It's a big time push poll: 
I love Ben, but wonder if he could destroy Hillary like Trump or Cruz would.
Nominee needs to be able to neutralize her or he won’t even get in office........
On the other hand, this hardly fits the Cruzers' narrative that he is taking IA.
Carson can have Iowa. Trump will still win NH. And all the others will drop out like flies.
Is the disgust for career politicians so great that they would rather vote for Ben Carson than Ted Cruz?
Still not sure what to make of the Carson surge. I'm sure there's something to it as I see the enthusiasm on Twitter and other social media. Still a lot of unknowns about the guy. Reminds me of where we were four years ago at this very time with Herman Cain.
Carson seems to be believing it now as his EGO has emboldened him to finally expose his BLACKNESS and his admiration for AL Sharpton.........
Playing the race card early, catching onto O's coattails. Wrong move Carson............
Evangelical is a buzz word used by the libs’ which means Christians or people of faith. Sounds to me like the Christians are being very vocal in these states and I love it!
Now, we know why the Iowa Corn Whores faux conservatives for ethanol favor Carson.
Carson favors burning food as an expensive and worthless gasoline additive, which needs our tax $’s to subsidized this bs.
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Iowa is a crazy place, they voted for 0bama in the caucuses and twice in the general. I suspect that many or even the majority of Iowans are white guilters, and will vote for any black on the ballot.
Iowa is, after all, the home of Jane Elliott, that old fool who came up with the “anti-racism” program to have her students target people with blue eyes for discrimination, and abuse.
If those people aren't careful...they'll give us Hillary.
If they give us Hillary...they're gonna be going onto my LIST.
And you don't want to be on the LIST...or in me BOOK!
Tread wisely.
I am left wondering how the top 2 contenders in the Republican field were so recently Democrats.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/nov/4/ben-carson-officially-switches-parties-returns-gop/
http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/21/politics/donald-trump-election-democrat/
It's a big time push poll:
Carson just recently said he would replace medicare (and medicad) with a $2,000 a year Medical Savings Account. I don’t think seniors are going to be happy about that.
Carson is a likable guy, but Hillary will obliterate him in a general election. 40 state landslide territory.
I think Trump is the best chance a GOPer has to beat Hillary in the general election. He’ll at least effectively take the fight to the liberals, not let them dictate the language of the debate and narrative, and otherwise fight back.
We shall see.
57% of Iowans who vote in this caucus self-identify as Evangelicals way way above true GOP rank and file numbers. Anyone who things Carson will be the nominee is fooling himself.
Wow, I betcha those pollsters have never spent so much time in church...
Trump did the pollsters a favor by legitimizing them, by citing the polls over-and-over again.
The media paid pollsters used Trump to push out Cruz.
Now comes the anti Trump pollster push.
And Trump and his supporters can't complain about it.
this could very well be the first prong of the united elite’s vow to take down trump in a coordinated effort. some bowling green outfit posted their first poll of the cycle a few days ago with carson leading.
there might be some nasty direct mail stuff under the radar the way there was about callista gingrich.
trump will prevail don’t doubt it.
It can’t be much of a surprise that evangelicals would prefer Carson to Trump. Carson being SDA will likely influence many, though.
Given the challenges of polling in these times, all of them need to be taken with a large grain of salt. IIRC this’d last poll relief on phone polling which is greatly problematic.
For all those that find the Iowa Caucus
procedures as arcane as the initiation rites of The Mystic Knights of the Sea, I offer the link to a 2012 article.
http://m.theweek.com/articles/479139/idiosyncratic-iowa-caucus-rules-guide
excerpt:
The ‘Idiosyncratic’ Iowa Caucus Rules: A Guide
On Tuesday night, Iowa Republicans will gather at 1,774 locations around the state to kick off the 2012 presidential election, through an “idiosyncratic” caucus process with origins at least as old as the United States. Unlike more straightforward primary elections, the voters who brave the cold Iowa winter to spend a weekday evening politicking won’t award any delegates to the winning candidates. Adding to the unusual nature of the caucuses, each of Iowa’s 1,774 precincts gets to set its own rules. Still, despite the quirks and arcane rules, “Iowans stand by their caucuses,” says Elizabeth Hartfield at ABC News. Here, a guide to the proud, strange Hawkeye State electoral tradition:
How do the caucuses work?
Caucus participants gather at their local precinct meeting place — usually a school, library, church, or other public space, but sometimes a private home — by 7 p.m. Then, after reciting the Pledge of Allegiance and electing a caucus chairman and secretary, the caucusgoers listen to a brief endorsement speech by a surrogate from any campaign that sends a representative. Then Iowans vote: Republicans note their preference by secret ballot, usually a blank slip of paper. The votes are counted in public, read aloud, then phoned in to the state GOP, which tallies the statewide results and releases them.
Who can participate?
Any registered Republican who lives in the precinct and will be 18 by Election Day. But since state law allows voters to switch registration at the caucuses themselves, the event is effectively open to all interested voters. Turnout isn’t usually very large, though. In 2008, about 120,000 people cast ballots in the Iowa GOP caucuses — roughly 21 percent of active registered Republicans — while 227,000 Democrats caucused to decide that year’s heated battle between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. Political analysts expect a slight uptick on the GOP side this year....go to link for more.