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Ben Carson slashes staff as funds dry up
The Washington Post ^ | 2/4/16 | Robert Costa

Posted on 02/04/2016 6:31:36 AM PST by don-o

CONCORD, N.H. -- Ben Carson, the famed neurosurgeon whose bid for the Republican presidential nomination has struggled to keep pace with rivals, will cut more than 50 staff positions on Thursday as part of an overhaul and downsizing of his entire campaign.

Salaries are being significantly reduced. Carson's traveling entourage will shrink to only a handful of advisers. And instead of flying on private jets, Carson may soon return to flying on commercial flights.


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
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1 posted on 02/04/2016 6:31:36 AM PST by don-o
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To: don-o

Hopefully he will stop flying home to do laundry (not very cost effective)


2 posted on 02/04/2016 6:32:17 AM PST by rwilson99 (Please tell me how the words "shall not perish and have everlasting life" would NOT apply to Mary.)
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To: don-o

Cruz’s fault.


3 posted on 02/04/2016 6:32:20 AM PST by don-o (He will not share His glory. And He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the Name of the Lord forever!)
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To: don-o

All Ted Cruz’s fault :)


4 posted on 02/04/2016 6:34:22 AM PST by sickoflibs (Donald Trump : 'Either a new Iowa election should take place or the Cruz results nullified')
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To: don-o

He really appears to be a wonderful man in many ways.


5 posted on 02/04/2016 6:35:48 AM PST by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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Watch CNN now brag that THEY broke the story.


6 posted on 02/04/2016 6:35:52 AM PST by Henchster (Free Republic - the BEST site on the web!)
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To: don-o

This report suggests that the Carson campaign was already in a death spiral before the IA kerfuffle.


7 posted on 02/04/2016 6:36:05 AM PST by HoosierWordsmith
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To: don-o

I don’t “do” links, so is that 1/4/16 month-old date correct, or is it a typo?


8 posted on 02/04/2016 6:36:49 AM PST by ErnBatavia (It ain't a "hashtag"....it's a damn pound sign. ###)
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9 posted on 02/04/2016 6:37:15 AM PST by iowamark (I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy)
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To: PghBaldy

The amazing thing is, at his high in the RCP average of national polls, he was higher than Ted Cruz has even been. The fall was amazing,


10 posted on 02/04/2016 6:37:22 AM PST by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: don-o
Cruz's fault.

LOL! He stole it! I demand a recount! A do-over! Nullify it! Bad!

11 posted on 02/04/2016 6:37:44 AM PST by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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To: PghBaldy

Just not meant for politics. Personally I’d consider that a badge of honor.


12 posted on 02/04/2016 6:38:13 AM PST by CrazyIvan (Hey Pope Francis- The Gospels are not Matthew, Marx, Luke and John.)
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To: don-o

Dr. Carson is an intelligent fella. I see him as honest and full of integrity. He should see his chances are very slim. Time to bow out gracefully. Perhaps a cabinet level position for him would be appropriate. Good guy.


13 posted on 02/04/2016 6:38:15 AM PST by servantboy777
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To: don-o

Latest Tweet: Donald Trump is going to sue over this.


14 posted on 02/04/2016 6:38:28 AM PST by Durbin
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To: don-o
You should be ashamed of posting these lies. /s

Wait until Trump finds out about this. He will have the entire election nullified and make Obama King for life. /not sarc

15 posted on 02/04/2016 6:38:30 AM PST by eartick (Been to the line in the sand and liked it)
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To: ErnBatavia

The correct date is today, Feb. 4, 2016.


16 posted on 02/04/2016 6:38:50 AM PST by iowamark (I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy)
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To: don-o

Remember the story about Carson knifing someone as a teenager?

Maybe they shouldn’t have had the headline, “Ben Carson Slashes”.


17 posted on 02/04/2016 6:38:55 AM PST by Lazamataz (I'm an Islamophobe??? Well, good. When it comes to Islam, there's plenty to Phobe about.)
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To: PghBaldy

A wonderful man perhaps, but never had any prayer of winning the nomination. Not sure who ever advised him to pursue it in the first place, but he really does need to find better council, at least on political matters.


18 posted on 02/04/2016 6:39:11 AM PST by HamiltonJay
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“Hopefully he will stop flying home to do laundry (not very cost effective)”

Lol, yeah, me thinks, the real story about this has yet to be told. A lot of jockey shorts, socks, tea shirts, etc, can be bought for the cost of flying from Iowa to Florida and then to NH. I think he’s not only out of money, his brain is fried and needs some R&R, and that’s what the announced trip was really about.....


19 posted on 02/04/2016 6:39:12 AM PST by snoringbear (E.oGovernment is the Pimp,)
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To: don-o

He’ll have to sell some more of those magic, cancer-curing vitamins.


20 posted on 02/04/2016 6:39:34 AM PST by gdani ("I can be the most politically correct person you have ever seen")
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