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Ben Carson now leading in NC, Oklahoma, Texas, Iowa, Wisconsin
The American Thinker ^ | October 6, 2015 | Ed Straker

Posted on 11/05/2015 11:55:31 PM PST by Cincinatus' Wife

.........[Ben Carson] is leading in North Carolina, Oklahoma, Texas, Wisconsin, and Iowa. That's impressive. It's well-known that he's doing well with religious conservatives in Iowa, but now it looks as though he has appeal throughout the South and other Midwestern states.

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What can Trump do to rebound? He has tried casting doubt on Carson's religion. He has tried having plenty of book signings. In an interview recently he said he was going to replace Obamacare with "something much better." Who wouldn't want to vote for someone who is going to institute a "something much better" health care system? He also promises to "quickly and brutally cut the head off of ISIS." I'm for cutting the head off ISIS. Let the head-cutting begin!

Unfortunately, that doesn't seem to be enough for voters. His tax plan has higher rates than other tax plans, like Ted Cruz's flat tax.

I'm not a big Ben Carson fan. I don't think he has the experience to be an executive or the temperament to take on Hillary. Trump might be able to at least do the latter. So what can Trump do to improve his position in the polls?

1) Talk about the insanity of "transgenderism" - letting boys into girls' locker rooms.

2) Give more detail on his vague immigration plan of letting the "good ones" come back after they are deported. How many "good ones" are there? Millions?

3) Speak out about the need for voter ID to protect the integrity of the voting process.

4) Pledge to end birthright citizenship by executive order on the first day of his presidency.

5) Tell us what he would replace Obamacare with. I suspect he himself does not know.

What else do you think he can do to help himself?

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Government; Health/Medicine; Politics; Religion
KEYWORDS: 2016; carson; elections; gopprimary; polls; trump
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
REDSTATE HATES Trump, so they'll never show him winning.

Amnesty loving Marco is a disaster and was mentored by Christ & jebbie, so that's a no-go right there!

"BRIAR PATCH" ? ROTFLMSO......not in this universe!

I just went looking for polls that support what this headline claims and can't find one; NOT EVEN ONE !!!

21 posted on 11/06/2015 12:33:21 AM PST by nopardons
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To: Catsrus
Redneck hole here in California most of those I ask did not even know anything about His religion so that was not even a factor. His last debate sealed it for most I have talked to, they were a large range of Income and Beliefs.
22 posted on 11/06/2015 12:34:51 AM PST by easternsky
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Dr. Carson is launching a 60 second urban radio advertisement scheduled to air Friday in eight markets.
23 posted on 11/06/2015 12:37:24 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: montag813

I’ll ask that question, when people start hitting Trump with his past and present positions (and opportunistic vagueness when it suits his purposes) over universal healthcare, gun control, abortion, taxes, deportation, unions, donations to the Democratic Party and to their leadership, and his membership in the Democratic Party (as recently as 2009). Please spare me the “he had to do what he did because he was in business” explanation. My answer to that defense is, why didn’t he run for the senate in NY instead of supporting Leftists, requiring their appearance at his last wedding, giving money to Pelosi, Reid - falling all over Hillary and any number of liberal politicans? - all of which tells me that the man blows in the wind - tacking wherever it will benefit him the most.


24 posted on 11/06/2015 12:40:29 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Berlin_Freeper

I don’t feel like clicking on the link...is that the one he does in RAP? If so, I doubt it’ll help him any and it will turn off many.


25 posted on 11/06/2015 12:42:05 AM PST by nopardons
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Okay, okay....we all know how much you HATE Trump, but your query is stupid and you have less than NO idea about N.Y. or NYC politics; elsewise, you wouldn’t have posted such a foolish query about his running there in the past!


26 posted on 11/06/2015 12:44:10 AM PST by nopardons
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Bogus.


27 posted on 11/06/2015 12:44:55 AM PST by Jukeman (God help us for we are deeper in trouble.)
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To: nopardons

I can’t find the suppoting polls either.


28 posted on 11/06/2015 12:45:37 AM PST by MEG33 (God Bless America And Our Troops)
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To: nopardons

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/259280-poll-carson-leads-trump-by-12-in-nc


29 posted on 11/06/2015 12:47:19 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: MEG33
It's because they do NOT exist.

I looked and looked for them and came up with not one single poll that had these outcomes for Carson.

30 posted on 11/06/2015 12:48:07 AM PST by nopardons
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To: nopardons

http://www.wpr.org/sites/default/files/2015%20Fall%20WI%20Survey%20Release.pdf


31 posted on 11/06/2015 12:48:15 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: nopardons

http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2015/10/27/carson-trump-lead-gop-in-ktvt-cbs-11-dixie-strategies-poll/


32 posted on 11/06/2015 12:51:36 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
What the bleeding hell is the Elon University poll? I've NEVER heard of that one!

Now, can you also find some obscure poll that show Dr. Ben trouncing everyone else, in the states listed in the article you posted ?

33 posted on 11/06/2015 12:52:15 AM PST by nopardons
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To: nopardons

http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/26/politics/ben-carson-tops-donald-trump-iowa-poll/


34 posted on 11/06/2015 12:52:23 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: nopardons

http://newsok.com/article/5455817

Poll: Ben Carson leads Republican presidential field in Oklahoma


35 posted on 11/06/2015 12:53:41 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: nopardons
I just went looking for polls that support what this headline claims and can't find one; NOT EVEN ONE !!!
36 posted on 11/06/2015 12:54:28 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
That's over a week old and Trump & Carson are TIED in that poll.

My kiddos live in DFW and keep me abreast of the news down there and this is NOT what they have told me.

37 posted on 11/06/2015 12:55:54 AM PST by nopardons
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Yeah, yeah, keep clutching at straws; old friend.

Oh.....and should Carson get the nomination, by some fluke, Hillary'll beat him. So enjoy your TDS.

38 posted on 11/06/2015 12:58:12 AM PST by nopardons
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To: nopardons

Polls were wrong about a lot of things this week.

I wouldn’t put so much faith in them.


39 posted on 11/06/2015 12:59:44 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Which means that your two polls are wrong as well. :-)

And this far out...............nobody should place all that much faith in polls; especially when Dr. FOOT-IN-MOUTH keeps making dreadful statements.

40 posted on 11/06/2015 1:06:13 AM PST by nopardons
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