Posted on 09/01/2015 1:16:36 PM PDT by lbryce
A new poll in early battleground Iowa has former brain surgeon Ben Carson surging into a tie with Donald Trump for the first time in the GOP presidential contest a stunning jump for a political novice who is the latest outsider to shake up the race.
Trump and Carson, who came to prominence when he laced into President Obama at a televised prayer breakfast in 2013 as the president looked on, each got 23 percent in the Monmouth University poll released Monday. Former Hewlett-Packard executive Carly Fiorina another outsider who has never held elective office is third at 10 percent. Its the first time in a month that Trump hasnt had the lead all to himself in one of the four early-voting states. When GOP voters in Iowa were asked if the next president should be someone outside of government, 66 percent said yes. Only 23 percent opted for someone with government experience. People are hungry for something different, something that has not been tried before, Iowa state GOP chair Jeff Kaufmann told The Post. Certainly a neurosurgeon that is involved in politics is new. Its out of the box, its fresh, all of those adjectives that people claim they want. I always knew, obviously, Republicans are not fans of President Obama, Kaufmann added. The depth and intensity of that is actually more than what I had believed it was.
Carson has impressed GOP crowds with his understated demeanor, slashing attacks on the president, and denunciations of political correctness. He is the only major black presidential candidate in either party, and grew up in tough Detroit neighborhoods raised by a single mom with only a third-grade education..
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I don’t believe this poll, and think it is, at best, just an outlier. Monmouth poll ending 8/31/15 shows a more realistic picture, and has Jeb at 4%, which I readily accept.
As an aside, I just don’t like Carson b/c he’s so mealy mouthed and flip flops a lot. We need a warrior for America right now. Cruz and Trump stand out in that regard to me.
The recovered part is somewhat debatable. Dishonoring Reagan by pretending he changed his core views as radically and as often as Trump is laughable. Of course, you also missed Carson’s wish to ban guns in “big cities” as well. They all seem to have warts to varying degrees.
Sadly, I don’t trust any Republican on this issue. And I don’t trust Trump either. But Carson has his points. He would probably be pushed not to enact amnesty, like Bush was.
Some folks are jerking our chain with the Carson vote.
Yeah his idea of eliminating the VA and cutting services for Vets must resonate with some people
He’ll fold like a cheap suit.
Ben Carson is a brain surgeon, I get that, but he doesn’t understand the issues that this country is facing right now. I don’t think he is strong enough to fight back against the establishment consistently for 4 to 8 years either.
GOP voters are about to blow it again.
No, the conservative, Trump, is way ahead in two new polls today. But keep posting old crap if it makes you feel better.
“ell, really rather surprising for many reasons.”
No, it’s a push by Jeb and friends in the media. They consider Carson weaker than Trump because Carson has no money and no organization.
It’s petty triangulation by Yeb.
Old poll superseded by two new polls today that have Trump way ahead6-15 points.
The latest poll out today shows otherwise. Trump 31.7, Carson 15.8 and Bush 4.1.
Carson would take maybe 10% of the black vote or 1-2% more than any white Republican. Blacks are liberals first.
Do you support Kelo? That alone should be a deal breaker for any candidate.
Ben Carson in one interveiw suggested a WHOLE NEW METHOD of disarming Americans.....by location.
Too bad he doesn't support the 2nd Amendment. That is a deal breaker for many of us.
I support We the People getting to choose our candidate-—THE most conservative position out there. I support the conservative position of a CITIZEN who serves, not a career pol, no matter how many specific issues he says he supports.
Agree. He is not the cookie cutter politician in his presentations.
This “news” article is a month old.
Not true!
Are you ready to give up your right to own a semi-automatic hand gun if you live in a city?
""It depends on where you live," Carson said ."I think if you live in the midst of a lot of people, and Im afraid that that semi-automatic weapon is going to fall into the hands of a crazy person, I would rather you not have it."
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