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I agree it was not necessarily a smart move, and I am not sure if Cruz actually officially released it, or some campaign staffer mentioned it.

If I had a private jet or was flying charter, I might want to go home and recharge for a day or two..maybe more than just getting new clothes—who knows? maybe he had to have some sort of private medical procedure done and didn’t want to share...could have been to get his suits taylored or get new ones...I don’t know. But I do know that he did not suspend his campaign, which is what is now being reported that the Cruz campaign said...—tho not to diss Des Moines, but not sure what sort of clothiers they have for suites on a level for a presidential campaign....

Yeah, I am cutting Carson a break on it...it is because he is an OUTSIDER and inexperienced politician campaigner that people like him....If he was an experienced politician campaigner he probably would not have done it...

That said, campaigning and running the country are not the same thing....Dr. Carson did run the pediatric neurosurgery department of Johns Hopkins, a premier medical teaching facility, which is more than some of the candidates can say.

Whether he said it or a staffer said it, on the surface, it was not the best idea to go home, but I don’t think that disqualifies him from being a President.

I don’t blame either Trump or Cruz for commenting loudly about the actions of the Cruz campaign—I believe Cruz campaign was very loose with the facts and chose not to tighten them up by confirming with the Cruz campaign prior to or during caucuses...they could have and should have...if you watch the 2 videos on this thread, perhaps you will understand where Cruz and Trump are coming from.

It is one thing to lose in a fair fight, but it is another to lose in a questionable to unfair fight, and I think the race was questionable if not unfair—and even various Iowa officials agree.

It wasn’t that Carson decided to go home for a few days. It was that his staffer told the press about it WHILE THE CAUCUSES WERE STILL UNDERWAY.

OK, it was an amateur move, and OK, we can cut him some slack, but this isn’t Pop Warner football. This is the professional leagues. Carson has absolutely no cause to complain about the entirely natural and utterly foreseeable consequences of the actions of his own staffer.