Posted on 10/15/2015 11:45:52 AM PDT by Amntn
This man is in second place nationally, and tied for first if you believe a few recent polls. He's steadily gained momentum and ground on Donald Trump, and now he's going to capitalize on his momentum by...stepping away from the campaign trail for two weeks for a hybrid fundraising push/book tour. ABC News reports:
Republican presidential contender Dr. Ben Carson has put his public campaign events on hold for two more weeks to go on book tour for his new tome “A More Perfect Union” and catch up on fundraising events. The campaign has been careful to separate campaign events and the book tour, and doesn’t want to classify the tour as related to the campaign in any way. This week he is catching up on fundraising events and will be back on his book tour next week making stops in Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa. So for the next two weeks, Carson won't be appearing at any public "campaign events." Carson will be going back and forth between campaign fundraising events and book tour events over the next two weeks...The campaign says the next time they will appear publicly with Carson will be the day of the next GOP debate on Oct. 28. His last public campaign event was Oct. 2.
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Jeb is on life support, he spent 4+million for ONE ad in NH and didn’t get a ping....
Carson has left to promote his book, Trump has a book coming out, but you don’t see or hear him taking a leave from campaigning to sell his...
Rand Paul is on life support and then Trump whacked Christy in the polls this morning, so Christy is on life support....and that doesn’t include, Kasich, Huskster, Patiachi, and Carly didn’t do what the GOPee thought she should do, so she’s dropping....want me to keep going?
He’ll need real fire in his belly to fight the Witch. This raises real doubts about his commitment. Just remember when McCain suspended his campaign against Obola in 2008; he was never the same again. Too bad, I was really beginning to like Dr. Ben.
I’m guessing he needs the money
The McCain campaign suspension was the first thing that jumped to mind when I heard about Carson. It left me with a real bad feeling about Dr. Ben’s campaign.
Dr Carson retired to West Palm Beach Florida. Check to see who shares his zip code
Four republican candidates have homes in Florida
Now does it make sense why he might step back a bit and not become too successful?
Do you read Sundance. Someone is beating gopee at its own game
Why not, remember Hillary had a book written before sworn in New York and it came out and earned her money as she took office.
Legal...
You referenced “3 today”. Just asking about those, not the longer tailspins.
Carson has risen in the polls because of......nothing. It stands to reason that he can keep on rising in the polls and do a little book selling while still doing.....nothing as far as being a viable candidate. It all depends on who is backing him. Watch. Someone should be doing some digging into his campaign and just who is really financing him.
She was paid a huge advance before she took office. So the deal was closed. After that, it’s on a per book basis.....forever.
Exactly and neither Carson or Trump are yet in office, so their books are allowed as income right now.
This can only mean one thing.
Trump must be dropping out!
Question. Who are the three?
-— I like Ben in general (do not think he is presidential material) .... but really, this makes him look very “not serious” about his campaign, -—
This is ODD, to da the least. Perceptions are very important. This can also be interpreted as poor judgement or ability to strategize.
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3349067/posts
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This strikes me as a very peculiar thing to do.
Besides, isn’t fundraising part of campaigning? Which leave selling his book. Huh? I don’t get this.
Next June the nomination will be over. He can do anything then.
Maybe Carson has to make the house payment, buy groceries and purchase a new suit.
No. McCain stopped his campaign and put on his cap to save the world. It was a Homer Simpsons “DUH!”
Literally LOL! I scared may cat!
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