Oh my: Ben Carson ties Donald Trump in Iowa in new Monmouth poll

Hotair ^ | 08/31/2015 | Ed Morrissey

[tflabo]

Carly no Farina polls higher than Cruz? Not buying it.

[Cowboy Bob]

I stand with Lindsey!

Hahahahahahah

[grania]

Outsiders have 56% of the vote. If you count Cruz as an outside (Boehner and McConnell sure do) it's 65%. The only sane take-away from that is Republican voters have had in with party leadership.

I do hope the leadership runs for the hills and hunkers down in their safe hideaways before the convention. I remember 1968, and the US was truly on the edge. If the elitists pull a Cochran to keep power, all *ell will break loose.

JMHO

[Starstruck]

Carly no Farina polls higher than Cruz? Not buying it.

Why? Carly being a woman is going to garner a certain percentage of the vote. You don't think Hillary is leading because of her accomplishments do you?

[SeekAndFind]

RE: Carly no Farina polls higher than Cruz? Not buying it.

It’s looking like Iowa voters are choosing the non-politicians over those who have held elected office.

[JustAmy]

Lindsey is a bigger rino than Jeb. Both are Good Ole Boys!

[Genoa]

I don’t understand Carson’s attraction as a candidate. Trump has never held elective office either, but he’s a howling commando. What exactly are people expecting Carson to be able to do??

[scottinoc]

Chris Christie is barely registering. He assured us he’d “definitely” be in the next debate.

[gdani]

Everyone’s going crazy for liberals in Iowa.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: What exactly are people expecting Carson to be able to do??

I have a theory, but if I spelled it out, I’d be called race-obsessed.

[Forgotten Amendments]

A brilliant, decent man. How horrible! /s

[Forgotten Amendments]

I keep posting this.

If they still had those election futures things (abolished by nannies like Graham), I'd put a few $$$ down on Graham if I could get 20+-1.

The “hawks”(the polite term) still hold a lot of power in the GOP. Their boy is Rubio. Rubio is flaming out. I'm telling you, between the Adel$ons, and his advantage in the SC primary, I can see a path for Graham to sneak through.

PUH-LEEZE do not consider this an endorsement! I hate his guts.

[longtermmemmory]

exactly.

The super pacs can EASILY shift to another RINO and pull a John McCain.

They just need to know where to drive the bus and over who.

[PapaBear3625]

I don’t understand Carson’s attraction as a candidate. Trump has never held elective office either, but he’s a howling commando. What exactly are people expecting Carson to be able to do??

Carson should ask Clarence Thomas what life as a black conservative is like. As long as you don't have power, fellow blacks will tolerate you as somewhat crazy but harmless. As soon as you DO have power, and use that power against the Democrat agenda, then you will be hated by 95% of fellow blacks.

Worse for you, your entire family will be hated by fellow blacks.

[McGruff]

This is such BS.

[SpeakerToAnimals]

What exactly are people expecting Carson to be able to do??

I have seen Carson bumper stickers. No others yet. A Trump bumper sticker might get the car vandalized.

I see the appeal of Carson. He speaks without a teleprompter, off the cuff. He comes across as a very intelligent man. He is a nice guy.

Nice guys finish last, if at all.

[Catsrus]

Seems that Rick Santorum and Huckabee won Iowa the last few presidential elections. Iowans are a strange bunch.

[Catsrus]

I don’t get his appeal either. He puts me to sleep and I can’t imagine him negotiating with foreign leaders. Like I said - Iowans are a strange bunch. This world and country are in too much of a mess to have someone who talks so soft at the helm. JMO.

[Kegger]

Iowa caucuses

2012 - Rick Santorum (25%), Mitt Romney (25%), Ron Paul (21%), Newt Gingrich (13%), Rick Perry (10%), Michele Bachmann (5%), and Jon Huntsman (0.6%)[16]
2008 – Mike Huckabee (34%), Mitt Romney (25%), Fred Thompson (13%), John McCain (13%), Ron Paul (10%), Rudy Giuliani (4%), and Duncan Hunter (1%)
2004 – George W. Bush (unopposed)
2000 – George W. Bush (41%), Steve Forbes (31%), Alan Keyes (14%), Gary Bauer (9%), John McCain (5%), and Orrin Hatch (1%)
1996 – Bob Dole (26%), Pat Buchanan (23%), Lamar Alexander (18%), Steve Forbes (10%), Phil Gramm (9%), Alan Keyes (7%), Richard Lugar (4%), and Morry Taylor (1%)
1992 – George H. W. Bush (unopposed)
1988 – Bob Dole (37%), Pat Robertson (25%), George H. W. Bush (19%), Jack Kemp (11%), and Pete DuPont (7%)
1984 – Ronald Reagan (unopposed)
1980 – George H. W. Bush (32%), Ronald Reagan (30%), Howard Baker (15%), John Connally (9%), Phil Crane (7%), John B. Anderson (4%), and Bob Dole (2%)
1976 – Gerald Ford (45%) and Ronald Reagan (43%)


Not a good track record as of late...