. "If you are part of the global jihadist movement, and you see large numbers of people from your area moving into the United States, wouldn’t you want to infiltrate them?”


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Trump would 'absolutely' hire Carson

If Donald Trump bests Ben Carson to win the White House, the former neurosurgeon may have a special place in Washington regardless -- in the Trump administration.
Trump said Friday that he would "absolutely" put Carson in his Cabinet if he were to win the presidency. "I would put him -- I'd love to have that," Trump said on MSNBC's "Morning Joe."


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Ben Carson uses empowerment message in bid to sway black voters

Ben Carson is hoping to awaken black voters to his campaign with a message of economic empowerment, saying the black community has been done a disservice by heeding political power overtures from Democrats. Speaking to a small group of black leaders and activists last week, the retired neurosurgeon, who is surging in polling in the Republican presidential race, said he believes black Americans bring more power through the size of their bank account than by putting their “fist in the air.”




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