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Carson’s ex-campaign head: Trump will win GOP nomination
NY Post ^ | 01-07-2016 | Geoff Earle

Posted on 01/07/2016 4:33:19 AM PST by NRx

WASHINGTON -- No one is going to beat Donald Trump for the GOP presidential nomination, Ben Carson's former campaign manager said Wednesday.

"He's got the support out there right now, and unless something cataclysmic happens, he's going to win," Barry Bennett, who recently resigned from the Carson team, told CNN.

"At this point, it's getting harder and harder to see how Donald Trump is not our nominee," added Bennett, who refused to say his former boss was the best candidate at this point.

"In the end, people have decided to go with loud. So we've got to get used to this new reality," Bennett said in a reference to Trump.

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


TOPICS: Front Page News; Politics/Elections; US: New York; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: 2016election; barrybennett; bencarson; election2016; elections; immigration; newyork; tedcruz; texas; trump; trumpwasright
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Disclaimer: I am not a Trump supporter at all, but I think he is probably right.
1 posted on 01/07/2016 4:33:19 AM PST by NRx
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To: NRx

I AM a Trump supporter and I KNOW he is right.


2 posted on 01/07/2016 4:49:02 AM PST by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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To: NRx

After 8 years of getting dumped on by the kenyan people want a candidate who counter punches. Hard.


3 posted on 01/07/2016 4:56:27 AM PST by lodi90
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To: NRx

4 posted on 01/07/2016 4:56:53 AM PST by DoughtyOne ((It's beginning to look like "Morning in America" again. Comment on YouTube under Trump Free Ride.))
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To: DoughtyOne

Loud and correct.


5 posted on 01/07/2016 4:59:25 AM PST by Zenjitsuman (A)
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To: NRx

He is perhaps right....I think Trump is certainly the favorite now....but it wouldn’t take something cataclysmic to change it. There are factors at play right now that could indeed change it over a period of weeks.

Trump also carries the handicap of extra high expectations....which for him is good news because you can find a bit of inevitability in his winning....but if something happens that causes that inevitability to be shaken, a front runner can tumble fast.

Not saying it would happen, just that it wouldn’t take a black swan event of major proportions to change the trajectory of this campaign.


6 posted on 01/07/2016 4:59:45 AM PST by C. Edmund Wright (WTF? How Karl Rove and the Establishment Lost...Again (Amazon Best Seller))
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To: NRx

Hopefully Carson will drop out so0n, making this a Trump/Cruz race.


7 posted on 01/07/2016 5:01:36 AM PST by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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Yeah, I don’t know what’s going to happen, but I wouldn’t doubt there’s a backroom thing going to happen to put Jeb at the front.

He was the establishment boy long before any Republican campaigns were officially underway. There’s been a lot of money thrown his way. Lots of good ol’ boys stand to lose a lot of moolah if Trump wins the nomination.

I bet my oldest son (24 years old) back in 2014 that the national race was going to be Jeb vs. Hillary, becauuse Jeb was the only one who could lose against Empress Cankles. I told him I didn’t want to win that bet, but he still busted my cojones, asking “ARE YOU SAYING THE DEMOCRATS CHOOSE THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE?!”, to which I said, “Yep, pretty much”.

When the MSM started polishing Jeb’s shoes early on, I think my son got the message.


8 posted on 01/07/2016 6:03:20 AM PST by angryoldfatman
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To: NRx

He appears right. My biggest disappointment the past two presidential cycles was the failure of our candidates to fight. I’m bloody sick of nominating “gentlemen” who will not call a lying son-of-a-bitch what he is. They don’t have to use those words but the sure as hell have to use the sentiment. I want none of this “he’s a good man but in over his head” and similar nonsense.


9 posted on 01/07/2016 6:35:37 AM PST by jimfree (In November 2016 my 15 y/o granddaughter will have more quality exec experience than Barack Obama)
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To: NRx

The fat lady sings for President Trump.


10 posted on 01/07/2016 6:42:25 AM PST by free_life (If you ask Jesus to forgive you and to save you, He will.)
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Yeah, I don’t know what’s going to happen, but I wouldn’t doubt there’s a backroom thing going to happen to put Jeb at the front.

Brokered convention

11 posted on 01/07/2016 6:44:13 AM PST by rockabyebaby (We are sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo screwed!)
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To: NRx

Well this guy is awake at least. Its almost showtime and Trump is the runaway leader of almost every poll. The only people who don’t believe the polls are the ones that are losing in the polls.


12 posted on 01/07/2016 6:48:39 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: lodi90

After 8 years of getting dumped on by the kenyan people want a candidate who counter punches. Hard.

Don't forget 25 years of Republican cowardice and submissiveness.

13 posted on 01/07/2016 6:50:38 AM PST by IDontLikeToPayTaxes
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To: jimfree

My biggest disappointment the past two presidential cycles was the failure of our candidates to fight. Im bloody sick of nominating 'gentlemen' who will not call a lying son-of-a-bitch what he is. They dont have to use those words but the sure as hell have to use the sentiment. I want none of this 'hes a good man but in over his head' and similar nonsense.

Well said.

For the longest time, the most aggressive response from Republicans was, "I challenge you to a debate!"

It's refreshing to see somebody with power and influence actually FIGHT BACK.

14 posted on 01/07/2016 6:55:59 AM PST by IDontLikeToPayTaxes
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To: NRx

Pardon me if I do not take the word of a failed campaign manager on who is going to win... He may be right, but there is a long way to go before this is decided. On the bright side, if he is right I get to sleep in on Election day.


15 posted on 01/07/2016 7:13:47 AM PST by CA Conservative (Texan by birth, Californian by circumstance)
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After 8 years of getting dumped on by the kenyan people want a candidate who counter punches. Hard.

Commas are your friend.

16 posted on 01/07/2016 7:15:35 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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“On the bright side, if he is right I get to sleep in on Election day.”

LOL you and me both!


17 posted on 01/07/2016 7:51:16 AM PST by NRx (Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.)
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To: NRx

Loud and Proud.


18 posted on 01/07/2016 8:51:12 AM PST by BAW (It's gunna be YUGE.)
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To: NRx

” . . . “In the end, people have decided to go with loud. So we’ve got to get used to this new reality,” Bennett said in a reference to Trump. “

IT NEEDS TO BE SAID AGAIN


19 posted on 01/07/2016 9:43:11 AM PST by PraiseTheLord (have you seen the fema camps, shackle box cars, thousands of guillotines, stacks of coffins ~)
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To: NRx

I think so too.


20 posted on 01/07/2016 11:21:03 AM PST by Fasceto
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